Considering Remote Work? Here’s Why You May Be a Good Fit by Scott Faith Credit: Pexels - No changes made to the image Veterans face numerous trials throughout their lives, and during these uncertain times, it has certainly added another layer of challenges. Due to the current state of the economy, nearly 20,000 US military personnel were discharged over the past few … [Read more...]
Paratroopers of WWII: Double Volunteers
Paratroopers of WWII: Double Volunteers by Mike Kelvington When soldiers are asked why they volunteered for the paratroopers, their responses come in many forms. Many men signed up to be in the Airborne because they possessed a desire to fight for their country after the attacks on Pearl Harbor.[1] Many believed it was their patriotic duty.[2]Family was another reason. … [Read more...]
Gemini VIII: 3rd Special Forces Group Support to the Space Mission–16 March 1966
Gemini VIII: 3rd Special Forces Group Support to the Space Mission--16 March 1966 by an anonymous Special Forces veteran The year 2020 marked the first time in 19 years that SpaceX and NASA will launch a manned mission on a U.S. made spacecraft. The return of the U.S. to space and the recent creation of U.S. Space Force harkens back to the earlier days of America’s … [Read more...]
American Airborne: Surprise & Deception
American Airborne: Surprise & Deception by Mike Kelvington On May 29, 1944, the commander in chief of the Allied Expeditionary Air Forces, Air Chief Marshall Trafford Leigh-Mallory, expressed his concerns to General Dwight D. Eisenhower about calling off the parachute operations associated with Operation Overlord. Leigh-Mallory warned Eisenhower that he forecasted “the … [Read more...]
Homeless Vets and COVID-19
Homeless Vets and COVID-19 by DiAnna Steele A tattered, soiled blanket covered the homeless man lying on the sidewalk while a thin layer of cardboard served as his mattress. Next to him a coffee jar guarded a few coins. In his hand he clutched a cardboard sign that read, “PLEASE SUPPORT VETERANS.” As the former spouse of a Special Forces Officer and the mother of 3 sons … [Read more...]
Comfort Walk: Keeping a Ranger’s Memory Alive
Comfort Walk: Keeping a Ranger's Memory Alive by Steve Lewis The Comfort Walk helps to raise awareness of veterans mental health and suicide issues in the southern New England region of Connecticut and Rhode Island. It also helps to bring attention and funding to the cognitive agro-therapy program for veterans run by former Army Ranger Jon Jackson. On Memorial Day weekend … [Read more...]
An Open Letter to the NYT Editorial Board About the Military’s “White Supremacy” …from an Army Ranger
An Open Letter to the NYT Editorial Board About the Military's "White Supremacy" ...from an Army Ranger by J. C. Glick I am disgusted and dismayed, that The New York Times choose to publish an opinion piece titled “Why Does the U.S. Military Celebrate White Supremacy? " on Memorial Day Weekend. My main issue is not the article itself. My distaste resides in the … [Read more...]
Memorial Day—Remembering the Fallen
Memorial Day—Remembering the Fallen by Scoti Domeij Tandem-jumping into Normandy with Army Rangers who served with my son, Sgt. First Class Kristoffer Domeij, to honor the fallen at the 2019, 75th D-Day commemoration makes this 2020 Memorial Day even more sobering. Our documentary, Here Am I, Send Me, captures what we experienced in Normandy. Standing on Omaha Beach, … [Read more...]
Memorial Day — Pause for a Random Hero
Memorial Day — Pause for a Random Hero by David Hartmann This originally appeared in Dave Hartmann's blog May 24, 2019. It is published here this Memorial Day with the author's permission. “It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.” -- General George S. Patton It’s coming around again. For many it is the first … [Read more...]
Memorial Day: Ranger Heroes Remembered
Memorial Day: Ranger Heroes Remembered by Marty Skovlund Jr. Memorial Day is a weekend that comes with a lot of mixed emotion. For those of us who served in the military and the families who stayed behind and patiently waited for a safe return- it is a weekend we remember those that did NOT return. They made the ultimate sacrifice. We remember their memory, and the great … [Read more...]
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