August 6, 2011 will never be forgotten. It was, after all, the day when America lost 30 military personnel, including 22 Navy SEALs, in one of the deadliest helicopter crashes in Afghanistan. One of the elite warriors who perished in the incident was Navy Chief Petty Officer Nicholas Heath Null, a highly decorated combat veteran [...]
A Navy SEAL who made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of his country will be honored with a statue in his native Iowa, according to a feature on ABC’s KAALTV.com. Friends and family of fallen Navy SEAL Jon Tumilson, who was among the Navy SEALs lost in what is now described as the darkest [...]
There are many things in our lives that we want to remember: our son’s first steps, our daughter’s first dance. For all Americans, among the things that we should always remember is the sacrifices made by the valiant men and women who put their lives on the line in the service of their country. A [...]
The tragic demise of 17 Navy SEALs last year in Afghanistan, months after the elite team’s daring and heroic mission that resulted in the death of one of America’s most wanted terrorists of all time, touched the hearts of so many. Sentiments of grief were not limited to the immediate families of the fallen SEALs, [...]
The family of an active duty Navy SEAL is spearheading efforts to support the families left behind by Navy SEALs and Naval Special Warfare personnel who were killed in August this year, in what has been described as the single worst loss of life in the history of Naval Special Warfare. One of the sons [...]
Barnstable High School (BHS) paid tribute to two of its alumni: fallen SEAL Kevin Houston and his sister, Miranda. Kevin Houston, 26, was among the SEALs who perished in the Aug. 6 Chinook helicopter crash in Afghanistan, while his sister, Miranda, succumbed to ovarian cancer in 2005 at the age of 25. The memorial service [...]