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By Brad Washabaugh, Colonel, USMC (ret) Norman Schwarzkopf photo from wikipedia.org Bright Star 89 was the dress rehearsal for Desert Storm conducted in the Oman...
By James Lutz image from rallypoint.com In the summer of 1956, after completing six weeks of Basic Training at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas, I...
Image from wikipedia.org Desert Storm saw the largest assembly of war ships since WWII. You can find a list of them here. Yet, not included...
7,600 Vets Answered. Here are the 7 funniest stories (revised for clarity and language). Oscar the Grouch We had a guy that somehow got his...
Our Spring 2021 issue of VBC Magazine features photos of 19 veterans, each with a unique story of service to tell. Hit the “+” to...
Mystery has long surrounded the Stealth Fighter F-117 Nighthawk since its official retirement in 2008. Supposedly hidden away in a remote desert boneyard, F-117s have...
Marines of Co. C, 1st Bn., 2nd Marine Div., move out on a mission after disembarking from a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263 (HMM-263) CH-46E...
Popeye’s father, Poop Deck Pappy (popeye.fandom.com) Like a pranking middle schooler, we asked our Navy veterans last Wednesday morning if they could tell us what...
. . BioInterviewBio Joe Wisniewski saw a lot of action while serving in the Mekong Delta region at a base maintaining 20 patrol boats from...
Thanks to Carl Rectenwald for passing along this great 2-min video of WWII B-17 and B-24 Ball Turret .50-cals firing at the Big Sandy Shoot...
Image from US Dept of Defense via history.army.mil A new film heralds the service of 855 Black women soldiers who comprised the 6888th Central Postal...
Image via National Interest You can call the 20th century the “Century of the Battleship.” Japan’s stunning defeat of Russia in 1905 relied on the...
