By Major (Ret.) Terri Swank, U.S. Army and Ohio National Guard, 1979–2015 We’re thrilled to announce that Army veteran Terri Swank, a longtime and beloved member of the Veterans Breakfast Club community, has been named to the Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame Class of 2025. The Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame, established in 1992,
By Guest Contributor Briana Hilton Technology is transforming the way Veteran Service Organizations (VSOs) support those who served. Already in 2025, for example, over two million veterans have used VA telehealth almost eight million times. In a similar vein, many VSOs have jumped on board with tech adoption as a way to help veterans
Crewmen aboard the destroyer USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD (DD-968) participate in the traditional shellback initiation ceremony during Exercise Unitas XXI. The shellback initiation takes place anytime a U.S. Navy ship crosses the equator. By Donn Nemchick There is a long standing maritme tradition to have a ceremony when the ship crosses the
By Vietnam Marine Veteran Rich Thurmond We called the United States “The World” in Vietnam. That's how it felt. Vietnam seemed like another planet altogether, and “The World” was the distant place we dreamed of going back to. My return home almost didn’t happen on schedule. Two days before I was supposed to leave,
By Vietnam Army Veteran Jim Janicki After reading the “Coming Home After War” issue of VBC Magazine, I felt compelled to share my own story. I enlisted in the U.S. Army on October 31, 1966, and served until September 17, 1969. I trained at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and then at Fort Eustis, Virginia,
By Bob Smith with Barb Smith In August 1960, The carrier USS Franklin D Roosevelt (CVA-42), pulled into Livorno (“Leghorn”), Italy, one of the largest and main seaports in the Mediterranean Sea. Three liberty launches left the ship for fleet landing. A storm was approaching. The ship began listing heavily. The winds were ferocious.
