by Shaun Hall If you're like me, a civilian who has been watching the events in Afghanistan unfold, with people trying to flee after the U.S. withdrawal, you might be looking at how you can help. I came across an article by Task & Purpose that lists out different
August 18, 2021 Today, we're bringing you a shocking Scuttlebutt Short! The US Navy conducted its first shock trials of an aircraft carrier in 34 years during a recent three-day exercise off the coast of St. Augustine, Florida. We’re here with retired Navy veteran Dave Jackel to take a
August 17, 2021 Last night, we heard a number of veterans respond to what is happening in Afghanistan right now. Listen to these vets share their thoughts about the Fall of Kabul, and how this reminds us of the Fall of Saigon in 1975. Their feelings of passion, hurt,
August 16, 2021 Ever since pockets were invented, the military has frowned upon using them. Even when Army, Navy, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard, and Marine Corps issued trousers with pockets, you weren’t supposed to put anything in them, especially your hands (which raises the question asked on The Scuttlebutt last
August 16, 2021 Almost from the moment the Wright brothers proved that powered, heavier-than-air machine flight was possible, people have wanted to jump. On August 16, 1940, 48 volunteers from the “Parachute Test Platoon” clambered aboard a Douglas C-33 at Lawson Air Field, Fort Benning, Columbus, Georgia, and took off for
by Pete Mecca At age 6, Jim Lawrence would get dropped off at Hawkins Field in Jackson, Mississippi, to watch airplanes land and take off all day. By age 9, Jim was getting paid to wash the planes. Soon, he was flying them, and on his 16th birthday, he soloed for
