Month: February 2020

January 2020 – The scout platoon of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, conduct a scout validation exercise at the Novo Selo Training Area in Bulgaria. Scout validation is an annual requirement for Army Cavalry Scouts to ensure their readiness and mission capabilities. They […]

Veterans Tip of the Week – Know the Rules for VA Benefits Every VA benefit comes with specific eligibility requirements. You must meet these requirements to be able to access and use these Benefits. Don’t just listen to what people at your unit are saying, go to the VA source and read the eligibility requirements […]

The Montford Point Marines were the first African Americans to train under the Marine Corps. The Montford Point Marine Association honors those first recruits and the many who have followed in their paths. Video by Sgt. Danielle Prentice and Cpl. Danielle Abshire. RichGreetings my name is Rich, I own U.S Veterans and I am a […]

WATCH our emotional interview with WWII Veteran Lena King of the #SixTripleEight, who waited 75 years to be recognized for her military service because of the color of her skin. Watch the trailer HERE, and catch her full interview, here: https://youtu.be/JPIXOGcRyyY Learn more about the American Veterans Center: http://www.americanveteranscenter.org/ Help us tell more heroes stories […]

Lena King served with the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion during the Second World War. She was one of 855 women who made up the ‘Six-Triple-Eight’, the only battalion of all-African American women to deploy to Britain and France during World War II. Learn more about the American Veterans Center: http://www.americanveteranscenter.org/ Help us tell more […]

October 2019 – U.S. Marines aboard UH-1Y Venom aircraft assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) and on the ground conduct an offensive air support exercise including at night during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-20 at Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by […]

IVMF’s Kicia Sears and Rosalinda Vasquez Maury talk with Vanessa Marquette about the National Survey of Military-Affiliated Entrepreneurs and why it’s so important for our research with the Kauffman Foundation. Military-Affiliated Entrepreneurs: We want to hear from you! Take our National Survey of Military-Affiliated Entrepreneurs so we can find out your challenges, successes, and barriers […]

By 1945 the U.S. had been fighting Japanese forces for almost three years over the Philippine Islands of Luzon and Corregidor, located in Manila Bay. Both islands were the last allies the U.S. had in the Philippines, so they fought long and hard to capture the territories. After several defeats U.S. soldiers won the battles […]

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during a developmental test on February 5, 2020 at 12:33 a.m. Pacific Time at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. U.S. Air Force video by Jan Jones, 30th Space Wing Public Affairs ———————————————————————————— 2020 edit USA Patriotism! https://www.usapatriotism.org Note: The original work used in this video … is […]

February 8, 2020 – A multi-view look as the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) performs a replenishment-at-sea with the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Leroy Grumman (T-AO 195) at an undisclosed location in the Atlantic Ocean. U.S. Navy video segments by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ruben Reed Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class […]

January 10, 2020 – U.S. Soldiers with 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (5-4 ADA) fight the qualifying rounds next to fighting ring being built up for the "WE ATTACK 2020" combatives tournament at Ansbach U.S. Army Garrison’s sport center. U.S. Army video by Eugene Warkentin Training Support Activity Europe ———————————————————————————— 2020 edit USA […]

This morning we were at the @ DAV Mid-Winter conference. USB, Lawrence gave a presentation on the state of VA and all we’re doing to improve services to #Veterans. Our partnership w/DAV helps ensure we will administer benefits in a manner that honors Veteran’s service. RichGreetings my name is Rich, I own U.S Veterans and […]

On September 12, 2002, a funeral service was held at Arlington National Cemetery in the Memorial Amphitheater for the final remains of the 184 victims of the September 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon. While the service honored all 184 victims, it offered special recognition of the five families who did not receive any recovered […]

October 1, 2019 – U.S. Marines with 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, conduct fire and maneuver training at Camp Lejeune, NC. The purpose of the training is to improve the Marines accuracy, communication abilities and suppressive fire capabilities with the M240B machine gun in order to prepare the unit for […]

Legendary NASA Flight Director Gene Kranz recalls the moment Mission Control Center realized they had successfully landed on the moon in the historic Apollo 11 mission in this sneak peek from his full interview for Veterans Chronicles. WATCH his full interview, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miUVVJ1Kj88&t=906s SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel to watch more stories of service and […]

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) seized more than 176,000 counterfeit sports-related items, worth an estimated $123 million (MSRP), through a collaborative enforcement operation targeting international shipments of counterfeit merchandise into the United States through Miami, Florida in January 2020. The seizures were part […]

The Military Working Dog program is based out of Lackland Airforce Base, Texas and operated by the 341st Training Squadron. Video by Senior Airman Corey Kingsbury RichGreetings my name is Rich, I own U.S Veterans and I am a Veteran. I am making a website to help and inform US Veterans. I have many sites […]

World War II Veteran Marcella LeBeau (serving during the D-Day invasion and Battle of the Bulge) recalls her vivid memory of a German "buzz bomb" attack in this sneak peek from her full interview for Veterans Chronicles. WATCH her full interview, here: https://youtu.be/th5D7_K_ZKI Learn more about the American Veterans Center: http://www.americanveteranscenter.org/ Help us tell more […]

A member of the Two Kettle Band of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, LeBeau served as a nurse caring for those wounded at Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion. She later served on the front lines during the Battle of the Bulge. LeBeau celebrates her 100th birthday in October, 2019. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel […]

February 8, 2020 – A Coast Guard aircrew hoist an injured woman from a cliff side at Cape Falcon near Manzanita, Oregon. Rescue personnel were unable to reach her due to the steepness of the cliff. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steven Strohmaier ———————————————————————————— 2020 edit USA Patriotism! https://www.usapatriotism.org Note: The […]

January 22, 2020 – A C-145A Skytruck flies an Air Force Special Operations Forces (SOF) Medical Element for training during Emerald Warrior 20-1 (EW20-1) at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan. Emerald Warrior 20-1 provides annual, realistic pre-deployment training encompassing multiple joint operating areas to prepare special operations forces, conventional force enablers, partner nations, and interagency […]