Pfc. Sean Gereaghty, a soldier of the Pennsylvania National Guard, exemplified the branch’s motto on Monday when he quickly responded to a distressed woman experiencing severe chest pains.

FALLS CHURCH, Va.- Army Sgt. Alissa Rock is many things. She is a wife, a mom, a Soldier in the Indiana National Guard, a truck driver, and in the civilian world, she works in the insurance business.

Under the terms of the fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal , fighting will be halted in Gaza for at least six weeks. Dozens ...