Veterans

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh promotes Goldie the therapy dog to the rank of major during a ceremony at the Pentagon Nov. 12.

Welsh promotes airman’s best friend

By Kristin Davis on November 13, 2014 Air Force, Defense Department, Military dogs, Uncategorized, Veterans

If this newly-minted major rises through the next three ranks as fast as he did the last three, he’ll pin on his first star next March. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh presided over Goldie’s “commissioning” just eight months ago at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. There, the 4-year-old Golden retriever is a beloved member of the therapy dog program, visiting service members undergoing rehabilitation. On Nov. 12, the general and the dog crossed paths again, this time at the Pentagon, where Welsh promoted Goldie from second lieutenant to major. “It’s a rather fast…

The Singing Sergeants Choir joins @CarrieUnderwood to perform “Something in the Water.” http://t.co/Nf1n5ki03o
— HBO (@HBO) November 12, 2014

Veterans Day: the Air Force in action

By Oriana Pawlyk on November 12, 2014 Air Force, Veterans

Whether it was in your community or on the jumbotron, Air Force members were honored across the country yesterday for Veterans Day. Check out some moments from sporting events, ceremonies, and from ‘The Concert for Valor’ held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.: The Singing Sergeants Choir joins @CarrieUnderwood to perform “Something in the Water.” http://t.co/Nf1n5ki03o — HBO (@HBO) November 12, 2014

50 service members PT on eve of 9/11 to honor victims

By Oriana Pawlyk on September 12, 2014 Pentagon, PT, Uncategorized, Veterans, Washington

Many observed President Obama pay homage at the Pentagon yesterday to the nearly 3,000 victims who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001. But by nightfall, another commemoration ceremony was gathering — 50 service members joined together to give each rep, each lunge, each workout move in honor of the victims who died 13 years ago. Army Staff Sgt. River Mitchell, a chef in the secretary of defense mess at the Pentagon, planned the workout of the day — or “9/11 Tribute WOD” — so that his fellow comrades could test their strength on behalf of the fallen in a unique way,…

U.S. and Philippine governments reach agreement on Clark Veterans Cemetery

By Jeff Schogol on December 13, 2013 Air Force, Uncategorized, Veterans

The American Battle Monuments Commission will soon take over the responsibility of maintaining Clark Veterans Cemetery in the Philippines, said commission spokesman Tim Nosal. The US and Philippine governments are expected to sign an agreement on Monday that would allow the commission to restore and operate the cemetery, which is on Philippine soil, according to an advisory from the Philippine government. “We will be able to get to staff to Clark Cemetery within a couple of days or sooner,” Nosal said on Friday. The cemetery was badly damaged by a 1991 volcanic eruption, which happened just as the U.S. military…

American Veterans Center honors Doolittle Raiders with accompanying toast

By Oriana Pawlyk on November 12, 2013 Air Force, Award, History, Photos, Veterans, Video, Washington

By Oriana Pawlyk and wire reports As three of the four remaining Doolittle Raiders honored one another with a toast Saturday, Nov. 9, veterans, active-duty members, family and friends toasted to the Raiders’ last gathering at the American Veterans Center annual awards gala in Washington, D.C. The 80 men who risked their lives on a World War II bombing mission on Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor were honored in Ohio with a wreath laying ceremony and a B-25 flyover that morning, followed by the toast at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Hennessy donated 48 bottles…

Football uniforms not a gory tribute to wounded warriors

By Jeff Schogol on November 7, 2013 Veterans

Despite what you may have heard, the design for the uniform that Northwestern University football players will wear in honor of wounded warriors is not meant to represent blood splattered over the American flag, according to the company that makes the uniforms. Northwestern players are expected to wear the uniforms during their Nov. 16 game, after which the players’ jerseys will be auctioned off to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project, said university spokesman Paul Kennedy. Both Northwestern and the company that designed the uniform have had to do some explaining since people observed online that the uniforms’ red…

Military Times’ #MyVeteran campaign launches today

By Oriana Pawlyk on October 9, 2013 Veterans

Help Air Force Times and other Military Times publications honor our veterans with the launch of #MyVeteran. Beginning today, use the hashtag #MyVeteran in a Google+, Twitter, Facebook or Instagram posting to recognize any veteran in your life. You can post photos, videos and any messages using this hashtag. The postings will be featured on our website at militarytimes.com/myveteran. We hope the collection will grow to honor thousands of veterans by Veterans Day on Nov. 11. Militarytimes.com/myveteran will be live until Nov. 30. Many of the postings will also be featured in the Nov. 18 issues of Air Force Times, Army Times, Navy…

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