The U.S. Navy has announced that it is implementing changes to the letter-type devices worn on certain medals and ribbons. The devices are intended to provide more distinctive recognition of acts ...

(There are three versions of the Medal of Honor; the Navy medal is the other.) The fake medals were not hard to spot. Unlike the real deal, these supposed Medals of Honor included an extra ribbon ...

Karl Smith, a Muskegon High School grad, enlisted for the military when he was 17 years old and still in school. On Wednesday ...

Both the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart came from the Badge of Military Merit. It was the first award meant for enlisted troops. Before this, the only way to recognize heroism by an enlisted ...