As the crew members, past and present, of the USS Enterprise celebrated the 50th birthday of the ship, they also paid tribute to the ship’s crew members who lost their lives during the five decades that the ship has been in active service. On November 28, the last of the two-day 50th birthday celebration of [...]

He risked his life to save that of others, and was given the nation’s highest award for Valor — the Medal of Honor — for it. Now, however, Sgt. Dakota Meyer is in the midst of a different battlefield, as he fights off allegations that he is mentally unstable and has a drinking problem. BAE [...]

Almost one thousand former crew members who served aboard the USS Enterprise over the past 50 years gathered for the 50th birthday celebration of the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. The celebration, held on November 27, is the first of its kind, for a ship that has served 5 decades in active service. The event [...]

Veterans who served in the Navy, Coast Guard, and Army who were looking for employment participated in the “Take A Vet To Work Day” program, hosted by the Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Weapons Systems Support, on November 23. The activity was organized in partnership with the Greater Philadelphia Veterans Network (GPVN) and the Philadelphia [...]

In recent years, more attention has been placed on the fact that service members deployed to combat zones, who assumed combat roles and saw the horrors of war at various levels, come home with more than just the physical injuries of war. They also come home with mental wounds; unseen injuries that may sometimes last [...]

Service members were treated to a warm homecoming for the holidays by USO volunteers, who were waiting for them as they emerged at the airport in Atlanta. Among those who were there was USO volunteer Pat Solomon, who spends a few hours or so each month welcoming troops back home at the Atlanta airport. Solomon [...]