Women Serving Aboard Submarines: “Very Successful”

The status of the U.S. submarine fleet since bringing women aboard got its first public review Thursday during a roundtable held at the Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.,  just months after women began serving on U.S. submarines. The Stars and Stripes: Vice Adm. John Richardson, commander of submarine forces, said the integration process has been [...]

Veterans Law Institute Offers Legal Help and Advocacy

After 10 years of war, the number of veterans is growing and so are their needs. Stetson University’s College of Law responded establishing the Stetson Veterans Law Institute at its Gulfport, Florida campus. It was a long road getting established. The way was led law professor Charlie Rose III, director of Stetson’s Center for Excellence [...]

Homeless Veterans: VA Secretary Calls for Urgency

The battle to end homelessness among veterans is just beginning according to Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki. The Washington Post covered the VA secretary’s speech Wednesday at the 2012 Annual Conference of the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans. “Our homeless veterans are counting on us to bring a sense of urgency to this fight [...]

A Salute to the American Widow Project

Taryn Davis is one of the people I remembered this past Memorial Day. The day is set aside as much for the families of the fallen as it is for those who sacrificed their lives. Her husband, Cpl. Michael Davis, was killed May 21, 2007 by multiple roadside bombs in Baghdad, Iraq. Taryn’s journey through [...]

Tampa Soldier Attack: Fourth, Final Suspect Arrested

Army Sergeant Johnny Aparicio, currently based at Central Command on Tampa’s MacDill Air Force Base, can rest easy. A fourth and final suspect is under arrest in connection with the May 13th early morning attack on the soldier. Brandon Miller, 18,  surrendered at the Orient Road Jail and will face a judge Wednesday. The unprovoked [...]

A World War II Veteran Purged from Florida Voter Rolls

An Army World War II Veteran, who was awarded the Bronze Star as a medic in the Battle of the Bulge and honored by France with its Chevalier Legion of Honour, received another distinction from the State of Florida. Ninety-one year old Bill Internicola, the Stars and Stripes reports, got a letter recently that purged [...]

A Pearl Harbor Survivor Salutes the Fallen

I will admit a partiality to World War II veterans, my husband is one, and so is retired U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Sterling R. Cale, a 90-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor. The photo above was taken as Cale took a few moments in the shrine room of the USS Arizona Memorial during the USS Arizona [...]

MacDill Air Force Base Memorial Day Ceremony

The wail of bagpipes playing “Amazing Grace.” The sharp crack of three rifle volleys being fired. The playing of “Taps.”  All the traditional Memorial Days moments were present at the MacDill Air Force Base Memorial Day ceremony. Also there in full dress uniform: units from Special Operations Command, Central Command, the Joint Communications Support Element [...]

New Veterans: 45 Percent Apply for Disability Benefits

Nearly half of all the veterans from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, some 1.6 million, have applied for some form of disability benefit from the Department of  Veterans Affairs according to an Associated Press study. That’s more than double the estimated claims made by Veterans of the Gulf War. What’s more, these new veterans are [...]

Military Honor Roll Looking for Public Input

  Brian Foster, the founder of TogetherWeServed.com is hoping to attract more  veterans to share their stories and photographs. Foster‘s original site is exclusive to current military members and veterans. But, he has established a related site for the public to view “remembrance profiles” of 100,000 servicemembers who died serving in wars since World War [...]