On NATO’s eastern flank, this soldier rose to the challenge
Master Sgt. Justin Bolin, Military Times' 2023 Soldier of the Year, played a major role in the Army's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
By Davis Winkie
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‘Naked and Afraid’ was just another mission for this Marine sniper
Justin Governale’s episode aired on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023 on the Discovery Channel.
By Sarah Sicard
Iraq War veteran launches business to employ former soldiers
Iraq War veteran Justin Billard is launching a business that will employ and support his fellow returned soldiers.
By Jennifer Timar, Livingston Daily
The Cole attack — more than 9/11 — predicted America’s challenges in the 21st century
The vast majority of terrorist attacks against the U.S. have looked more like the USS Cole and less like 9/11, says the author of this commentary.
By Justin Conrad
Op-ed: The danger of trusting gut instincts to decide whether a military action is proportional
The authors say that President Donald Trump's decision to call off a strike on Iran at the last minute may have been the right one. But years of research on valuing human lives, conducted by us and many others, make a compelling case that deciding what is proportional based on gut feelings is a profound mistake.
By Paul Slovic, University of Oregon and Amichai Cohen, Ono Academic College
Here’s why 22 Republicans voted against blocking Trump from NATO pullout
Some House Republicans voted against a resolution supporting NATO this week because they saw it as an attack on President Donald Trump.
By Joe Gould
Off to Europe: Trump to meet worried NATO heads, then Putin
With the established global order on shaky footing, President Donald Trump’s weeklong trip to Europe will test already strained bonds with some of the United States’ closest allies, then put him face to face with the leader of the country whose electoral interference was meant to help put him in office.
By Jill Colvin, The Associated Press and Jonathan Lemire, The Associated Press
‘Hero of Nasiriyah’ set to retire after 30 years of service to the Corps
Eighteen Marines lost their lives and roughly seven AAVs were destroyed in the fight to secure Nasiriyah.
By Shawn Snow
Unorthodox Trump faces toughest test yet in North Korea summit
Embarking on a self-described “mission of peace,” President Donald Trump’s seat-of-the-pants foreign policy is facing its toughest test yet as he attempts this week to personally broker an end to North Korea’s nuclear program in talks with Kim Jong Un.
By Zeke Miller, The Associated Press
In Peru for summit, Pence offers support for Syrian strike
Thousands of miles from home, Vice President Mike Pence was thrust into a new, more immediate, role on the world stage Saturday: explaining President Donald Trump’s military strike in Syria to a summit of Latin America leaders.
Congress offers swift support, criticism of latest US military strikes in Syria
Concerns over the legality of the military strikes will dominate much of the debate among lawmakers in the weeks to come.
Military Times’ 2017 Service Members of the Year among HillVets 100 recipients
The honor is part of an effort to strengthen the veteran community.
By Nicole Bauke