The veterans at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9473 all seem to know each other pretty well. Most of them have been coming there for years. The post, in Reynoldsburg, OH, sees all sorts of veterans come through its doors. All of their stories, backgrounds and experiences are uniquely different from one another. Different branches of service, different decades of service, and different military occupations all overlap in a friendly and...
History is sometimes made by conscious and brave choices of an individual. Many of those conscious and courageous choices are veterans who have served in our country. You make purposeful moves in your life to shape a legacy for the people who come after you. That is the epitome of what veterans in our country do when they raise their right hand, pledging their lives to the defense of our nation. As Americans, we honor our veterans, we honor...
Cheryl Perry, a Reynoldsburg native and a retiree of Department of Defense finance, shares her experiences serving in the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC), which was once an auxiliary branch of the U.S. Army.
There are many men and women across the globe who have served in the nation’s military. Their stories and secrets are not forgotten but held within a fraternity of retired and Soldiers, Marines, Airmen and Sailors.
FORT McCOY, Wisc. — A young Soldier from Sacramento, California, with ambitions of becoming a drill sergeant won the title of Soldier of the Year in the 2020 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition, with winners announced at a ceremony Sept. 10.
“It’s very humbling,” said Spc. Stanley Thompson, a U.S. Army Reserve indirect fire infantryman with the 95th Training Division (Initial Entry Training), 108th Training Command (Initial...
