Photo by Sgt. Jonathan Perdelwitz | 135th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 01.07.2023
Military mothers attend a monthly meeting of the Blue Star Mothers of Iowa at the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum at Camp Dodge, in Johnston, Iowa, on Jan. 7, 2023. BSMI is an organization that supports mothers with children in the military and puts together care packages for service members overseas. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Jonathan Perdelwitz)...
Photo by Sgt. Jonathan Perdelwitz | 135th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 01.07.2023
Jen Fletcher, president of the Blue Star Mothers of Iowa, leads a monthly meeting for BSMI in the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Jan. 7, 2023. BSMI is an organization that supports mothers with children in the military and puts together care packages for service members overseas. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Jonathan Perdelwitz)...
Photo by Sgt. Jonathan Perdelwitz | 135th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 01.07.2023
Leslie Rivers-Nuehring takes notes during a monthly meeting of the Blue Star Mothers of Iowa in the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum at Camp Dodge, in Johnston, Iowa, on Jan. 7, 2023. BSMI is an organization that supports mothers with children in the military and puts together care packages for service members overseas. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Jonathan Perdelwitz)...
Photo by Marie Montez | U.S. Navy | 09.15.2016
160914-N-CM227-073 ALBUQUERQUE (Sept. 14, 2016) U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Phillip Sawyer, Deputy Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, looks through service photos at the Blue Star Mothers of America's Rio Grande Valley New Mexico, Chapter Two branch, a support organization comprised of mothers and fathers of military members, during Albuquerque Navy Week. Rear Admiral Sawyer is in Albuquerque as the......
Photo by Marie Montez | U.S. Navy | 09.15.2016
160914-N-CM227-066 ALBUQUERQUE (Sept. 14, 2016) – U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Phillip Sawyer, Deputy Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, visits the Blue Star Mothers of America's Rio Grande Valley New Mexico, Chapter Two branch, a support organization comprised of mothers and fathers of military members, during Albuquerque Navy Week, September 14. Navy Weeks focus a variety of assets, equipment and......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District | 08.06.2015
From left to right: Circa January 2008, then Majors William A. Allen and Stephen R. Allen, brothers and retired United States Air Force pilots, are pictured at McEntire Joint National Guard Base in Hopkins, S.C. Their mother, Martha Coley, an accountant in the Resource Management Division, supported their careers as a member of the Blue Star Mothers of America organization. BSMA’s......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District | 08.06.2015
From left to right: Retired Major William A. Allen, Martha Coley and retired Lt. Col. Stephen R. Allen are pictured at McEntire Joint National Guard Base in Hopkins, South Carolina January 2014....
Photo by Chelsea Smith | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District | 08.06.2015
Martha Coley, mother to two retired Air Force pilots and an accountant in the Resource Management Division, is a face of the nationwide Blue Star Mothers of America organization that lists more than 6,000 mothers of armed forces service members across approximately 200 locations. Behind her is BSMA’s service flag, an official, indoor banner displayed by members of its organization. According......