The Royal Canadian Legion is hoping its annual poppy campaign regains a sense of normalcy this year as fewer pandemic restrictions are in place across the country. In the lead-up to Remembrance Day, the organization says it will have more than 34,000 traditional poppy boxes at locations across Canada, where people can donate cash and…
Legion Hoping Sense of Normalcy Returns to This Year’s Poppy Campaign
Arizona Couple Gives Struggling Vets New Hope While Making Coffee
Leave no soldier behind—or out in the cold. That’s been the motto of former U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Tom West with each pound of roasted coffee he’s bagged and sold as founder and president of Operation Transition Outside the Wire. Based in Williams, Arizona, the new nonprofit launched in August. Its main purpose is to help struggling veterans stay off the streets…
Senators Vow To Try Again to Bar Dishonorable Discharges for Declining Vaccine
October 7, 2021
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Two Republican senators vowed late Wednesday to try again to bar the Department of Defense (DOD) from dishonorably discharging members of the U.S. military who decline to be vaccinated against the CCP virus, also known as novel coronavirus, the cause of COVID-19. “I just hope the people here realize what a dishonorable discharge really means,”…
The Tale of Armand Sedgeley, World War II Hero
“It was traditional in Maine when I was growing up. Most families had baked beans and brown bread Saturday nights. My mother used to make it for us,” soon-to-be 100 years old Lt. Armand Sedgeley said. This World War II hero is now in hospice care just outside of Denver. How I came to know him…
World War II Fighter Pilot, 101, Recalls His Time in the Pacific
Arthur Leach is 101 years old. Sometimes, age is just a number. Sometimes, it’s a story. Leach’s age is full of stories. When I interviewed Leach recently for The Sons of History’s collection of military interviews, I was given a bit more perspective into his age. Before we began recording our conversation, he told me…
LTC Scott Mann: Veterans Network Saves 700+ Lives from Afghanistan with New ‘Underground Railroad’
When Kabul fell, retired Army Lt. Colonel and Green Beret Scott Mann received a text from a friend, an Afghan commando named Nezam, about the situation. This commando was someone whom Mann had met during one of his tours in Afghanistan, and he had even been shot through the face while protecting U.S. special forces…
British Afghan Veterans Told They Are ‘Still Our Heroes’
Thousands of people and a host of celebrities have backed an online campaign to support Afghan veterans as the country they fought in and for descends into bloody chaos. TV presenter and Army veteran Rav Wilding, and “Help for Heroes” patrons Ross Kemp, Lorraine Kelly, and Sun columnist Peta Cavendish are among those to get…
Deep Dive (Aug. 26): US Casualties After Deadly Airport Attack in Kabul
At least two explosions occurred outside Kabul airport in Afghanistan Thursday, with multiple confirmed casualties including U.S. Marines. This comes after Western nations warned of an imminent terror threat. U.S. officials are saying the explosions are the result of ISIS-K suicide bombers who detonated in the crowd, as Afghans waited to get to the airport. ISIS-K claims…
Healthcare Costs for America’s Veterans are Skyrocketing: Report
A new study projects U.S. veteran healthcare costs to reach up to $2.5 trillion in cumulative costs by 2050—a figure that nearly doubles previous forecasts, raising concerns about whether government will take care of its war vets in the coming decades. According to research from Brown University’s Costs of War Project, the total costs of…
Health Care Costs for America’s Veterans Are Skyrocketing: Report
A new study projects that cumulative health care costs for U.S. military veterans will reach as much as $2.5 trillion by 2050—a figure that nearly doubles previous forecasts—raising concern about whether the government will take care of its war vets in the coming decades. According to research from Brown University’s Costs of War Project, the…
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