One of the few remaining living Medal of Honor recipients is retired Navy Captain Thomas Gunning Kelley. He and his wife, Joan, recently paid a visit to the Sailors of the U.S. 6th Fleet headquarters on Naval Support Activity in Naples, while on a holiday in Italy, as shared in a feature on the Navy [...]

Come September 4, one of the oldest and most-loved comic strips will be celebrating its 60th birthday. Beetle Bailey started out on September 4, 1950, the brainchild of cartoonist Mort Walker. It is set in a fictional United States Army military outpost called Camp Swampy. Bailey’s story begins at Rockview University, where he was a [...]

The loss of a loved one is always painful, but it is another thing to lose a parent when one is all grown up and has shared a lifetime with them versus losing one’s dad as an 8-year-old kid. Children of fallen heroes are forced to deal with such painful loss at a young age, [...]

A wave of attacks in Afghanistan resulted in the deaths of 7 U.S. troops and an Afghan politician over the weekend. Authorities revealed on Sunday that the seven U.S. troops were killed in separate incidents. Three of the service members who were killed were casualties from two separate battles in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, according [...]

Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Collin Thomas has been laid to rest on Friday afternoon, following funeral services in Morehead. He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Garden. In attendance during the services were Thomas’ family, friends, and fellow Navy SEALs, as well as more than 60 veterans. Gov. Steve Beshear issued a directive that flags [...]

The saying better late than never certainly rang true for World War II veteran Kenny Eye, who, after six and a half decades, is finally getting the medals he earned while in service, according to a feature on the Navy Times. The 88-year-old served as a mechanic in a Navy air transport squad, and also [...]