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Medal of Honor values take the field during Thursday Night Football’s ‘Salute to Service’ game

This week's TNF features a special pregame presentation from Staff Sgt. Ryan Pitts and the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.

By Matt Ward

Posted on Nov 12, 2025 12:25 PM PST

Medal of Honor recipient Ryan Pitts on the field at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Courtesy of CMOHS)

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Mighty Heroes

This Intrepid pilot went from zero to ace in 13 minutes

Essex-class carriers were vulnerable to kamikaze attacks. World War II naval aviators like Alfred Lerch cleared the skies.

By Logan Nye

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History

The original Green Berets: tracing the roots of US Special Forces

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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Mighty MilSpouse

These healers changed soldiers’ fates. Here’s how the war changed them.

By Alyssa Blakemore

A Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) patient walks through a virtual reality scenario at the Computer Assisted Rehabilitation Environment (CAREN) Laboratory at National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., March 20, 2017. The patient is attached to a safety harness and walks on a treadmill on a platform that moves and rotates in conjunction with movements of the projected environment. Motion capture cameras track the patient’s movements via reflective markers that are applied to the patient and supply data on physical deficits to physical therapists. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)
Feature

‘Invisible Battles:’ An infantry veteran’s essay on surviving and thriving with a TBI

By Kyle Lantman

Lance Cpl. James Blake Miller on Nov. 9, 2004, as the Marines mounted an assault on the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, Iraq. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
History

‘The Few. The Proud:’ The Moments that made the Marines the Marines

By Jos Joseph

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History

History

The 12 most badass Marine Corps nicknames of all time

By Jos Joseph

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100-year-old Marine reunited with tank he drove on Iwo Jima

By Miguel Ortiz

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Mighty Heroes

Harriet Tubman was America’s first unconventional warfare commander 

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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History

The ‘Simple Sabotage Field Manual’ will make you question your coworkers’ loyalties

By Blake Stilwell

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History

The first head of the VA was so corrupt, President Harding tried to kill him

By Blake Stilwell

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Sports

Army edges Temple, Air Force rebounds, Navy routed by Notre Dame

By Matt Ward

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Entertainment

Our huge list of Veterans Day 2025 freebies, discounts, and deals

By Joanna Guldin

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Entertainment

How Army veteran Roshara Sanders found her new mission in the kitchen

By Clay Beyersdorfer

The Seattle Seahawks proudly nominate fullback Brady Russell as the team's 2025 Salute to Service Award nominee. Brady has consistently demonstrated a deep commitment to honoring, empowering, and connecting with the military community. Since joining the Seahawks, he has actively participated in more than 13 military-focused events and engagements, positively impacting over 500 service members and their families. Brady's connection to the military is both personal and enduring. Born on Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, where his father Randy was stationed, Brady was raised within a military environment. His brother, Captain Tyler "Friction" Russell, is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate and currently serves as a Marine Corps Osprey pilot.
Sports

The NFL and USAA announce the 32 nominees for the 2025 Salute to Service Award

By Jos Joseph

Max McGee Making Winning Touchdown (Original Caption) 1/15/1967- Green Bay Packers, Max McGee, snags the star pass in the end zone to win the Super Bowl against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Sports

A hungover Air Force veteran scored the first Super Bowl touchdown ever

By Blake Stilwell

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Military News

Military News

Venezuela might try to enlist Putin to resist American pressure

Steve Gutterman, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Senior Airman Ariel Beltran, a security response team member assigned to the 39th Security Forces Squadron, examines an M18 handgun at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Jan. 19, 2022. The M18 is the new and improved standard issue 9 mm caliber handgun to replace the M9 pistols that have been in service since 1985. The mission of the 39th SFS is to provide cutting edge force protection for Incirlik and its geographically separated units in Turkey, security for tanker and airlift operations, law enforcement services and support for numerous contingency operations in Europe and Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob Derry)
Military News

Cover-up revealed in death of airman at F.E. Warren Air Force Base

By Miguel Ortiz

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Military News

Chinese state media celebrates White House order to close Radio Free Asia and Voice of America

By Radio Free Asia

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Military News

Putin says Russia tested a new, nuclear-capable remote torpedo dubbed ‘Doomsday Machine’

Mike Eckel, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Chinese Catholics pray while a young boy sleeps during Christmas mass at a government approved Catholic church in Beijing, 25 December 2007. China's official Catholic church has installed a new Vatican-approved bishop, the third in a month, state media and a Rome-based religious news agency reported on 22 December as up to an estimated 10 million "underground" Chinese Catholics pledge allegiance to the pope, worship in unofficial churches and are often subject to police and government harassment. AFP PHOTO/TEH ENG KOON (Photo credit should read TEH ENG KOON/AFP via Getty Images)
Military News

China arrests underground church founder and its pastors amid religious crackdown

By Radio Free Asia

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How Halloween changed while the United States was at war

By Bethaney Phillips

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Mighty MilSpouse

6 unappetizing ration recipes from World War II that you might actually like

By Bethaney Phillips

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Mighty MilSpouse

TRICARE is changing again and here’s what it really means for your family in 2026 

By Adam Gramegna

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Mighty MilSpouse

How milspouses are winning the fight against breast cancer

By Tamika Sherman

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Career

This c-suite milspouse ensures her company hires veterans and other spouses

By Bethaney Phillips

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