Military

"This is a whole disaster," Zhao told NPR.

 Some immigrant U.S. Army reservists and recruits who enlisted in the military with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged.

In a recent StoryCorps conversation, the two veterans talk about how they found support through one another.

It's a timely question in the wake of attacks on civilians, aid workers and hospitals in conflict zones around the world.

John James of Southwest Philadelphia, now 98, completed officer training in 1942, but he was denied his rightfully earned bars because he is black.

Vietnam vets gather in Center City to share contributions to a new anthology of poetry about the scars of war.

More than 5 million soldiers and civilians died during the conflict, including more than 600 from the Philadelphia region.

Authorities are searching for the pilot of a single-engine red plane that illegally landed on a Coast Guard beach in New Jersey.

The announcement comes on the heels of the summit in Singapore between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 12.

Every element of the unit, from mechanics to medics to infantry soldiers, will be tested and evaluated on their performance.

More than 30 current and former VA employees spoke to NPR.

At the end of the run, the truck will go to U.S. Army Sgt. Justin Burdette, who received the Purple Heart medal when he lost both legs below the knee in Afghanistan.

It may not have been the focus of the summit, but Korean War vets and their families were hoping the issue would come up.

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