← BACK TO VBC BLOG The Cold War Origins of NORAD’s Santa Tracker by Todd DePastino This Christmas Eve, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) will track Santa Claus’s progress around the globe, as it has since 1955. That was the year Air Force Colonel Harry Shoup received
by Todd DePastino Courtesy asomf.org Calling all 82nd Airborne Veterans! Tonight we talk All American Division history with author and veteran Bob Dvorchak. Legend has it that the 82nd Airborne Division got its nickname, “All American,” because, back in World War I, it was the sole Army division with
WWII D-Day Veteran Warren Goss shared this Thanksgiving story with us. The VBC wishes everyone a happy and healthy Thanksgiving! ATTEND AN EVENT SUBSCRIBE TO VBC BULLETIN
by Shaun Hall Video from DARPA via AirForceMag.com Paratroopers are often asked at the Veterans Breakfast Club, "Why jump out of a perfectly good airplane?" But did you know that besides dropping everything from rations to troops to equipment, C-130s are being used to catch objects in mid-flight? Recently a C-130 caught a
During Vet-A-Thon, the VBC premiered a new video series: Chow Time! We put our MRE skills to the test. Can we figure out how to work the heating element? Will we score a lucky jalapeño cheese spread? And most importantly, will we find a rock or something? Watch the whole series
written by Mary Klepper My father recently had to stop driving, so I’ve been taking him to points south of Baltimore to visit his siblings. In July, my cousin mentioned the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia, only 30 miles from his home in Roanoke, Virginia. I was especially excited to see the memorial,
