Normally the All Wars Memorial Park in downtown Toledo is full of people honoring lives lost, but due to the pandemic the Lucas County Memorial Day Association held a more simple ceremony.
The Defense Department says 20-year-old Pfc. Brandon Jay Kreischer of Stryker, Ohio, and 24-year-old Spc. Michael Isaiah Nance of Chicago died "as a result of wounds sustained in a combat related incident" in Tarin Kowt, in southern Afghanistan.
The troops from the 38th Infantry Division join about 600 other soldiers from the Midwest, and an estimated 1,500 military personnel from across the country who are being sent to the Middle East.
Happy tears flowed as families welcomed home soldiers gone for about a year. Thursday afternoon soldiers who are part of the 983rd Engineer Battalion were honored after landing at the Grand Aire at Toledo Express Airport.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to go ahead with its plan to restrict military service by transgender people while court challenges continue.
Army Private First Class Leo Duquette is originally from the East Side of Toledo. He died 68 years ago in Korea. It's been a decades-long crusade for his three surviving siblings to get his remains back home.
Military officials say the 19-year-old Toledo soldier served in the 24th Division and fought against North Korean forces in July 1950 near Choch'iwon, South Korea. He was reported missing in action July 11, 1950, and declared dead in December 1953.
A private memorial service at the academy’s chapel followed by a procession to the burial site was to mark the farewell Sunday to a man who lived a very public life.
A Springfield schools student is paying tribute to someone who made the ultimate sacrifice for his country. The man died on D-Day in 1944 but until recently never had a proper eulogy at his funera
The Marine Corps is considering offering bonuses and other perks to entice older, more experienced Marines to re-enlist as it builds up its cyber operations to defend the nation.
“A perfectly executed strike,” Trump tweeted after U.S., French and British warplanes and ships launched more than 100 missiles nearly unopposed by Syrian air defenses.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced Tuesday that the remains Navy Reserve Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Ora H. Sharninghouse, Jr., 22, of McComb, Ohio, were recently accounted-for from World War II. Ordnanceman will be buried April 7 in Findlay.
The Pentagon could disqualify potential recruits with gender dysphoria, those with a history of medical treatments associated with gender transition and those who underwent reconstruction.
With Veterans Day approaching, ceremonies are beginning early in our nation’s capital. The annual reading of names at the Vietnam Memorial Wall is underway.
Suicide prevention month is highlighting how the U.S. Can better address the issue. A specific focus currently in Washington is a push to end veteran suicide. Senators are examining what is being done to help veterans in need, and what other efforts are necessary.
The United States on Saturday flew bombers and fighter escorts to the farthest point north of the Demilitarized Zone by any such American aircraft this century.
A two-sentence statement said Adm. Scott Swift, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, had relieved Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin “due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command.”
Navy Adm. John Richardson, the chief of naval operations, will call for a pause in operations and seek a deeper look at how the Navy trains and certifies its forces that are operating around Japan, according to a Naval official.
awmakers want more say in American military action. Legislation passed by Oklahoma Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) says the White House needs to do more to keep members of Congress informed. Cole says with changing international threats, Congress needs to approve an updated plan.
The Ohio Department of Veterans Services says as many as 750 of the state's 67,000 women veterans, representing all branches of military service, are expected to attend Saturday's conference in Columbus.
