Military & Veterans News

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Sailor's Mom Organizes ‘Blue Star Mothers’ Jean Campbell’s son, Navy Petty Officer Steven Stefanowicz, is on active duty with the Navy in the Middle East. She is championing his service by uniting service members’ mothers in her home state.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Gen. Howell Estes, USAF (Ret) /Space Man General Howell M. Estes III, who retired from the United States Air Force in 1998 after 33 years of service, currently heads Howell Estes & Associates, Inc., a wholly owned consulting firm to CEOs, presidents, and general managers of aerospace and telecommunications companies worldwide.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: A Hero on 9/11, Colonel Cites Indignities of Internment During WWII If he were alive today, Kinzo Wakayama would be proud of the Soldier’s Medal on his son’s Army uniform.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Hispanic American Exceeds Dreams; Became Marine General Michael J. Aguilar was in the seventh grade when he decided he wanted to be a military pilot and fly combat missions.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: A Wartime Romance Blossoms at Bagram Just over a month after 1Lt. Valencia Delavega got engaged last August, she received orders to Afghanistan.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Anchors away for Joe Parenti WASHINGTON, April 19, 2002 -- Seaman Joseph Parenti is going to be a "nuke" - in Navy parlance, a nuclear propulsion plant operator aboard a submarine or aircraft carrier.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: A Mom, a Recruit, and a War on Terrorism MOUNT STERLING, Ohio, April 17, 2002 -- When Sonya Schilling learned terrorists had attacked the United States, her first thought was of her 18-year-old son, Joseph Parenti.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Old Guard Honors Tradition In Pentagon 'Battlefield' Troops going into combat count on one thing: No matter what happens, their buddies won't leave them behind.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Authors Explain Special Ops in 'Shadow Warriors' Shadow Warriors: Inside the Special Forces was recently released after Tom Clancy and retired General Carl Stiner added a chapter on the aftermath of September 11 and the current war against terrorism.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Scams Target Veterans for Identity Theft WASHINGTON (January 22, 2002) -- An e-mail circulating about a retiree who had his identity stolen after filing separation papers at a county courthouse is no urban legend, according to Transition Center officials.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Vietnam Veteran Launches 'The Vietnam Files' Web Site EUREKA, Calif., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The Vietnam Files Web site  arose out of David Prendergast’s desire to put crucial documents into the hands of those across the United States who need them most. For more than 30 years, Prendergast has been assisting Marines by obtaining Vietnam unit documents. But the process was cumbersome, time-consuming, and generally incomplete. "You’d get what the officials thought you wanted, and you’d often have to go back three or four times," Prendergast says. "People were willing to assist, but the documentation was the weak point, and Veterans on the street can’t wait years for critical documentation."

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Prominent Historian Admits Fabricating Vietnam Record Joseph J. Ellis, the Pulitzer Prize- winning historian whose latest book, "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation," has been a national best seller for 26 weeks, admitted yesterday that he had misled his students at Mount Holyoke College into believing that he was an airborne soldier in Vietnam when in fact he never served in Vietnam.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Now on the Silver Screen: Making ‘Band of Brothers’ WASHINGTON, August 16, 2001 - Audiences around the country are hearing firsthand about the hell that sparked an everlasting bond between World War II soldiers from a Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg production.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: Recruit Attrition Rates Fall Across The Services Recruit attrition rates are dropping across the services thanks to programs that try to prepare enlistees for the rigors of basic training before they ship out and revamped training policies.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: New Funeral Program Teams Military, Vet's Groups WASHINGTON, July 5, 2001 – The Department of Defense is teaming with veterans service organizations across the country to conduct traditional funeral ceremonies that honor the nation’s military veterans.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: National D-Day Memorial Dedicated on a Virginia Hilltop As our boat touched sand and the ramp went down, I became a visitor to hell.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: The Case of the ‘Bogus’ Lieutenant WASHINGTON, March 26, 2001 -- Bessie Coleman would not be deterred. She spent her life following her dream and eventually died because of it, but she blazed a path that women aviators have followed ever since.

Military & Veterans News VA urges communities to recognize hospitalized Veterans during ‘National Salute to Veteran Patients’ week WASHINGTON — Today the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that, as part of an effort to honor hospitalized Veterans, it will mark National Salute to Veteran Patients from Feb. 10-16 by encouraging communities to seek out opportunities to volunteer at their local VA facilities. 

Military & Veterans News Vet News: H. Ross Perot, Sr. Pledges $3 Million to American Veterans Disabled For Life Memorial Tue Apr 22, 2008

Military & Veterans News Vet News: SAS Public Sector to Sponsor Institute for Defense and Business Program CARY, N.C. (April 14, 2004) – SAS, the leader in business intelligence, announced today a commitment to sponsor a program designed to bring together retired senior military personnel with leaders in the private sector and academia to study and facilitate the adoption of best business practices by the military.

Military & Veterans News Vet News: "Why We Serve' Program Connects Servicemembers, Civilians WASHINGTON, Jan. 7, 2008 – Media outlets portray a version of the U.S. military as seen from the outside, but Americans across the country can access the primary source: hearing the military experience described by a soldier, sailor, airman or Marine who lives it.