Hip West Coast Shorts Maker Shows Support With Generous Donation
“Black Friday is a really big sales day — we saw it as an opportunity to really use that momentum to give back to members of our community that are […]
Woman Unearths Lost Valor, Returns It to Fallen Sailor’s Family
The Capitol Flea market, a San Jose event bursting with bargains and bustle, is both a Sunday mainstay and a heralded tradition for many of the northern California city’s natives. For Tammie […]
California Homeless Veteran Buried in Wyoming After Heartfelt Memorial
They didn’t know him in life, but it didn’t matter. In death, hundreds of active and former service members poured out their love for fellow veteran Stephen Reiman, a Californian […]
Marines to Honor One of Their Biggest Supporters in San Diego
It’s been more than a quarter century since the Gulf War. Operation Desert Shield. More than 25 years since the elder George Bush was president and commander-in-chief. Although she didn’t realize […]
How Pig Meat Could One Day Heal the Wounds of Disabled Veterans
“Personally, for me, this project has been one of the most satisfying projects I’ve worked on. Especially since it can help a population that has sacrificed so much for our […]
Pro Football Player Pays Tribute to Late Marine Brother
“You could say he’s the key to all my success so far. That I got in the end zone and did that, it was just a sign to him watching […]
Marine Vet Sells Prized Model Train Set to Help Fellow Marines
Military veteran Michael Marotta has always loved trains. Over the course of decades, he managed to amass an impressive model train collection, about 500 pieces in all, with a few […]
Beachgoer Finds Band With Fallen Soldier’s Name, Drums Up Mystery
Liz Maloney-Triplett does it a few times a week. From her home in Falmouth, Massachussets, she makes her way down to Cape Cod’s Menauhant Beach, and takes a stroll along […]
This Old Military Surgeon Gave Up Drinking One Day & Decided He’d Help Others Do the Same
“It’s about giving back. There’s a saying we have in the field, ‘I can’t keep it … unless you give it away.’” *** For years, as a proud member in […]
Soldier Mother & Football Son Reunite, Give Alabama Stadium Pause
This past Saturday was a momentous one for college football. Not a surprise, really, this weekend every year brings rivals together on the gridiron in bowls and stadiums across the […]
One Thousand Veterans Protest College Removing American Flag
About 1,000 military veterans gathered at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts this Sunday to protest the institution removing the American flag from its premises after a portion of its student body […]
Navy Grants Vet’s Wish, Will Bury Him Where Sub Sank in 1963
“Bud felt that he should’ve been the one to go down with the Thresher, not this other man. All those years, it bothered him.” *** In early April in 1963, […]
Watch Marines Train, Jump Into a Frozen Norwegian Pond
“It’s amazing what your body will do when you jump into the ice.” In the beginning of November United States Marines, 170 of them, challenged their bodies to its boney […]
Navy SEAL Donates Thousand Dollars-Worth of Turkeys
It didn’t matter that just a few months ago, United States Navy SEAL Anthony Alessi, 29, was deployed overseas, fighting for America and the free world. Or that he wasn’t working high […]
Mother of Late Fort Hood Soldier Petitions to Enact ‘WARRIOR Alert’
The mother and family of Dakota Stump, the Indiana-born United States Army soldier who went missing for three weeks before he was discovered dead on post earlier this month wants a […]
Army Vet Moves Into Donated Home Just in Time for Thanksgiving
A United States Army veteran who had been having a hard time trying to find a place to stay after being discharged from the military now officially has a roof over […]
WWII Vet Recovers Stolen Dog, Receives Touching Gift from Korean War Vet
“My world all came back to me.” *** Last week, a woman told Roger LeClair, a 93-year-old military veteran of World War II, that she was going to do him […]
Dying Vet Files to Erase ‘Undesirable’ Discharge, Have Military Burial [UPDATED]
“Mr. Spires does not want to pass knowing that he will not be honored with a military burial and that the Air Force still refuses to acknowledge the sacrifices he […]
Vets Flock to Sioux Reservation to Stop Dakota Access Pipeline
“If we’re going to be heroes, if we’re really going to be those veterans that this country praises, well, then we need to do the things that we actually said […]
Fifty-Three Years Ago Today, America Lost a President, a War Hero
Now, more than ever, this footage, this terror, resonates. The sight of a beloved American President — and war hero — being gunned down should be viewed on this day […]