When service members return from deployment, their world is never the same. In many cases, veterans’ cultural views and morals change after they’ve seen how a different part of the world works.
For the most part, we step out of our comf…
Lance Corporal Matthew Croucher’s dad says his boy is a “lucky man.” The Royal Marine was attached to 40 Commando Group in Afghanistan in 2008. On a night raid on a bomb maker’s compound in Sangin, he brushed a tripwire. The grenade sprung, then…
There are a lot of brands out there that try to appeal to the American Armed Forces. They try everything from discounts to events, to prove that they are the…
After the fall of Kabul to the Taliban in 2021, the United States left around $7 billion worth of military equipment behind. This includes the mixture of light attack planes…
On September 19, 2022, the White House announced the release of the last American prisoner in Afghanistan, Mark Frerichs, from Taliban captivity. The Navy veteran was working as a civilian…
Established in 1979 through a proclamation signed by President Jimmy Carter, National POW/MIA Recognition Day is an annual event held on the third Friday of September. This event is usually held at the Pentagon and is often observed at military inst…
When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, the country’s central bank, Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) lost all access to its accounts. Since no one knew who would control the funds…
Ron Rosser was a patriot and a hero. The Medal of Honor recipient who reenlisted in the Army to avenge his brother, died in August at the age of 90.
Army Master Sgt. Ron Rosser served for three years in the post-World War II Army in Japan and…
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Winder Perez was fighting in Afghanistan in January 2012 when he was shot with a rocket-propelled grenade that pierced his leg and remained stuck there without detonating.
A medical evacuation crew ignored regulati…
On a high plain in the Paktika province of Afghanistan, sits a remote outpost known to many simply as Firebase Shkin. In the early days of the War in Afghanistan, it was a hotspot of insurgent activity.