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August 16, 2021 Almost from the moment the Wright brothers proved that powered, heavier-than-air machine flight was possible, people have wanted to jump. On August...
by Pete Mecca At age 6, Jim Lawrence would get dropped off at Hawkins Field in Jackson, Mississippi, to watch airplanes land and take off...
As we mourn the recent deaths of 13 US Service Members and witness the ongoing disaster in Afghanistan, it is good to read this thoughtful...
Last week, a Command Sergeant Major (CSM) at Fort Hood noticed something wrong with the new 1st Cavalry Division patches distributed to troops to wear...
If you served in the Navy or Coast Guard since 1973, you’ve watched Trial by Fire, a harrowing 18-minute, 44-second film of the USS Forrestal...
One morning in 1971 in a village in Binh Phuoc province, South Vietnam, Jim Roberts’ Mobile Advisory Team received a call about an incoming helicopter....
As the nation and the world prepare to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the United States, join us live in-person or...
Air Force veteran Ron Stachevich shared a story about about manning the “Pinetree Line” of RADAR defense at Goose Bay, Labrador. These were the days...
The Beaver County Times captured a great shot of Gene Bowser in his WWII Navy jumper at our picnic last week, the VBC’s first in-person...
The Veterans Breakfast Club has partnered with Vitalant (formerly, Central Blood Bank) to address our nation’s critical blood shortage. The VBC Blood Drive is part...
We received notes from Vietnam veterans about our Scuttlebutt episode on the music of war, especially Vietnam. Here are two remembrances by Vietnam veterans Rich...
by Todd DePastino Ten years ago, I toured the United States Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio, with a group of World War II veterans,...
