By Nate Webster Nate Webster grew up in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and graduated from West Point in 2011. He commissioned as an infantry officer and served with the 101st Airborne, later becoming a Special Forces officer with deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq, and locations across Africa. Nate is a recipient of the Pat Tillman Foundation Scholarship
The wars that followed September 11, 2001, produced a generation of Americans whose lives were shaped by events that began on a single morning and unfolded over two decades. The Veterans Breakfast Club Veterans History Project has recorded hundreds of interviews with veterans and military family members. The excerpts that follow are drawn from those
United Airlines Flight 175 hits the World Trade Center’s south tower, September 11, 2001. (Public domain) By Todd DePastino On September 11, 2001, nineteen young men boarded four commercial airliners and changed the course of American life—or so it seemed. Most of us who were alive that day remember exactly where we
By Todd DePastino We want to share this wonderful Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame video about VBC veteran and retired Army Major Terri Swank. Terri was recently inducted into the Hall of Fame. Congratulations, Terri! Terri Swank grew up on the Hilltop in Columbus with her mother and three sisters. A student at West
The Rand Corporation has released its latest Summary of Veteran-Related Statistics with information gathered from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey in 2023. The trends are measured from 2011-2023. According to the latest summary, the veteran population has steadily declined, representing just over 6 percent of U.S. adults in 2023. Veterans who served
By Colonel (Ret.) Dr. Peter M. Tan We are pleased to announce that Army Colonel and VBC Member, Dr. Peter Tan was inducted into the United States Veterans Hall of Fame, on November 8, just two days after receiving a similar honor from the Florida Veterans Hall of Fame. Dr. Peter M. Tan, a
