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Andrew McCaffrey with two of his children. (The McCaffrey Family) By Matt Cahill Matt Cahill is the Founder and Executive Chair of Green Star Families....
By Nate Webster Nate Webster grew up in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and graduated from West Point in 2011. He commissioned as an infantry officer and served...
The wars that followed September 11, 2001, produced a generation of Americans whose lives were shaped by events that began on a single morning and...
United Airlines Flight 175 hits the World Trade Center’s south tower, September 11, 2001. (Public domain) By Todd DePastino On September 11, 2001, nineteen young...
By Bob Von Bargen Few veterans today remember the phrase “purple suit.” I was reminded of that recently after giving a presentation on the origins...
By Todd DePastino For many of us, September 11, 2001, remains a vivid personal memory. We remember where we were when we heard the news....
By Todd DePastino On December 17, 1944, hundreds of American bombers crossed Central Europe on a mission against Nazi Germany’s synthetic fuel industry. One of...
By Jay Lacklen By 1976, Air Force pilot Jay Lacklen had spent years flying one of the largest and most demanding aircraft in the U.S....
By Todd DePastino Somewhere out there are 35 Marines who enlisted together on a summer evening at the old Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota, almost...
The Berlin Airlift lasted only fifteen months, from June 1948 to September 1949, yet it changed the course of modern history. It demonstrated that the...
By Brad Washabaugh Few problems of modern warfare are more agonizing than friendly fire. Getting wounded or killed by the enemy is one thing. But...
By Bill Mayhue, LTC (Ret.) Military humor is unique, and few things inspire more jokes that the huge compendia of jargon that the branches of...
