Soldiers Angels
Middle East Conflicts Memorial Wall
On June 19th, 2004 a Granite Memorial Wall was dedicated commemorating the servicemen and women who have lost their lives in worldwide conflicts since 1979. The project was built with donated material and labor and is the first of its kind in the history of the United States to give honor to our fallen by […]
The BRRRRTTTT keeps coming:
Maj. Matt Paetzhold, an A-10C Thunderbolt instructor pilot with the 76th Fighter Squadron, climbs aboard a Warthog at Moody Air Force Base on Sept. 9, 2017. (SrA Daniel Snider/Air Force) The A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin turbofan engined, straight-winged, jet aircraft developed by Fairchild-Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF). It is […]
Valor Friday
LTJG Ann Bernatitus, (NC), USN. Albert Murray, painter of numerous admirals and dignitaries, made this portrait of her at the Corcoran Gallery here in Washington in 1942. Bernatitus was stationed at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, and several times she took the trolley or bus from Bethesda to the Corcoran to sit for […]
US Army Captain Killed in Ethiopian Airlines Crash
Captain Antoine Lewis, 39, was among those who died as a result of the airlines crash that occurred recently in Ethiopia. He was in Ethiopia to do missionary work. Based on the descriptions from those who knew him, he had a passion for doing things that made other people’s lives better. From Stars & Stripes: […]
President George H.W. Bush’s service dog ‘enlists’ at Walter Reed
Sully, President George H.W. Bush’s service dog. By: Terri Moon Cronk Sully, the celebrated yellow Lab retriever that was the service dog of former President George H.W. Bush, has joined the ranks of working dogs at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Inducted by way of a paw shake and through an oath of office […]
Gold Star Mothers Day
Gold Star Mother’s Sunday September 30, 2018 The organization was named after the Gold Star that families hung in their windows in honor of the deceased veteran. After years of planning, June 4, 1928, twenty-five mothers met in Washington, DC to establish the national organization, American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. The success of our organization […]
A Soldier’s Angel
Some of us us here have had the pleasure of meeting her, others have worked with her. LANDSTUHL, Germany — Mary Ann Phillips does not think of herself as extraordinary, yet she is. Every week in Landstuhl, Germany she collects gifts given with love. They include everything from cards to clothing, blankets to books. Phillips […]
VALOUR-IT update
Yeah, so those grungy-assed Marines are leading in the competition between the services to get voice-activated laptops to our wounded troops, but that’s only because most Army guys are paying for at least one ex-wife; The competition ends on Veterans’ Day, so there’s still time to help the Army team out. Do like you did […]
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