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
As we mourn the recent deaths of 13 US Service Members and witness the ongoing disaster in Afghanistan, it is good to read this thoughtful letter sent by the Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger and Sergeant Major Troy Black to their fellow Marines: ATTEND AN EVENT SUBSCRIBE TO
Last week, a Command Sergeant Major (CSM) at Fort Hood noticed something wrong with the new 1st Cavalry Division patches distributed to troops to wear on their sleeves. Seems like the patch manufacturer had failed to put a VERY slight bow in the diagonal stripe, a bow I’m guessing only the CSM
