Jeff Martin

It was an emotional reunion for families on Purple Heart Day as eight families received Purple Hearts belonging to a service member in their family. The medals had been misplaced, lost, stolen or never presented. The service members span the time frame from World War I to the war on terror.

On this episode of Defense News Weekly, take a look inside the U.S. Navy’s oldest submarine, get the latest on hypersonic weapons and find out what GI Bill changes could mean for you.

Get the details on what we know about the possibility of a new type of F-15 fighter.

Why does the U.S. Air Force’s acquisition chief think that the light-attack experiment has reaped benefits for the service?

Find out what Raytheon’s missiles chief thinks hypersonic weapons could look like.

Unidentified remains from the Korean War return home.

What’s it like to crawl inside a torpedo tube? Navy Times reporter Geoff Ziezulewicz heads into the belly of the longest-serving submarine in U.S. Navy history, the Bremerton, originally commissioned in 1981.

In 2004, U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Nathan Bruckenthal and two U.S. Navy sailors were killed while intercepting a suicide bomber off the coast of Iraq. The Coast Guard has commissioned its newest ship, bearing his name.

Jillian Angeline takes a look at modifications to the GI Bill policy.

On this edition of Defense News Weekly, get the details of a massive defense policy bill, see the highlights of the Aspen Security Forum and find out the latest details on Saab’s Gripen E fighter jet program.