Medals & Misfires

Military Times special feature that honors good deeds and smart actions in the military, and takes jabs at the mistakes and missed opportunities.

MEDAL: Underwater discoveries help us remember history, honor the fallen

The crew of the Research Vessel Petrel, led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, is on a roll.

5 years ago

MISFIRE: DoD shouldn’t have waited so long to approve danger pay for troops in Niger

The Defense Department on March 8 announced that troops deployed to Niger, Mali and northern Cameroon qualify to receive imminent danger pay/hostile fire pay, retroactive to June 7, 2017.

5 years ago

Medals & Misfires

MEDAL: Marine Corps fitness test offers smart alternative to running

The other services should pay attention.

MEDAL: Mattis vs Petraeus and the new Rules of Engagement

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis loosens the Rules of Engagement in Afghanistan. That's good news -- and a big change after years of counterinsurgency doctrine that tightened up those rules too much.

6 years ago

MEDAL: Giving sailors time to sleep

New sleep and watch schedule rules is good news for the Navy and its surface fleet sailors.

6 years ago

MISFIRE: Relying on TV cop shows to train Afghan police

Training local police overseas is ostensibly a vital mission, but the U.S. military still has no well-trained, deplorable police development force.

6 years ago

MISFIRE: More evidence that the VA just doesn’t get it

The VA was not really tracking whether employees who were working remotely from home were actually working.

6 years ago

MEDAL: Monken’s extension makes sense for Army football

Monken has proven he's the right personality to lead Army football.

6 years ago

MEDAL: DoD expertly navigates ‘climate change’ controversy

'Climate change' is a bad word, so DoD ain't using it.

6 years ago

MISFIRE: Harvard is wrong to honor Chelsea Manning

Just no, Harvard.

6 years ago

MEDAL: Female Marines are rocking pullups on the Corps’ new fitness test

What's next? Gender-neutral fitness standards?

6 years ago

MISFIRE: Really? America's two most elite warplanes can't share data?

The Air Force has known about this problem for years.

6 years ago

MEDAL: Pentagon admits mistake in disputed California Guard bonuses

The Defense Department decided that it will not force some 17,000 California National Guard soldiers to repay enlistment bonuses and other payments that they received a decade ago due to a payroll-related snafu.

6 years ago