Toys for Tots celebrates its 75th anniversary
Every Christmas season, Toys for Tots boxes go up in communities across the nation. Generous donors drop toys off in these boxes which are then distributed to children whose parents…
Remembering the USS Indianapolis (CA 35) on its 75th Anniversary
In the first minutes of July 30, 1945, two torpedoes fired from Japanese submarine I-58 struck the starboard side of USS Indianapolis (CA 35). One ripped off the ship’s bow, followed by another that hit crew berthing areas and kno…
Divers wore 1940s gear to inter Pearl Harbor survivor on USS Arizona
Pearl Harbor survivor Lauren Bruner was laid to rest aboard the sunken remains of the USS Arizona with the help of two Army divers in diving gear from the period.
Army 7th Dive Detachment Divers SSG Fred Bible and SPC Julio Melendez wore lead …
Veterans tell stories of Berlin Airlift for 70th anniversary
The trio shuffled into the small room with canes and walkers to record their testimonies of the first confrontations of the Cold War and how the allies prevailed without firing a shot, saving a former enemy from oppression.
The Royal Air Force…
Old Hickory vets celebrate 75th anniversary of liberation
North Carolina National Guard soldiers escorted four WWII veterans and their families to 75th-anniversary liberation celebrations Sept. 11-17, 2019.
The veterans served in the 30th Infantry Division, known as Old Hickory, and helped to liberat…
Rocket strike near US Embassy in Afghanistan on anniversary of 9/11
A rocket narrowly missed the US Embassy compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 11, 2019, during the first few minutes of the 18th anniversary of 9/11.
Loudspeakers inside the office broadcast a warning that “an explosion caused by a rocket …
Here’s how this historic spy plane keeps an eye on the battlefield
The 64th anniversary of the U-2 spy plane’s historic, and accidental, first flight came in early August 2019.
While much about the Dragon Lady has changed in the past six decades — most of the 30 or so in use now were built in the 1980s, an…
Check out these amazing photos of F-22s and F-16s flying over Alaska
On July 18, 2019, F-22 Raptors assigned to the 90th Fighter Squadron from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) and F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron from Eielson Air Force Base teamed up for a training flight over the J…
Army colonel will launch into space on moon landing’s 50th anniversary
Fifty years after Neil Armstrong said, “One small leap for man, one giant leap for mankind,” during the historic Apollo 11 moon landing, one American soldier will take the next “giant leap” into space.
Col. Andrew Morgan, astronaut and Arm…
Vets discuss VA home loan entitlement for 75th anniversary of the GI Bill
On June 22, 2019, VA will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the G.I. Bill. It was on that date in 1944 when President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Serviceman’s Readjust…