Story by Staff Sgt. Tylon Chapman | 185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National Guard | 07.11.2025
Robert Irwin, a nearing-100-year-old and founding member of the 174th Fighter Squadron, is celebrated for his upcoming 100th birthday at the 185th Air Refueling Wing....
Story by Alexandra Shea | Fort Jackson Public Affairs Office | 03.18.2022
For many Perez Fitness Center patrons, Thomas Rew looks like just another retirees who like to play racquetball. Most don’t know he just celebrated his 100th birthday or his elaborate military history that took flight with a white lie....
Story by Senior Airman Alexi Bosarge | 28th Bomb Wing | 09.23.2021
Twenty-three-year-old Fran Harris watched as her U.S. Marine husband, Dub Harris, walked towards the door leaving for war, not knowing whether she would see him again and wishing she could do more. So she did....
Courtesy Story | Fort Carson Public Affairs Office | 08.29.2020
World War II veteran’s 100th birthday Ivy Brass celebrates with patriotic tunes
Story by Ken Scar | U.S. Army Cadet Command (Army ROTC) | 03.25.2018
Retired U.S. Army Col. Ben Skardon, 100, a survivor of the Bataan Death March and revered alumnus and professor emeritus of Clemson University, was once again the oldest by far of the 8,380 registered participants in the annual Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., March 25. He is the only survivor of the real march that walks in the memorial march....
Story by Ken Scar | U.S. Army Cadet Command (Army ROTC) | 03.25.2018
Retired U.S. Army Col. Ben Skardon, 100, a survivor of the Bataan Death March and revered alumnus and professor emeritus of Clemson University, was once again the oldest by far of the 8,380 registered participants in the annual Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., March 25. He is the only survivor of the real march that walks in the memorial march....
Story by Capt. Denise Hauser | 940th Air Refueling Wing | 01.24.2018
Reserve Citizen Airman of the Air Force Reserve's 940th Air Refueling Wing from Beale Air Force Base, California were invited to the Oakmont of Carmichael Assisted Living Facility to celebrate the 100th birthday of retired Air Force pilot Col. Einer “Chris” Christensen, a World War II, Korean and Vietnam War Veteran....
