Army Vet Finally Receives Medal of Honor for Heroism in 1876
When former Union Army Private Robert Smith died in 1930 in Elko, Utah, he did so not knowing that the President of the United States of America (at the time, […]
U.S. Army Officer Pranks Fighting Irish Brother at His Own Basketball Game
Out of nowhere, the video message from Notre Dame basketball guard Matt Farrell’s brother blared from the Jumbotron at the Fighting Irish’s game against Colgate University. Bo Farrell, a United States […]
Watch the Navy Band Surprise One of Its Biggest Fans (Frank Zappa)
Frank Vincent Zappa was born on December 21, 1940, in Baltimore, Maryland — a little over 30 miles from Annapolis, Maryland, the home of the United States Naval Academy, and […]
Navy SEALs Come to Aid of Two Former Russian Spies
Two former Russian spies, who defected to the United States after handing over troves of intelligence to both the CIA and FBI, were jobless and foundering in the Pacific Northwest […]
VFW Searching for Vet’s Family After Ashes Were Left on Their Doorstep
“This man was a WW 2 veteran that served honorably. Please see that he gets a proper burial. Thank you! God Bless You!” It rested on the doorstep of a Veterans […]
Vet Buys Gifts for Family of Burglar Who Shot, Paralyzed Him
There’s forgiveness, and then there’s what United States military veteran Chris Sanna did this month. “We’re supposed to get together, I got them gift cards and stuff for Christmas, we’re […]
Ohio Boy Writes Santa Wishing Airman Dad Home; Wish Is Granted
James Croot is seven years old. He goes to an elementary school in Blanchester, Ohio. Just the other day, he had a homework assignment: write a letter to Santa listing what […]
Watch Coast Guard Crew Rescue Fishermen After Their Boat Sank
When what seemed like an innocent Sunday outing, a fun fishing trip, turned disastrous and deadly near Jacksonville, Florida and the St. John’s inlet, the United States Coast Guard and […]
Study: Vets Have ‘Higher Pain Severity’ Than Civilians
According to a new study conducted by the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and captained by the head epidemiologist at the National Center For Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), United […]
From Fort Jackson to France: A World War II Soldier’s Sketchbook
The architect who designed the building you see below, the United States Tax Court Building in Washington, D.C., was a soldier once — in World War II — and young. […]
Indiana Kid Sends Care Packages to Deployed Military Members
He’s only 12 years old, but Tristan Badia of Granger, Indiana is already well-versed in supporting America’s military. Last holiday season, he successfully packed and sent out 26 boxes of […]
Disabled Army Vet Picking Up Pieces After Fire Destroys Business
“I get kind of emotional about this. I try not to use the word ‘frustrating’. Because I always say, okay, what’s my next opportunity? What’s my next challenge here?” Despite […]
The Rock Reunites Army Vet With Deployed Air Force Hubby
“I think that if we ever have the opportunity to give back to our troops I think we all should because we live and enjoy the life we have because […]
Vets Who Successfully Protested Dakota Pipeline Headed to Flint
If anything, the tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets they had to endure in sub-freezing temperatures not far from the Canadian border strengthened their will. They didn’t diminish or […]
Vets Reunite to Watch TV Show That Helped Them Through War (‘Gilmore Girls’)
They traveled. They got together. They watched. They loved. And, deftly the United States Marine combat veterans busted the chops of a big network broadcast journalist who had joined their […]
This Marine Vet Policeman Lost His Job Because He Didn’t Shoot
For United States Marine Corps veteran Stephen Mader, 25, the difference between the training one receives as a combat-ready leatherneck, versus the one receives as a police officer in rural […]
Veteran Marine Pilot & Legendary Astronaut John Glenn Dead at 95
John Herschel Glenn, Jr., World War II and Korean War Marine aviator, test pilot and the first American to orbit the Earth as a NASA astronaut in 1962, died Thursday […]
General Kelly’s Story About Two Marines Staring Down a Truck Bomb
Two United States Marines, Lance Corporal Jordan Haerter and Corporal Jonathan Yale, were assigned to stand watch over a compound in Ramadi, Iraq back in 2008, at 7:30 in the […]
Vet Returns to Find Home Decorated, All Lit Up for the Holidays
The intent? Surprise. That’s what a local Christmas decorating business was going for when it selected Josh Tisoskey’s house in Hopkinton, Rhode Island to dress up in lights and ornaments for […]
A Hawaii Radio Star Vet & His ‘Top Secret Pearl Harbor Mission’
The bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 may go down as a “surprise attack” by the Imperial Japanese navy — without a doubt it’s clearly one of the biggest, […]