The first Medal of Honor ever awarded to a graduate of the Citadel, the military college in Charleston, South Carolina, has been approved posthumously for Capt. Hugh R. Nelson Jr., a member of the ...

When a former president lies in repose or in state, the Honor Guard steps into one of its most high-profile and symbolic roles. Under the coordination of the Military District of Washington ...

For almost half a century, the Philippines served as the linchpin of American military power in Asia. During the height of the Vietnam war, the sprawling Clark Air Base and Subic Bay Naval Base on ...

Washington — President Biden is awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to Hillary Clinton and 18 others "who have made America a better place," the ...

President Biden awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor to more than a dozen politicians, philanthropists and cultural icons during a ceremony at the White House Saturday. Nineteen people ...

WASHINGTON — In the East Room of the White House on a particularly frigid Saturday afternoon, President Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on 19 of the most famous names in ...

There Cavazos earned the Distinguished Service Cross — the nation’s second-highest military honor for valor — for those actions on June 14, 1953. Cavazos went on to serve in Vietnam ...

Democratic philanthropist George Soros and actor-director Denzel Washington were also awarded the nation's highest civilian honor in a White ... and medals to valiant military veterans, courageous ...

in his last ceremony as commander-in-chief awarding the country’s highest military honor. The soldiers honored on Friday were recognized for distinguished acts of bravery as they rushed through ...

President Joe Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to a group of 19 politicians, athletes, artists, and humanitarians on Saturday. Biden has ...

Acknowledging his last days as president, Biden on Friday called it the greatest honor of his life to be entrusted to lead the country and “the finest military in the history of the world.” ...