Navy Vet Attempts to Break the World Record for Pull-Ups
Nick Janowitz, nicknamed “The Patriot”, a United States Navy veteran and popular MMA fighter, will attempt to do something on Friday in Elmhurst, Illinois that, to most of us, seems […]
Genius Army Vet Robert Pirsig on the Beauty of Being Stuck
“I like to think I’m both hip and square at the same time.” *** In his early, early days, Robert M. Pirsig was thought to be destined for big things — […]
The Truth Behind the ‘Marlboro Marine’ & That Famous Photo
“I didn’t ask for it, never did want nothing to do with it. I don’t know.” Back in 2004, during the furious Second Battle of Fallujah, United States Marine James […]
How This Vet’s Teenage Hobby Got the FBI Thinking He Was a Spy
Some kids play video games. Some collect baseball cards. Others draw. Or run lemonade stands. When the late United States Air Force veteran (and distinguished diplomat and military historian) Robert F. […]
This Veteran Is Battling State Law With a Huge Sack of Smarties
There’s almost 10,000 of them. They’re all stuffed into a clear plastic sack that’s so jam-packed it makes holding it a strange chore. It kind of looks like one of those […]
Deported Army Vet Gets Pardoned by California Governor
From Tijuana, Mexico, former United States Army soldier Hector Barajas heard the good news. He heard he’d been given a second chance in the country he fought to protect. California […]
Disabled Vet Carries Woman, American Flag Over Boston Marathon Finish Line
Some images are impossible to forget. A few years ago, at this same time, in New England, the images were harrowing. Two brothers, terrorists, had set off explosives in the […]
Federal Jury Awards Marine Vet’s Family Almost $8 Million
On February 24, 2012, in a jail on Long Island, United States Marine veteran Bartholomew Ryan, an American who had seen combat in the Iraq War, hanged himself in his […]
Vet Charlie Murphy on Getting Out of the Navy, Having No Clothes
Charlie Murphy was famous because he was Eddie’s brother, but more so because he provided all of us with two of the funniest stories America’s ever heard. The night he […]
This VA System’s Aim Is to Predict Veteran Suicides
The system is called REACH VET, or Recovery Engagement and Coordination for Health, and according to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) one its purposes is to try to predict […]
Former Navy SEAL Says Jog Lead to Being Beat Up by Border Agent
There are two sides to every story. A story without a clear legal conclusion in San Diego pits one side, that of a former United States Navy SEAL, against that […]
Soldier’s ID Bracelet Lost During Normandy Invasion Found, Will Be Given Back to Him
In the Catholic religion, there’s a popular name one turns to, pronounces, pleads with, to see lost items be found and returned once again. Saint Anthony of Padua — a […]
A Story Every American Needs to Know: How Daniel Inouye Lost His Arm
“I wanted to put on the uniform to show where my heart stood, but we were denied so we petitioned the government and a year later they said okay, if […]
Old Glory Ripped Off Wyoming Military Veteran’s Flagpole
“It upset me,” Donald Oakes, a Vietnam veteran, told KCWY in Casper, Wyoming recently. “I found the flagpole on the ground and the flag was missing. So I immediately made […]
Nonprofit That Ferries WWII Vets to DC Landmarks Runs out of Money
“We had more than 100 vets waiting to go, some of them older than 100,” Saundra Cima, a volunteer with Honor Flight told the San Diego Union-Tribune. “It was very […]
WWII Veteran, 93, Gets Ready for His Big Birthday Piano Recital
Every other week Jack Prince, 93, a military veteran, makes his way with the help of his wheelchair to the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. When he gets there, he sits […]
How Helping a Heartbroken Buddy Put Army Vet on Path to Millions
You’ve heard of the classic “rags to riches” tale, maybe read a Horatio Alger story or two, but what about a “camo to riches” saga? The journey of United States […]
Virginia Town Won’t Let Veteran Park Military Truck in Driveway
For years after his service ended, Iraq War veteran Mitch Powell turned over what seemed like every rock for the chance to be reunited with the vehicle that helped him get […]
Double-Amputee Hero Marine Vet Officially Joins New York Police Department
He’ll be keeping the neighborhood safe … on wheels of steel. Well, titanium, actually. And not wheels per se … *** In 2011, as a United States Marine serving overseas, […]
Vietnam Vet Looking for Stolen Car, Man Who Beat Him Nearly to Death
Omar Sixto, 72, a Vietnam veteran and Miami resident, was doing what millions of Americans do on a nice Sunday afternoon: working on his car. A beautiful 2000 Chevrolet Corvette. […]