A few days before Memorial Day, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) paid tribute to the men and women that they have lost over the years. A new star, paying tribute to Jeffrey Patneau, a young officer killed in a car crash in Yemen in September 2008, was carved into the memorial wall located in the [...]

Memorial Day is a time for America to remember the valiant men and women who lost their lives in the service of their country. A feature on the Navy Times shared, however, that it may be easier for America to forget about those who have served – and continue to serve – in the two [...]

Anyone who serves in the U.S. military lives by the promise that no man is left behind. Among those who have not forgotten that is Lt. Jose Holguin, a former POW who lost his comrades when their B-17 bomber – nicknamed “Naughty but Nice” – went down on an island in the Southwest Pacific on [...]

World War II. When one thinks about it, it is practically two generations and a lifetime away. But for the valiant men and women who served, and continues to serve, in the U.S. Armed Forces, that span of time is not enough to forget comrades who have been lost and have fallen. After all, no [...]

Sailors and civilians alike paid tribute to submarines and submariners lost during the Second World War, as more than 200 people attended the “Tolling of the Boats” ceremony on May 24. The ceremony was hosted by members of the U.S. Navy Bremerton Base Submarine Veterans (SubVets) at the Naval Undersea Museum in Keyport, Washington. The [...]

Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley Brown, the first African-American graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, has died. He was 85. Brown passed away on Tuesday at his home in Silver Spring, Maryland, after battling colon cancer. Brown was the sixth African-American to be admitted into the Academy, but was the first one to earn a degree. [...]