Jeremy in front of a destroyed Russian armored vehicle outside the former compound of the Taliban’s supreme leader Mullah Omar, May 2002. (Jeremy D. Baker) By Jeremy D. Baker Jeremy D. Baker is a former Army counterintelligence agent, combat veteran and novelist. As part of the 202nd Military Intelligence Battalion, he
Dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, DC,November 13, 1982. (Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund) By Diane Carlson Evans Earlier this year, Vietnam Veteran and former Army Nurse Diane Carlson Evans was honored with the Presidential Citizens Medal. The second highest civilian award, it is given to those who have “performed exemplary deeds
By Todd DePastino On October 13, 2025, the United States Navy marks its 250th birthday, celebrating the day the Continental Congress first authorized a few modest ships in 1775. To commemorate this milestone, the Veterans Breakfast Club is hosting a special Navy Birthday Conversation with veterans sharing sea stories and reflections on the Navy’s
Odysseus (The Vatican Museums, Rome) By Todd DePastino You would think that if the ancient Greeks told a story about a triumphant soldier returning home from a far off war, they’d fill it with banquets and celebrations, orations, and commemorations, all hailing the conquering hero. But that’s not what they did. Instead,
Petty Officer Donn Nemchick, Naval Communications Station, Guam, 1971. (Donn Nemchick) by Donn Nemchick I completed my U.S. Navy enlistment on board the attack aircraft carrier USS Constellation. After completing our final deployment in the Tonkin Gulf off the coast of North Vietnam, we were finally under way and headed to our home
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