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WQED-TV has just released on YouTube an excellent ten-minute profile of Navy WAVE Julia Parsons’ codebreaking work in World War II. It shows footage of...
by Todd DePastino Last week, I got an email from former Navy officer Bernie Erhart who picked up the recent issue of VBC Magazine and...
by Todd DePastino No military regulation has been more closely watched—and more frequently changed—than the do’s and don’ts of tattoos. Last week, the Marine Corps...
by Todd DePastino World War I ended precisely on the 11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month of 1918. At the moment...
This story from SeaBee veteran Derek Sansone (NMCB-21, Black Jack Battalion) reinforces my conviction that the SeaBees is the most ingenious branch of the military....
98-year-old Paul Fairbrook joined VBC Happy Hour on October 4 to talk about his experiences as a “Ritchie Boy” in World War II. Paul fled...
Another VBC veteran was honored at Heinz Field by Pittsburgh Steelers. During the Sunday night game against the Seahawks, fans cheered as the Jumbotron showed...
by Todd DePastino (YouTube screenshot Peter von Panda) Every once in a while, you’re reminded that the US military is, among other things, the world’s...
by Ellie DePastino Phu Bai, 1966. EA-3 Mike Wagner & PCSN Carroll Brousssard stand with The Great “Pumkin.” Photo by Raymond Cochran. 1966 was the...
(Canada National Archives) You’re looking at Dr. Alec Douglas, official historian of the Canadian Armed Forces, laying eyes for the first time on the remnants...
by Shaun Hall NH 48749 Captain John Paul Jones. A composite picture showing the match between a plaster cast of Captain John Paul Jones and...
Back in August, we had Blue Star Mom, Doctoral Student, and now, children’s book author Lori Huertas on the Scuttlebutt. Her book that she gave...
