The holidays can be a tough time for those separated from their loved ones. For service members, spending the holiday season halfway around the world from home is a sacrifice…
Today, Johnny Cash is a household name hailing from the record labels of Nashville. The Man in Black is known for his 13 Grammy awards, countless songs and his highly…
Typically, the role of “Doc” in the convoy is as a passenger. While remaining alert and attentive, I also felt that I needed to keep my unit motivated and focused while they did their various jobs.
I took the task very seriously by acti…
Musician and actor Elvis Presley escalated to fame in the mid-1950s as one of the most renowned big names in the rock and roll industry. By the mid-20th century, he…
What an awesome scene.
Army military helicopters flying in on the North Vietnamese, guns blazing, as Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries” plays from loudspeakers. This wasn’t reality –
John Newton was not what you’d call a lucky man. One day, he went off to visit some friends in London and was caught up along the way by a press gang – Royal Navy troops sent just to force people into serving aboard the king’s ships. He found hi… When special operations combat veteran Addison Blu was stationed in Afghanistan over Christmas, it wasn’t exactly like holidays back home. Now a writer, Blu teamed up with New Musicals Inc…. Even the band’s name is a reference to medieval knight’s armor – the Swedish metal band Sabaton makes music about war, history’s greatest battles, and daring feats of combat badassery. Their latest album, The Great War, featur… Few people question where popular bands got their names. Especially when the band is as popular as Foo Fighters. Founded in 1994 by a former member of Nirvana, today the… In 2008, Toby Keith was in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on one of his many USO tours when a mortar attack interrupted the show.The creator of ‘Amazing Grace’ was a sailor with a foul mouth
‘Christmas in Afghanistan’ depicts the holidays for troops over past two decades
Let this Swedish metal band be your war history teacher
The band ‘Foo Fighters’ got their name from this war mystery
That time a mortar attack interrupted Toby Keith’s Kandahar USO concert