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WINDSOR, England (AP) – Prince Philip will be remembered as a man of “courage, fortitude and faith” on Saturday, at a funeral that salutes both his service in the Royal Navy and his support for Queen Elizabeth II over three-quarters of a century.

A national veteran support organization is bringing its next mini-neighborhood to Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) have introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at providing “presumptive U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs benefits to service members who have deployed and have illnesses due to exposure to burn pits and other toxins.”

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) ripped a House Armed Services Committee hearing on “extremism in the military” as “total nonsense.”

A Nebraska veteran is raising money for other veterans in need by running four miles around his hometown every four hours.

LONDON (AP) — Prince Philip has had a successful heart procedure at a London hospital, Buckingham Palace said Thursday.

LONDON (AP) – Prince Charles went to a London hospital on Saturday to visit his father, Prince Philip, who was admitted earlier his week for “observation and rest” after falling ill.

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A World War II veteran celebrated a major milestone Thursday with the help of his son and city officials in Miami Beach, Florida.

An organised clap for the late Captain Sir Tom Moore, a 100-year-old Second World War veteran who raised tens of millions for charity, was denounced as “a cult of White British Nationalism” by a Black Lives Matter supporting Church of England cleric.

A disabled Pennsylvania veteran received a roof for his damaged home after a local roofing company reached out to help.

A new poll set to be released Thursday shows that two-thirds of American veterans and a majority of military families support ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and bringing all U.S. troops home.

As the rest of the world rang in the New Year, neighbors in Lowell, Massachusetts, helped a World War II veteran celebrate his 105th birthday.

An 11-year-old’s wish to make sure every deceased veteran laid to rest in Yorktown Cemetery has a wreath for this holiday season will come true.

Veterans from the University of Alabama and Auburn University united as one last week to march 150 miles to raise awareness for the 22 veterans lost each day to suicide.

BERLIN (AP) — Prince Charles is attending ceremonies on Germany’s traditional day of remembrance Sunday, seen as part of Britain’s diplomatic outreach to Europe’s biggest economy days before a deadline to strike a post-Brexit deal with the European Union.

During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) discussed veterans measures taken by House Democrats. Transcript as Follows: “Hello, I’m Congressman Mark Takano, and I proudly represent California’s 41st Congressional District and serve as Chairman

The Extinction Rebellion activist that staged a protest on the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day has further insulted the UK’s war dead by describing the annual Armistice Day service as a “little ritual”.

Matt Naylor, president and CEO of the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, joined Monday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with host Jerome Hudson to discuss his museum’s Memorial Day events, which included a parachuting event featuring a 92-year-old veteran.

A veteran is receiving the Certificate of Merit award from the American Red Cross for saving a fellow veteran’s life.

The Senate passed a bipartisan bill by unanimous consent on Wednesday that will allow for the posthumous awarding of the Medal of Honor to Army Sergeant First Class Alwyn Cashe.

A number of war memorials around the United Kingdom have been vandalised ahead of Armistice Day, when the country marks the end of the First World War. 

Trendy grocery chain Whole Foods received backlash after attempting to ban staff from wearing poppies to remember the war dead in Canada.

The Royal Family and members of Britain’s Armed Forces will be barred from singing the national anthem on Armistice Day, over fears that the patriotic songs will spread the Chinese coronavirus.

A veteran in Salem, Illinois, is being praised for helping his neighbors escape when their home caught on fire last week.

A veteran received the salute of a lifetime from another veteran who noticed a message on the back window of her car telling the story of her brother, a Marine, and his struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Sen. Thom Tillis said his Democrat opponen,t Cal Cunningham, is “not fit to serve in the United States Senate” given that he is under investigation by the U.S. Army Reserves over his sex scandal.

President Trump acknowledged two veterans, one 100-years-old and another 105-years-old, at his rally Friday in Ocala, Florida.

Veterans spoke out against North Carolina Senate Democrat candidate Cal Cunningham’s extramarital affair during a press conference on Wednesday.

The Trump campaign released an ad on Monday, contrasting the national security records of former Vice President Joe Biden with President Donald Trump’s.

A private security company is seeking armed veterans to guard Minnesota polling sites against left-wing activists on Election Day.

A disabled Marine veteran said he has a more positive outlook on life after his Long Island, New York, community surprised him with a state-of-the-art custom-built home.

A U.S. Marine Corps veteran in Spotsylvania, Virginia, received a special gift recently after medals he earned in the military were stolen.

A Vermont man spent Wednesday morning visiting the graves of more than 3,200 veterans buried at the Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery.

A World War II veteran’s son paid tribute to him with a flyover in the sky above his home in Virginia on Wednesday.

A group of about a dozen military veterans and civilians live-streamed themselves doing 484 push-ups to raise awareness for suicide.