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By Todd DePastino On October 13, 2025, the United States Navy marks its 250th birthday, celebrating the day the Continental Congress first authorized a few...
Odysseus (The Vatican Museums, Rome) By Todd DePastino You would think that if the ancient Greeks told a story about a triumphant soldier returning home...
Petty Officer Donn Nemchick, Naval Communications Station, Guam, 1971. (Donn Nemchick) by Donn Nemchick I completed my U.S. Navy enlistment on board the attack aircraft carrier...
Sunday, November 9th 2pm Vs Los Angeles Kings There are THREE WAYS to get TICKETS: 1. Visit www.pittsburghpenguins.com/militarytickets to complete GOVX.COM verification process AND score...
By Charlotte Crosswhite The Army Security Agency (ASA) was a unique military experience. Whether you served in small assignments, large field stations, or combat situations,...
By Larry Hertzberg During the summer after my freshman year of college, I stayed at home, doing little more than hanging out with friends, drinking,...
“…a riveting story of the mid-20th century bomber era and those that performed the mission.” General Norton “Norty” Schwartz, USAF, Retired, former Chief of Staff,...
On Veterans Day 2022, reporter Steve Mellon of the Pittsburgh Union Progress published a remarkable story about a hidden hillside cemetery in Ross Township where...
We said goodbye to one of our most memorable and famous VBC veterans, John “Lucky” Luckadoo, who was the last surviving pilot from World War...
by Mary Klepper This weekend as I was driving through Virginia, I passed several Civil War battlefields. I started humming and it took a second...
Image: Freepik Coming home doesn’t always feel like coming down. For veterans, the shift from tactical alertness to domestic stillness can leave the body confused...
Written by Todd DePastino The history of the Pledge of Allegiance begins with the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), the nation’s first veterans organization,...
