HBO held its veteran-honoring Concert for Valor on the National Mall Tuesday evening, and rough early estimates were that it would draw 800,000 people to see spectacles such as the Zac Brown Band singing the national anthem and Jamie Foxx leading a crowd-wide chant of "USA! USA! USA!"
More than 10,000 women have fought in the Kurdish-Islamic State conflict in Syria. These mourners carry the body of 20-year-old Hanim Dabaan, killed in combat with Islamic State militants in the Turkey-Syria border town of Kobani, which has been under attack by ISIS for the last two months.
By V-Day, the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service had over 190,000 members in support roles for the British Army ranging from waitress and truck driver to searchlight and radar operator. Originally a volunteer service, the ATF eventually paid its women two-thirds the pay given to military men.
The morning talk show ratings war is still on and in order to win, Good Morning America has made it their mission to win the hearts of Americans by dominating the weird proposal market. Monday's Veteran's Day-inspired entry: getting a member of the Coast Guard to propose to his girlfriend via a performance by Jason…
[Germany, November 11: First Lady Michelle Obama praises 10-year-old Malaysia Chevere for being a "straight A student" as she serves steaks for US soldiers and their relatives on Ramstein Airbase on Veterans Day. Image via AP.]
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[Arlington, November 11. Image via Getty]
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• An estimated 7,000 to 8,000 female military veterans are homeless, and advocates say new housing for female veterans and resources for women at veterans' homeless shelters fall far short of what is needed. • There are now three new ways to get to Sesame Street. Full episodes will be sold on iTunes, YouTube is…
Today is Veterans Day, and the ladies of The View wanted to pay their respects to those in uniform, past and present. Joy Behar said that she was pissed off that the holiday — and the issues surrounding the war in Iraq — were not on the front pages of any of the major newspapers. She talked about the number of men and…
It's Veterans Day, and as the United States is currently involved in two wars, the day is particularly poignant. There are stories today about homeless female veterans and women in the line of fire, but we thought we would focus on a group of women who are finding a ray of light in an otherwise dark situation. They're…
