https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/vets-story-inspires-growth-healing-for-returning-warriors 2021-08-09T15:10:06+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/veterans-story-inspires-growth-and-healing-for-returning-warriors.jpg?id=64866136&width=1200 Retired Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman and keynote speaker Byron Rowe holds the audience spellbound as he recalls events from his mobilization to Iraq in 2004 where he witnessed first-hand the results of intense combat operations during the Battle of Fallujah. Veteran’s story inspires growth and healing for returning warriors daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/air-national-guardsman-helps-neighbors-escape-fire 2022-01-05T20:25:57+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/air-guardsman-helps-neighbors-escape-fire.jpg?id=64866149&width=1200 Air Force Staff Sgt. Nathan Pisani, assigned to the 103rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, prepares to speak about how he helped his neighbors escape from a fire in Vernon, Connecticut. Pisani potentially saved the lives of more than a dozen people during the blaze. Air Guardsman helps neighbors escape fire daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/congress-probes-disgusting-living-conditions-military-housing 2020-11-19T04:53:13+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/cover-image.jpg?id=64867196&width=1200 Cover Image https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64867205&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/army-psychological-operations-veterans-jo-and-diann 2020-11-30T17:20:06+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/jo-and-diann.jpg?id=64866801&width=1200 Jo and Diann daily https://www.audacy.com/wwl/news/national/9-people-are-missing-after-boat-capsizes-near-florida 2021-07-08T14:14:01+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/u-s-coast-guard-helicopter.jpg?id=64233507&width=1200 U.S. Coast Guard helicopter daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/review-finds-more-cases-handled-impaired-pathologist 2020-11-19T05:20:23+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/cover-image.jpg?id=64867193&width=1200 Cover Image https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64867195&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/memorial-day-remembering-teammates-who-war-caught-up-with 2021-01-16T10:17:44+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/james-hupp.png?id=64867221&width=1200 James Hupp https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.png?id=64867215&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/wreaths-across-america-not-canceled-trump-and-army-sec-say 2021-01-15T19:45:14+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/waa.jpg?id=64867217&width=1200 WAA https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64867212&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/jerry-jones-fives-usd20-mil-to-national-medal-of-honor-museum 2021-03-25T20:04:24+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/donation.jpg?id=63458742&width=1200 Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones donated $20 million to the National Medal of Honor Museum on March 25. Donation daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/inside-the-va/ig-vba-claims-processors-didnt-follow-proper-procedures 2022-09-08T14:56:16+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/claims-cover.png?id=64867191&width=1200 A report released Wednesday by the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General found that Veterans Benefits Administration disability claims processors didn't follow proper procedures when processing claims. CLAIMS COVER daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/how-join-class-action-lawsuit-against-3m-faulty-ear-plugs 2020-11-19T05:33:51+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/cover-image.jpg?id=64867201&width=1200 Cover Image https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64867199&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/pentagon-outlines-its-first-artificial-intelligence-strategy 2020-11-19T04:53:14+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/cover-image.jpg?id=64867198&width=1200 Cover Image https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64867197&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/honoring-the-fallen/us-army-pfc-schlamp-killed-in-world-war-ii-accounted-for 2024-03-15T14:00:01+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/u-s-army-pfc-raymond-u-schlamp-28-of-dubuque-iowa.png?id=64866976&width=1200 U.S. Army Pfc. Raymond U. Schlamp, 28, of Dubuque, Iowa U.S. Army Pfc. Raymond U. Schlamp, 28, of Dubuque, Iowa daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/amazing-time-at-umgcs-2022-veterans-day-ceremony 2022-12-01T15:45:31+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/mgccover.jpg?id=64866983&width=1200 University of Maryland Global Campus staff, faculty, students, alumni, and guests came together to honor the nation’s heroes on Nov. 11, 2022. MGCCOVER https://www.audacy.com/media-library/umgccover.jpg?id=64866978&width=1200 UMGCCOVER https://www.audacy.com/media-library/umgcinside.jpg?id=64866979&width=1200 The UMGC community came together to honor the nation's veterans on Nov. 11, 2022. UMGCINSIDE https://www.audacy.com/media-library/umgc2.jpg?id=64866977&width=1200 Participants salute the colors at UMGC's Veterans Day ceremony on Nov. 11, 2022. umgc2 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/one-us-bennington-flags-amazing-journey 2022-09-07T17:37:47+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/one-bennington-flag-s-amazing-journey.jpg?id=64860122&width=1200 U.S. Army Spc. Jacob Holley (left holding flag), an infantryman assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry Regiment, and others from 1st Platoon pose for a photo with a flag belonging to Holley’s grandfather in Hohenfels, Germany, Feb. 23, 2022. One Bennington Flag's amazing journey daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/articles/honoring-the-four-chaplains 2021-02-03T13:32:16+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/foru-chaplains.jpg?id=64867109&width=1200 Foru Chaplains https://www.audacy.com/media-library/image.jpg?id=64867102&width=1200 daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/study-underway-to-better-understand-traumatic-brain-injury 2021-03-18T21:34:55+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/hearing-test.jpg?id=64867108&width=1200 Hearing test daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/education/program-helps-veterans-help-their-fellow-us-military-vets 2023-04-28T14:57:47+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/wartaccover.jpg?id=64866061&width=1200 Recent graduates of the Department of Veterans Affairs Warrior Training Advancement Course are pictured. WARTAC is a skill-bridge education and employment opportunity targeted to service members in their final 180 days of active duty military status. WARTACCOVER daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/vetcare/battling-food-insecurity-among-texas-veterans-families 2022-11-28T14:55:04+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/foodcover.jpg?id=64866974&width=1200 Nurses Venus Sanders and Fran Hodgkins, of the Houston VA Mental Health Intensive Case Management program, register veterans and their families at a mobile food pantry held on the third Wednesday of each month outside the Texas City VA Clinic. FOODCOVER daily https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/air-force-suspends-two-leaders-connected-to-leaked-docs 2023-04-28T15:12:33+00:00 https://www.audacy.com/media-library/air-force-stock-photo.jpg?id=63955050&width=1200 Stock photo. Air Force stock photo. daily 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