Mike Ferner, a corpsman in a Navy hospital during the Vietnam War, says that witnessing the human cost of combat changed him forever and prompted him to become an anti-war activist.
He shares his take on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in a provocative blog in which he gives the speech he says he wishes President Barack Obama had given this week:
According to the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office, there are still 1,713 U.S. servicemen still unaccounted for from the Vietnam War. But the remains of one soldier whose helicopter was shot down in Vietnam War nearly 40 years ago have finally been returned to his home of Billings, Montana, according to the Associated Press.
The remains of Army 1st Lt. Paul G. Magers, which had been ...
More than 2,200 chief petty officers (CPO) and CPO selectees from commands throughout the San Diego area gathered yesterday for the 7th annual CPO Pride Day aboard the USS Midway Museum. The objective of CPO Pride Day is to partner with the city of San Diego and perform community relations projects to demonstrate the "anchor power" of Navy CPOs.
The location for the event has obvious significance for the ...
Reviews for "The Tillman Story," which opens in San Diego theaters tomorrow (Sept. 3), are in, and they are mostly raves. Rolling Stone calls it "a triumphant success" while Men's Journal calls it "nothing short of masterful." I included one negative review for equal time, but it was hard to find.
"The Tillman Story" is the highly anticipated account of the life, and death, of Pat Tillman, who quit ...
The children of military personnel who died in the line of duty since Sept. 11, 2001 can now apply for an educational scholarship similar to the new Post-9/11 GI Bill. Benefits are retroactive to Aug. 1, 2009.
The scholarships, which are administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), are named after Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry, 28, a Texas native who died in Iraq in 2006 while ...
U.S. hospital in Germany home for Marines wounded in Afghanistan - As combat continues in Afghanistan, many of the military personnel from Camp Pendleton who are wounded in the fighting are being evacuated to a U.S. hospital in Germany. Many are then airlifted back to the U.S. for further treatment, including at Naval Medical Center San Diego. More than 13,000 wounded personnel have been treated at the ...
