Armor Battalion soldiers engaged in firefight (LTC McBrearty) Retired Army LTC John J. McBrearty deployed to Iraq in 2004 with the California National Guard as part of the 185th Armor Battalion. Serving as Deputy Base Commander of Combat Support Center Scania, a major stop-over point for convoys traveling from Kuwait to the
Kate during her Iraq deployment, 2003-4 by COL Kate Guttormsen (USA, ret.) Retired Army Colonel Kate Guttormsen joined the Veterans Breakfast Club last year to share her story as the CO of the original Team Lioness, the female soldiers who fought alongside the Marines in the 2004 Ramadi uprising. A graduate of
by Daria Sommers Army veteran Nancy Stroer served from 1986 to 1992 as a maintenance officer, spending time in what she calls “the beer-soaked trenches of post-Cold War Germany.” After leaving active duty, she worked in military communities in Germany, Turkey, Japan and the United Kingdom. During that time she found her calling as
written by Alan Krause I was not able to attend the VBC Scuttlebutt's Open Conversation about Marc Leepson’s proposal that the term “Combat Veteran” be deleted from the Vietnam Veterans lexicon. But I did view it on YouTube. It was a well conducted meeting and easy to watch and listen. In regard to the
Bell UH-1 Huey Tail Rotor Chain, Vietnam (Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association) written by Todd DePastino During Rosemary Thunder Schwoebel's recent presentation about her book, A Vietnam Memoir: Adventures of an American Red Cross Donut Dolly, 1968-69, she raised her right arm and displayed a artifact I'd never seen or heard of before:
Written by Todd DePastino WWII veteran Guy Prestia passed away at 102 years old just hours before he was scheduled to share some stories with us at our breakfast in Sewickley, PA. In losing Guy, a treasured voice of the Veterans Breakfast Club has fallen silent. Even more, our nation has lost perhaps its
