Memorial Day is fast approaching, so we wanted to share […]
We’ve all been taught the consequences of the U.S. Civil […]
When I sat down with several of VA’s women leaders […]
U.S. Air Force Veteran
In 1975, I enlisted in the Women’s Air Force, following the footsteps of Greatest Generation women fighting for the right to serve. Shortly thereafter, I saw it dismantled. Integrated into the “real” Air Force, women were able to serve as more than just nurses and secretaries.
It has been more than three decades since my uncle […]
67 years ago today, it didn’t seem much impeded the […]
It was a quiet and beautiful Sunday morning at Hawaii’s […]
For all the good he did, when President Lincoln declared […]
My HealtheVet Coordinator
Charles George, a full-blooded Cherokee and member of the Bird Clan, served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his courageous actions on November 30, 1952.
It’s a big week for the U.S. Navy, on happy […]
Ten years ago today, I was glued to CNN as […]
Speechwriter at the National Cemetery Administration; Commander, US Navy Reserve
I was barely twelve in 1973 when our POWs began coming home from Vietnam. Episodes of “Hogan’s Heroes” I’d watched did not prepare me for the startling images broadcast that February and March, as hundreds of gaunt, uniformed men made their way by plane from Southeast Asia, finally back onto American soil.