Written by Todd DePastino The Inter-American Geodetic Survey (IAGS) was the most important Cold War project you’ve never heard of. Its mission was to map the vast uncharted regions of Latin American . . . and collect on-the-ground intelligence in the process. Bad maps lose wars. Napoleon might have triumphed at Waterloo if he'd
The US Air Force turns 75 on September 18, the date when the Air Force formally separated from the US Army under the terms of the National Security Act of 1947. But if you really want to trace the origins of America's air power, you need to go back to the Civil War and
Passage of the Camp Lejeune Justice Act as part of the larger PACT Act has focused attention once again on the contaminated water at the base between 1953-1987. Our own Ron Gionta--USAF veteran, retired VA Outreach Specialist Ron Gionta, and the VBC's resident "Veteran-in-the-Know"--shared the following information about Camp Lejeune water contamination claims. From
by Todd DePastino President Harry S. Truman addressing a joint session of Congress asking for $400 million in aid to Greece and Turkey. This speech became known as the "Truman Doctrine" speech. Veterans will sometimes say, “Oh, I never served in war, only peace time.” By that, they usually
Jack Barsky shares his stranger-than-fiction story tonight. To everyone, Jack appeared as a mild-mannered computer programmer. But in truth, he was a Russian “Illegal”—among the most elite and secretive of KGB agents living undercover in the US (and made famous by the FX network’s spy drama, The Americans). Meet Jack and hear his story tonight!
by Todd DePastino By February 1946, 42-year-old American diplomat George Kennan had spent almost half his life abroad. He'd started in the US Embassy in Moscow in 1933, then on to Prague, Berlin (where he spent six months in a Nazi prison), Lisbon, London, and back to Moscow. George F.
