November 9th is officially “Gold Star Father’s Day” in Georgia! These are fathers who have had a child to die in service to our country. Thanks to the efforts State Representative Rhonda Burnough, District 77, and other state representatives, Georgia will annually recognize and honor Gold Star Fathers. While we are to remember those who […]
A Memorial Day Prayer for Our Military and Military Families Heavenly Father, Today is yours. We thank you for giving us this beautiful opportunity to honor the men and women who so bravely served this country in the past as well as in the present. Father we ask you to bless and strengthen those brave […]
For the first time, the U.S. government is confirming that it conducted secret chemical experiments on World War II troops by grouping them according to…
Dr. Olivia Hooker, the first African-American woman to actively enroll in the U.S. Coast Guard, was honored last week with not one, but two commemorative…
Each year, the White House grants the Presidential Medal of Freedom to individuals who have made major social, political, and cultural contributions to the country.…
The United States Army has finally acknowledged that the term “negro” is outdated. Welcome to 2014, U.S. Army! It seems that the military branch has…
First Lt. Dina Elosiebo took the motivational phrase, “reach for the stars,” to all new heights this month after making military history. After completing Initial Entry…
From Politics Daily: The Army will court martial a lieutenant colonel who refuses to deploy to Afghanistan because he won’t accept orders from President Obama, whom he considers unqualified to be commander in chief, military officials said Wednesday. Army doctor Lt. Col. Terry Lakin believes Obama wasn’t born in the United States, and therefore does […]
From CNN: Thurgood Marshall, Hattie McDaniel, the Tuskegee Airmen and Walter Morris — all African-Americans who made history breaking the color barrier. But while America’s first black Supreme Court justice, the first African-American Oscar winner and the U.S. military’s first African-American pilots are well known, you may never have heard of Walter Morris or his […]
VIA: New York Times Specialist Alexis Hutchinson, a 21-year-old Army cook and single parent, was days from deploying to Afghanistan last fall when her mother backed out of an agreement to take care of her 10-month-old son for the duration of her one-year tour. Specialist Hutchinson’s mother, Angelique Hughes, had a child of her own […]
