Veteran

FENTRESS, Texas—Add this to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s high ambitions: Parachuting from a plane. The three-term Republican governor skydived Monday for the first time, completing a tandem jump from about 8,000 feet above the suburbs between Austin and San Antonio. He was joined on the plane by 106-year-old World War II veteran Al Blaschke, who […]

ST. PETER, Minn.—Earl Meyer remembers in vivid detail when his platoon came under heavy fire during the Korean War—he still has shrapnel embedded in his thigh. But over 70 years later, the 96-year-old is still waiting for the U.S. Army to recognize his injury and to award him a Purple Heart medal, which honors service […]

Security tightens as the 2023 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit approaches in San Francisco, California. Local officials say thousands of police and federal officers will be present. A young girl wins her case against Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. A jury found the hospital liable for nearly $220 million. A refugee and veteran tells his story—from […]

As the nation honors its veterans, NTD hears from retired Air Force Maj. Brian Maddocks on his experience in the service, and what he recommends businesses do regarding the employment of veterans. Some of the qualities veterans bring to their jobs include assertive leadership skills, the ability to work in a team, adaptability, and the […]

In this edition of America’s Hope, we honor the men and women serving in harm’s way: the men and women of the United States Military. That’s coming up tonight on America’s Hope.

In Taiwan, a military veteran is now a renowned needle felting expert who handcrafts her own signature art pieces. She shared her story with NTD, and the meaning behind her unique artworks.  

A Navy veteran has been sentenced to four additional years in prison for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol, the Department of Justice announced. Virginia resident Hatchet Speed was sentenced on May 8 in the District of Columbia by U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee. The 42-year-old was convicted on misdemeanor charges for obstruction of […]

A retired soldier has risen to fame on TikTok—for walking. But it’s not as simple as it sounds. He’s made it his goal to spread love and bring unity.

WASHINGTON—Russia on Thursday released a U.S. citizen who had crossed into its Kaliningrad exclave in the first weeks of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine last February, former U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson, who met the man at the border in Poland, said in a statement. U.S. Navy veteran Taylor Dudley, 35, was backpacking in Europe when he […]

A Vietnam-era veteran in Massachusetts can call himself lucky for life after winning six lottery prizes of $25,000 a year for life—in the same drawing. Raymond Roberts Sr., of Fall River, matched the first five numbers on six tickets he bought for a Lucky for Life drawing last week. He played a combination of anniversary […]

KINGSFORD, Mich.—A Michigan Army veteran who turned his life around with a bike shop died in a crash while delivering free bikes to children in Florida affected by Hurricane Ian, his family said. Steven Pringle, 57, was killed in Punta Gorda, Florida, on Nov. 23, a few weeks after a profile in the Detroit Free […]

Police in Colorado have identified the two “heroes” who took down the gunman suspected of opening fire at a nightclub last weekend, killing five people and wounding dozens more. In a statement on Monday, the Colorado Springs Police Department named the two heroic bystanders as Thomas James and Richard Fierro, a decorated Army veteran. “Their exact actions […]

NEW YORK—A 75-year-old New York City man pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 1976 killing of a World War I veteran whose dismembered remains were found in 2019. Martin Motta’s guilty plea Tuesday in the death of George Seitz represented the first successful use of genetic genealogy by any of the city’s prosecutors, Queens District […]

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NTD spoke with veteran and YouTube personality Eric Blandford for his perspective on why the military is struggling to meet its recruitment goals this year, and what can be done about it.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Two U.S. military veterans who disappeared three months ago while fighting Russia with Ukrainian forces were among 10 prisoners, including five British nationals, released by Russian-backed separatists as part of a prisoner exchange mediated by Saudi Arabia, officials said Wednesday. Alex Drueke, 40, and Andy Huynh, 27, went missing in the Kharkiv region of […]

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