The Vietnam War veteran’s widow was promised a reservation next to her husband at Fort Lewis Cemetery after his death in 1966 ...

Survivor Outreach Services (SOS) hosted an immersive survival training experience August 2 at Fort Rucker, offering families ...

Gold Star Mother’s and Family’s Day is the last Sunday of September and Gold Star Spouses Day is April 5. The strength of our nation is our Army.

With the 80th anniversary of the first Gold Star Mother’s Day (now Gold Star Mother’s and Family’s Day) set for Sept. 24, I asked a few Gold Star Family members about how we, as a military ...

There are currently 195 Gold Star monuments honoring family members throughout the United States. In Ventura County, there is one on display at the Reagan Presidential Library & Museum in Simi Valley.

Gold Star families lost more than $3.7 million, while Craffy earned more than $1.4 million in commissions. Craffy’s sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 21, 2024.

The gold star denoting a family member who died in combat dates back to World War I, but before last week, the phrase “Gold Star family” wasn’t as widely known as it was during World War II.