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
Sunday, November 9th 2pm Vs Los Angeles Kings There are THREE WAYS to get TICKETS: 1. Visit www.pittsburghpenguins.com/militarytickets to complete GOVX.COM verification process AND score DISCOUNTED tickets for select games throughout the season. 2. Contact Your Penguins Representative to purchase 10 or more tickets to unlock group discounts AND save on online fees! 3.
By Charlotte Crosswhite The Army Security Agency (ASA) was a unique military experience. Whether you served in small assignments, large field stations, or combat situations, you always had one boot in the Army and the other in the NSA’s door. I wouldn’t call us isolated, but in many ways, we were self-isolating. You don’t
By Larry Hertzberg During the summer after my freshman year of college, I stayed at home, doing little more than hanging out with friends, drinking, shooting pool, and chasing girls. Truth be told, those were the main reasons I had gone to college in the first place. One evening in August 1963, just before
