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Readers react to op-ed on honoring Vietnam War’s most secret warriors
Readers applaud the call for a Congressional Gold Medal to honor the US Military Assistance Command Vietnam’s Studies and Observations Group, or MACV-SOG.
By Military Times staff
‘Snapshot of their memories:’ Gold Star widow reflects on Memorial Day
Army 1st Lt. Doyle M. Hufstedler was killed by an improvised explosive device in Iraq in 2004. He was 25.
By Leslie Hufstedler-Alvarez
How the ‘remarriage penalty’ is hurting Gold Star families
On this episode of The Spouse Angle, Gold Star families are fighting to change a law that cuts survivors’ benefits for spouses who remarry before age 55.
By Natalie Gross
‘Embrace the Suck’–Life as a Gold Star child is a race with no finish
Gold Star daughter Bailey remembers her father, Army Maj. Michael Donahue, lost in Afghanistan in 2014.
By Bailey Donahue
Rules for military base visitors still missing after years of waiting
Defense leaders had promised changes on visitor access to bases four years ago, but entry standards remain unfinished.
101-year-old vet receives medal for being one of the 1st Black Marines
George J. Johnson was part of the group of the first Black men allowed to enlist in the Marine Corps.
‘Unlikely’ missile that hit Poland fired from Russia, Biden says
President Joe Biden says it was “unlikely” that a missile that killed two in NATO-ally Poland was fired from Russia.
By Zeke Miller, The Associated Press
As National Parks get crowded, reps want spots saved for troops, vets
Several popular parks sites have shifted to a lottery system for admission to control crowd sizes.
PETA flocks to stop Navy’s treatment of sheep
PETA has asked the Pentagon’s leader to “end the U.S. Navy’s support of horrific decompression sickness/illness."
Son of Black Marine to receive father’s military service medal
James “Jimmy” Cook Jr., an Army veteran, will receive the Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of his father, who was one of the Montford Point Marines.
By Davarrick Turner, Knoxville News Sentinel