Army veterans and military analyst Jim Blackwell marks the 35th anniversary of the launch of the ground offensive in Operation Desert Storm. The ground war of Desert Storm was short, violent, and decisive. After weeks of air attacks, coalition ground forces surged into southern Iraq and Kuwait in late February 1991. U.S. Army and Marine
⚠️ Mature conversation. Intended for adult audiences. Zoom only, registration required. The Veterans Breakfast Club is launching a new pilot series—VBC After Dark—created for veterans who want a looser, more unfiltered conversation than our traditional programs. We'll meet in the closed Zoom environment without a livestream to Facebook or YouTube. Registration is required. Our first
Join the Veterans Breakfast Club for a conversation with Vietnam veteran, writer, and longtime veterans advocate Doug Bradley, whose new book The Tracks of My Years: A Music-Based Memoir uses popular music to trace his own life story from first loves and hometown restlessness to Vietnam and coming home. Wisconsin Public Radio describes the book
When Americans picture the Pacific War, they usually imagine palm trees and jungle heat. But in 1942–43, World War II came to the frozen edge of Alaska. On the remote Aleutian Islands of Attu Island and Kiska Island, U.S. and Japanese forces fought a brutal campaign of fog, wind, snow, and rock, the only land
We welcome Major Cyla Srna of the Texas State Guard, who will tell us about her Marine Corps service as an Aviation Structural Mechanic and her decision to join Texas's State Defense Force, where she's served for the past 12 years. Cyla is also an advocate for women veterans. In 2020, she agreed to enter
Join us for a compelling conversation with award-winning journalist and bestselling writer Wil Haygood (author of The Butler) as he discusses his latest book, The War Within a War: The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home (out February 10, 2026). Haygood reframes the Vietnam War not simply as a foreign conflict, but as a
