Medal of Honor awarded posthumously to USAF Chief Master Sgt. Richard L. Etchberger
Sept. 21, 2010 Washington DC. Of all the military decorations that our nation can bestow, the highest is the Medal of Honor. It is …
JPAC carries out mission to recover USMC POW/MIA
The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Commission, or JPAC, is a group of 400 handpicked soldiers, Marines sailors, airmen, and Department of the Navy civilians within the U.S. Department of Defense who investigate sites in former conflict areas around the world where missing service members are believed to be buried.
Patriot Guard Riders National GOTG 2010 Opening
Killeen, TX Sept. 10,2010 the Patriot Guard Riders held their National Gathering of the Guard near Ft. Hood. Remnants of Hurricane Hermine had passed through a couple of days prior and caused a few rain delays.
Navy Cross receipent helps wounded Marine warriors
One of the most highly decorated Marines during the war in Iraq had to drink to fall asleep. He once tried to kill himself. This was …
Remains of Korean War MIA, USA Sgt. Charles P. Whitler, Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors. United States Army Sgt. Charles P. Whitler will be buried Sept. 2 in his hometown of Cloverport, Ky.
SPC Alexis V. Maldonado – KIA Homecoming Aug 2010
Wichita Falls, TX Aug. 28,2010. On a warm clear summer day several dozen family members gathered at the Wichita Falls Municipal Airport to welcome home their loved one, SPC Alexis V. Maldonado.
DoD committed to bringing home MIA service members
The Defense Department is as committed as ever to bringing home thousands of U.S. service members who remain missing from the Korean War and Cold War conflicts, the Pentagon’s undersecretary of defense for policy said, Aug. 26.
SPC Alexis Vicente Maldonado KIA, returning home to North Texas
SPC Alexis Vicente Maldonado, 20, of Wichita Falls, died Saturday, August 21, 2010 while serving his country in Afghanistan and is expected to return to the North Texas region later this week. Once arrangements have been announced we will update this article.
2nd U.S. sailor’s remains are found in Afghanistan
The body of a second U.S. sailor who went missing in Afghanistan last week has been recovered, an Afghan police chief said on Thursday.
Former Arlington Cemetery officials subpoenaed by the Sentate
Officials who ran Arlington National Cemetery for nearly two decades before hundreds of unmarked and mismarked graves were discovered last month have been served with subpoenas to testify Thursday before a Senate subcommittee investigating contracting irregularities, according to the committee’s chairwoman.










