Veteran Culture

In the current Congress, there are 91 military veterans currently serving in the House and Senate. 17 military veterans are in the Senate and 74 in the House.

1. Mental Rehearsal Practicing in your mind can be just as powerful as practicing in the real world. An Olympic Gold Medalist taught me this, and it works. Every beginner has a low self-image until they prove competence in their learning skill. So practice building competence, including closing your eyes and practicing in your head. […]

When designing your home workshop, it can often be easy to get caught up in the details and forget about the big picture. After all, it’s a space you’re likely to spend a lot of time in.

It’s that time for peak fall colors and snowy winter days are perfect for outdoor activities. So bundle up and get outside for some winter fun!

The MCB Camp Lejeune FESD has held various events ranging from live fire exercises to children’s puppet shows. These events help show in real time what the fire department’s roles and capabilities are and how to stay safe at home.

Yes, it includes medals from competition but beyond that it includes a new purpose with even more meaning through the relationships of being with like-minded people, specifically at Warrior Games.

When Michaela Nicole Emert recently arrived one morning at Navy Medicine Readiness Training Unit Everett, she was a hospital corpsman second class petty officer. She departed that same day as a commissioned officer in the Navy’s Medical Service Corps. For Emert, becoming a laboratory officer not only advances her chosen career specialty on an upward […]

There are a multitude of reasons for either keeping or getting rid of dedicated VA healthcare facilities.

“It shows how much the Air Force has advanced in its inclusion of all Airmen,” she said. “It gives us the chance to learn about all kinds of cultures and traditions which in turns helps us understand and love our wingmen even more.”

“I love my mom a lot,” said the Soldier. “It’s one of those protective-son type things. I’m willing to give my life for my mom; that’s just me. I know a lot of people will say the same thing, but she is my world. She is my life. She’s … gone to hell and back for me.”

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Amir Averhart, an infantryman assigned to the “Hound Battalion,” 3rd Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, poses with his son during a family day event at the end of a combined arms live fire exercise at Fort Stewart, Georgia

For our veteran pilots and those on duty, you would know the high (pun intended) you get when you fly.