U.S. Veterans

Airmen at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, are part of an elite team that serve on a global stage. Working with nuclear capable assets like the Stratofortress and Minuteman III, is an awesome responsibility. When you arrive at Minot, you not only become a member of the elite team … but you become family. […]

The U.S. Navy occupational rating of boatswain’s mate is a designation given by the Bureau of Naval Personnel to enlisted members, who were rated or “striking” for the rating, as a deck seaman. The informal reference/address for a boatswain’s mate is “Boats”. The “Boats” form the core of a Navy ship’s manpower … keeping the […]

A June 2019 drive by view of the U.S. side, west end (beginning construction) of the completed El Paso 4-mile 18-foot border barrier that is enforced by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Much of the El Paso 4-mile access road is located on the south side of the barrier along with being on the […]

A glimpse of the U.S. Department of Defense 2019 Warrior Games held in Tampa Bay, Florida during June … involving athletes, who are wounded, ill, and injured service members and veterans representing the U.S. Armed Forces and six allied nations. U.S. Navy video by Kevin Dawson All Hands Magazine July 11, 2019 ———————————————————————————— 2019 edit […]

A plan to capture Bridges over Dutch waterways was ongoing. This created a thrust deep into Germany. Learn more about the American Veterans Center: http://www.americanveteranscenter.org/ Support our mission: https://bit.ly/2UmsEj7 Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/americanveteranscenter/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AVCupdate Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/americanveteranscenter/ Subscribe to our podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/show/2980518

Paratroopers assigned to 37th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division conduct simulated subterranean breaching techniques and chemical reconnaissance testing for chemical agents as part of the battalion’s week long field training exercise at Fort Bragg, North Carolina in June 2019. The engineer battalion also trained using the self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA). […]

IVMF graduates of our Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans (EBV) and EBV-Accelerate program talk about what the EBV program means to them.

Fame Academia was born in the Philippines islands on April 29, 1928. He served in the Merchant Marines in the Philippines at the end of WWII, eventually joined the U.S. Navy, and would serve in Korea and Vietnam. This interview focuses on his experience growing up in the Philippines under Japanese occupation, his duties at […]

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, hone their infantry skills with Ukrainian soldiers during Sea Breeze 19 in Chabanka, Ukraine on July 3, 2019. Sea Breeze is a U.S. and Ukraine co-hosted multinational maritime exercise held in the Black Sea and is designed to enhance interoperability of participating nations […]

Thirty-seven Cambodian nationals, most convicted criminals, were repatriated to Cambodia on July 1, 2019 in accordance with their final removal orders following immigration court proceedings. Among these 37 individuals were 35 convicted criminals, who traveled via a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) ICE Air Operations (IAO) flight from Dallas, […]

Veterans Resource Spotlight: Greater Boston Coordinated Veterans Services: Brighton Marine: Brighton Marine is a Veteran Network Community and part of the Greater Boston Coordinated Veterans Services network – Boston area’s first coordinated network of public, private and non-profit resources for veterans, service-members and military families. Brighton Marine has their roots in the Public Health Service, […]

How To File Your Own VA Disability Claim in 2019? You want to get it right the first time you apply! I’m going to answer the basic questions you need answers too. 1. What you do before starting your application? 2. What is a fully developed claim? 3. First – How do I file my […]

July 1, 2019 – U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors from the 1st Fighter Wing, 27th Fighter Squadron take off for deployment to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. The F-22’s deployed to Qatar for the first time in order to defend American forces and interests in the U.S. Central Command area […]

June 5, 2019 – Soldiers with the 4th Battalion, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), Fife and Drum Corp participate in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. The ceremony commemorated the anniversary of the unit’s re-activation. U.S. Army video by Sgt. Jacob Holmes 3d […]

June 11, 2019 – U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force participate in a large scale air assault during exercise Steel Pike 19 at Camp Davis, North Carolina. Steel Pike is a joint regimental exercise designed to provide Marine Air Ground Task Force capabilities in order to increase lethality and combat effectiveness […]

September 11, 2019 – President Donald J. Trump addresses the attendees and the nation during the remembrance ceremony at the Pentagon Memorial on the 18th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that incurred on September 11, 2001 when hijacked airliners were flown into the Pentagon and Word Trade Center Towers along with another hijacked airliner crashing […]

The National September 11 Memorial is a tribute of remembrance and honor to the 2,977 people killed in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center site, near Shanksville, Pa., and at the Pentagon, as well as the six people killed in the World Trade Center bombing in February 1993. Master […]

June of 1944 England has been assaulted by the V1 Buzz Bomb. But only did they know, the V2 was coming their way. This bomb was invulnerable to interception. Listen to find out what happened. Learn more about the American Veterans Center: http://www.americanveteranscenter.org/ Support our mission: https://bit.ly/2UmsEj7 Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/americanveteranscenter/ Follow us on […]

June 30, 2019 – President Donald J. Trump speaks to Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines during a visit to U.S. Osan Air Force Base, Republic of Korea (ROK) / South Korea after meeting with the leaders of North Korea and ROK at the Korean Demilitarized Zone. U.S. Forces across the peninsula are charged with the […]

Major General Victor Hugo graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1954. He served in the U.S. Army with the 1st Special Forces Group; 1st Battalion 44th Artillery; 38th Air Defense Brigade; 32nd Army Air Defense Command. Major General Hugo served from 1954-1987, and spent a lot of time serving in Vietnam. […]