← BACK TO VBC BLOG Army Tribute to Navy Peacoatby Dave Lozier Last year, in our fall 2021 issue of VBC Magazine, we ran a story on the Navy’s phase-out of the venerable peacoat in favor of the “Black Cold Weather Parka.” We received many responses, including this moving story
← BACK TO VBC BLOG 100-Year-Old WWII Ship Captain Tells All One-hundred-year-old Jim Kehl is one of the last surviving US Navy ship captains from World War II. Jim served aboard LSM-144 and LSM-145 and traveled tens-of-thousands of miles across the Pacific in 1944 and 1945, including the invasions
← BACK TO VBC BLOG One of the Last Surviving US Navy Ship Captains from World War II Pays Tribute to the Amphibious Fleet by Jim Kehl Lt. James Kehl, 1946 One-hundred-year-old Jim Kehl of Pittsburgh, PA, is one of the last surviving US Navy ship captains
← BACK TO VBC BLOG Leaked Video of F-35 Crash on the Carrier USS Carl Vinson No one "lands" on an aircraft carrier, the saying goes. They only "crash" in a controlled manner. On January 24, a F-35C Lightning II had an uncontrolled crash-landing on
. . Joe Wisniewski saw a lot of action while serving in the Mekong Delta region at a base maintaining 20 patrol boats from 1968-69. Interview video any description
