The awards come five years after a suicide bomber killed 13 U.S. service members and around 170 civilians at Abbey Gate in Kabul, Afghanistan.

The War Horse reports that soldiers wounded in an attack by Iran have faced months of delayed appointments, referrals and battles to receive treatment.

American flags domestically and abroad will be lowered to half-staff until Sept. 1 in honor of country singer Dolly Parton, who passed Tuesday.

A new Marine Corps strategy document published Wednesday outlines the service’s vision and planning for the next decade and a half.

On Aug. 21, an explosion rocked a house in Twentynine Palms, California. Local Marines and Navy corpsmen “quickly ran toward it.”

The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is expected to dock in Thailand next week, according to a Thai official.

The Marine Corps and Navy are mandating annual gas mask fit training, with the move intended in part to “reinforce grooming compliance,” the services said.