https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/army-astronaut-returns-wwii-artifact-after-9-months-in-space 2021-05-05T14:25:31+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/army-astronaut-to-return-wwii-artifact-after-nine-month-space-mission.jpg?id=64869494&width=1200 NASA astronaut Col. Andrew Morgan waves as he is photographed during the first spacewalk to repair the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, a cosmic particle detector on the International Space Station. Morgan returned to Earth on April 17, 2020. Army astronaut to return WWII artifact after nine-month space mission https://www.audacy.com/media-library/army-astronaut-to-return-wwii-artifact-after-nine-month-space-mission.jpg?id=64869495&width=1200 Col. Andrew Morgan, NASA astronaut and Army flight surgeon, speaks during an interview with Defense Media Activity at Fort Meade, Md., May 3, 2021. Army astronaut to return WWII artifact after nine-month space mission daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/age-aint-nothing-but-a-number-for-army-veteran-95 2025-06-10T14:44:22+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/poolcover.jpg?id=64862105&width=1200 Army veteran Thomas Gillis is participating in his first National Veterans Golden Age Games at the age of 95. POOLCOVER daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/honoring-the-fallen/us-army-tommie-hanks-accounted-for-korean-war 2022-11-18T17:18:18+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/army-cpl-tommie-hanks-accounted-for-from-korean-war.png?id=64866999&width=1200 U.S. Army Cpl. Tommie T. Hanks Army Cpl. Tommie Hanks accounted for from Korean War daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/deputy-def-secretary-conflict-with-china-is-not-inevitable 2021-05-04T15:40:36+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/deputy-defense-secretary-conflict-with-china-is-not-inevitable.jpg?id=64867083&width=1200 The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt sails in the South China Sea, April 9, 2021. Deputy Defense Secretary: Conflict with China is not inevitable daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/russia-and-nato-hold-war-games-as-tensions-rise-over-ukraine 2022-02-01T15:53:32+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/training-in-ukraine.jpg?id=64866984&width=1200 Training in Ukraine daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/patriots-wheelchair-team-helps-veterans-get-in-the-game 2025-02-13T13:52:42+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/patriotscover.jpg?id=64864894&width=1200 Patriots Wheelchair Football Team member No. 35 Omar Benitez attempts to intercept a football passed from Army veteran Mark Zacheis, while No. 4 team captain Joe LeMar and Navy veteran Joseph Kozaczka assist. Department of Veterans Affairs PATRIOTSCOVER daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/united-by-birth-and-oath-army-triplets-serve-together 2024-08-28T12:23:46+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/tripletscover.jpg?id=64869631&width=1200 U.S. Army soldiers, Spc. Wyatt, Noah and Liam Corley assigned to the 25th Infantry Division, walk alongside their mother, U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Amy Corley following their “first salute” ceremony, Jul. 30, 2024, on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. The triplets were reunited in Hawaii after spending years stationed apart. The first salute is a tradition amongst the military in which newly commissioned officers give a silver dollar to the person they salute for the first time during their career. ( TRIPLETSCOVER daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/initiative-helps-louisiana-retired-military-members-thrive 2024-08-29T14:35:44+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/louisiana-launched-a-non-profit-organization-dedicated-to-helping-military-members-thrive-in-louisiana-after-their-service-ends.jpg?id=64869625&width=1200 Louisiana launched a non-profit organization dedicated to helping military members thrive in Louisiana after their service ends. daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/how-veterans-families-can-avoid-predatory-online-practices 2024-08-28T12:23:18+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/predatorcover.jpg?id=64869634&width=1200 Online predators use numerous tactics to target veterans and their families online. PREDATORCOVER daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/homeownership-more-affordable-for-native-american-veterans 2023-03-22T19:30:09+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/loanvacover.jpg?id=64867253&width=1200 The VA on Wednesday announced that it had lowered the interest rate for VA Native American Direct Loans from 6% to 2.5%. LOANVACOVER daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/texas-to-accept-at-least-324-refugees-from-afghanistan 2021-08-18T13:44:01+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/texas-to-accept-at-least-324-refugees-from-afghanistan.jpg?id=64112306&width=1200 Texas to accept at least 324 refugees from Afghanistan daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/honoring-the-fallen/probe-of-deadly-black-hawk-crash-begins-as-army-ids-victims 2023-04-03T14:51:40+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/crashid.jpg?id=64869702&width=1200 Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, center, is seen as military officials hold a news conference in Fort Campbell, Ky., Thursday March 30, 2023, to discuss a fatal helicopter crash. Nine people were killed in a crash involving two Army Black Hawk helicopters conducting a nighttime training exercise in Kentucky, a military spokesperson said. CRASHID daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/jeep-discovered-in-wreckage-of-uss-yorktown 2025-04-25T15:30:35+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/yorkjeepcover.jpg?id=64862649&width=1200 NOAA Ocean Exploration researchers discovered what appears to be a military jeep aboard the shipwreck of the USS Yorktown, a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that sank during the Battle of Midway in June of 1942. YORKJEEPCOVER daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/us-army-changes-its-physical-training-test-again 2025-04-24T20:12:50+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/pt-test.png?id=64862655&width=1200 PT test daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/women-veterans/women-find-common-purpose-in-u-s-korean-marine-corps 2023-03-31T15:27:42+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/womenmarinescover.jpg?id=64867095&width=1200 U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kristi Boseman, an administrative clerk with Marine Aircraft Wing Headquarters Squadron 1, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, left and Republic of Korea Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer Kim Sat Byeol, an exercise support officer with ROK Marine Corps Headquarters, right, stand together during exercise Freedom Shield 23, at Marine Corps Base Camp Mujuk, Republic of Korea, March 22, 2023. Freedom Shield is a defense-oriented exercise designed to strengthen the ROK-U.S. alliance. WOMENMARINESCOVER daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/air-force-honors-tuskegee-airmen-newest-trainer 2020-11-18T23:30:11+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/red-hawk.jpg?id=64865074&width=1200 Red Hawk https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64865071&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/honoring-the-fallen/b-24-liberator-lawrence-reitz-killed-in-wwii-accounted-for 2023-06-20T15:12:36+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/b-24-liberator-radio-operator-killed-in-world-war-ii-accounted-for.png?id=64867257&width=1200 U.S. Army Air Forces Technical Sgt. Lawrence E. Reitz B-24 Liberator radio operator killed in World War II accounted for daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/honoring-the-fallen/killed-in-world-war-ii-army-staff-sgt-gerdes-accounted-for 2023-10-19T14:42:22+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/killed-in-world-war-ii-army-staff-sgt-gerdes-accounted-for.png?id=64862472&width=1200 U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Woodrow F. Gerdes, 31, of St. Louis, Missouri Killed in World War II, Army Staff Sgt. Gerdes accounted for daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/dod-llama-spells-drama-for-covid-19 2021-01-05T14:40:44+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/llama.jpg?id=64865933&width=1200 Llama daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/va-releases-updated-dod-list-identifying-agent-orange-sites 2020-11-18T20:36:52+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/vietnam-veteran.jpg?id=64867163&width=1200 Vietnam Veteran https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64867183&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/is-us-army-about-to-get-a-drone-corps 2024-05-21T18:24:59+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/drone.png?id=64866863&width=1200 drone daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/mcghee-tyson-air-national-guard-base-on-lockdown 2020-11-18T20:48:37+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/mcghee-tyson.jpg?id=64867167&width=1200 McGhee Tyson https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64867175&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/heres-your-chance-to-ask-a-couple-of-nfl-players-a-question 2021-02-09T15:38:35+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/nfl.jpg?id=64867182&width=1200 NFL https://www.audacy.com/media-library/nfl.jpg?id=64867181&width=1200 NFL daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/military-confirms-us-injuries-from-iranian-missile-strike 2020-11-18T20:48:54+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/u-s-soldiers-clear-rubble-from-a-site-of-iranian-bombing-at-ain-al-asad-air-base-in-anbar-iraq.jpg?id=64867176&width=1200 U.S. soldiers clear rubble from a site of Iranian bombing at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar, Iraq https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64867170&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/news/nfl-player-completes-childhood-dream-of-joining-the-military 2020-11-18T20:48:54+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/jimmy-legree.jpg?id=64867173&width=1200 Jimmy Legree https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64867172&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/defense/82nd-airborne-test-us-armys-next-generation-combat-goggle 2022-08-12T17:10:00+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/82nd-airborne-troops-test-armys-next-generation-combat-goggle.jpg?id=64867247&width=1200 An “Airborne” Soldier with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), 82nd Airborne Division, conducting individual tactical live fire during Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) operational testing at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. 82nd Airborne troops test Army’s next-generation combat goggle https://www.audacy.com/media-library/82nd-airborne-troops-test-armys-next-generation-combat-goggle.jpg?id=64867251&width=1200 An “Airborne” Soldier with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), 82nd Airborne Division, demonstrates wearing the IVAS Heads Up Display (HUD), the Puck, Wiring, and Family Weapon of Sights-Individual on his M4 while preparing his IVAS for a 72-hour operation during Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) operational testing at Fort Bragg. 82nd Airborne troops test Army’s next-generation combat goggle daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/prosthetic-legs-of-vietnam-veteran-repossessed 2020-11-18T21:02:17+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/prosthetics.jpg?id=64867164&width=1200 Prosthetics https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64867165&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/va-failings-could-have-contributed-to-veteran-suicide-death 2020-11-18T21:02:20+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/minneapolisva.jpg?id=64867146&width=1200 MinneapolisVA https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64867155&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/news/murdered-rangers-belongings-returned-to-his-family 2020-11-18T21:30:04+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/gaitan.jpg?id=64867148&width=1200 Gaitan https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64867150&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/how-does-the-military-draft-recall-to-duty-stop-loss-work 2020-11-18T21:02:02+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/82nd.jpg?id=64867162&width=1200 82nd https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64867168&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/new-jersey-university-pays-48-million-over-false-claims 2020-11-18T21:02:15+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/online-course.jpg?id=64867159&width=1200 Online Course https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64867158&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/va-medical-center-therapy-butterfly-garden 2020-11-18T23:03:47+00:00 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killed in North Korea https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64867154&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/30-year-anniversary-of-operation-acid-gambit 2020-11-18T21:15:17+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/little-bird.jpg?id=64867149&width=1200 Little Bird https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64867161&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/va-appeals-board-sets-record-decisions-2019 2020-11-18T23:03:47+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/cover-image.jpg?id=64867132&width=1200 Cover Image https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64867143&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/gi-bill-improvements-montgomery-gi-bill-end-pass-committee 2020-11-18T22:49:48+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/cover-image.jpg?id=64867135&width=1200 Cover Image https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64867141&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/coast-guard-honors-hurricane-heroes-atlantic-city 2020-11-18T23:03:51+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/coast-guard-awards.jpg?id=64867144&width=1200 Coast Guard awards https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64867133&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/employer-week-chenega 2020-11-18T21:57:15+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/chenga-logo.png?id=64867156&width=1200 Chenga Logo https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.png?id=64867147&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/employer-of-the-week-aafmaa 2020-11-18T21:15:19+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/aafmaa.jpg?id=64867152&width=1200 AAFMAA https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64867153&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/national-guard-veteran-to-receive-medal-of-courage 2020-11-18T21:02:12+00:00 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Alan E. Petersen B-24 Liberator bombardier killed in WWII accounted for daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/dod-amends-assisted-reproductive-services-policy 2024-03-12T12:50:26+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/reprocover.jpg?id=64866842&width=1200 Navy Lt. Cmdr. Sarah Dolan, an obstetrics and gynecology physician, explains a graphic showing an intrauterine device to a patient at Naval Hospital Jacksonville, Fla., March 29, 2023. REPROCOVER daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/buildthanks-with-lowes-all-month-long 2021-11-05T13:37:57+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/lowe-s.jpg?id=64866956&width=1200 Lowe's is urging that blue wreaths be hung across the country to honor service members, veterans and their families this month. LOWE'S daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/special-operators-train-for-combat-in-the-unforgiving-arctic 2023-09-14T14:01:42+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/sof-training-in-greenland.png?id=64866830&width=1200 SOF training in Greenland daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/space-force-joins-dod-covid-19-scoreboard 2020-11-18T16:28:15+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/space-force.jpg?id=64866097&width=1200 Space Force https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64866095&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/video-series-about-secretive-75th-ranger-regiment 2020-11-18T18:31:24+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/2-75-ranger.png?id=64866078&width=1200 2/75 Ranger https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.png?id=64866080&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/pensacola-shooting-military-civilians-receive-awards 2020-11-18T16:28:13+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/pensacola-awards.jpg?id=64866087&width=1200 Pensacola Awards https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64866085&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/gold-star-family-remembrance-week 2020-11-18T15:25:06+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/gold-star.jpg?id=64866092&width=1200 Gold Star https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64866090&width=1200 daily