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Berlin Airlift ‘Candy Bomber’ legacy lives on in new Air Traffic Control Tower named in his memory
When millions of Germans living in West Berlin were cut off from the rest of the world by a Soviet Union blockade in 1948 it kicked off the Berlin Airlift - the largest humanitarian airlift in history.
Fort Drum community members join Gold Star families at Annual Remembrance Ceremony
Fort Drum community members joined Gold Star families to honor the life and legacy of loved ones who died in military service to the nation, during the Annual Remembrance Ceremony on June 17 in Memorial Park.
$44 million in Fund for Veterans' Assistance grants awarded to 181 organizations
More than $44 million in Fund for Veterans’ Assistance grants will be distributed among 181 organizations across Texas that provide direct services to veterans and their families to serve more than 41,000 veterans and their families.
Siblings in life, siblings in Marine Corps service
Siblings Billy and Lily Membreno Paz grew up in a tight-knit family dynamic with strong El Salvadorian roots surrounded by a depth of culture throughout their childhood that later influenced them to both choose to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Nats take July 4th gameday experience to U.S. air base in Qatar
Former Nationals outfielder Adam Eaton and pitcher Doug Fister, along with host Brittney Ramsey and mascot Screech, will travel to Doha, Qatar, to host a special watch party for the Nationals’ Fourth of July matchup versus the New York Mets.
SEE IT: Fleet Week jets in Baltimore wow crowd at Orioles-Phillies game, result in 'fighter jet timeouts'
“I’ve never felt more American during a baseball game,” outfielder Colton Cowser said about the Fleet Week flyovers in Baltimore that wowed the crowd at the Orioles game against the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.
Fisher House gets some VoluntEARS support from Disney
Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and Disney VoluntEARS visited Fisher Houses nationwide this month to deliver special care packages filled with Disney-themed home goods, toys, games, and books from Disney Consumer Products.
Pvt. 1st Class Powers, died as POW in World War II, accounted for
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced recently that U.S. Army Air Forces Pvt. 1st Class Charles R. Powers, 18, of Riverside, California, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for.
More women veterans turning to VA for care, benefits than ever before
Health care enrollment of women veterans in VA increased across all 50 states, with the greatest number of enrollments in Texas (6,507), Florida (4,666), California (4,318), Virginia (3,806), Georgia (2,937) and North Carolina (2,776).
Call to duty: a passion for the isolated person
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan Rogers, a noncommissioned officer in charge of survival, evasion, resistance and escape training, grew up with a father who was a 30-year explosive ordinance disposal Chief Master Sgt. in the United States Air Force.
Arizona cemetery honors 15 year anniversary of opening of the historical soldiers section
The Southern Arizona Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery recently honored the 15th anniversary of its historical soldiers section of the cemetery. It’s now the final resting place for 61 Cavalry and Infantry soldiers who died between the 1860s and 1880s.
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