In many ways, putting pen to paper can be therapeutic and healing. That’s proven to be the case for a new writing workshop at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va., where veterans, other military members and first responders are learning the art of writing as a tool to process their…
Tennessee is moving Charlie Kirk Memorial Highway signs off a stretch of road already dedicated to 25 local Vietnam War dead, after veterans said they were never consulted. The signs went up in June along State Route 386 in Sumner County, which has for years been designated Vietnam Veterans Boulevard…
A retail company has donated $100,000 to fund a grant that helps veterans with their farming businesses as they transition out of the military and into civilian life. The company, Tractor Supply Company, and its foundation arm, the Tractor Supply Company Foundation, made the donation to the nonprofit the Farmer…
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00:00:01 Speaker 1: Like Apollo thirteen, Thomas Jefferson’s Red River expedition into the West was a failure. This is how their story should have gone. I’m Dan Flores, and this is the American West, the river that flowed from nowhere part one years ago, with dogwoods and red buds firing…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran attacked a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz early Tuesday, forcing its crew to abandon the ship, while the United States conducted yet another round of airstrikes targeting the Islamic Republic as they struggle over control of the key waterway. The 10 consecutive…
00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundations podcast, your guide to the fundamentals of better deer hunting, presented by first Light, creating proven versatile hunting apparel for the stand, saddle or blind. First Light Go Farther, Stay Longer, and now your host Tony Peterson. 00:00:20 Speaker 2:…
Jodi Burns has never worn a military uniform though she’s acutely aware of the struggles. Burn is the wife of a special operations Navy SEAL who has spent more than 30 years in military service, deployed to war and other combat zones. She is also the CEO of Special Forces…
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TJ spoke from a darkened room with the blinds closed. Even there, surrounded by houseplants she could barely see, the light still felt too bright. Years earlier, she had worked around aircraft, engines and flight-deck noise as a Navy “yellow shirt” stationed in Japan. She directed aircraft movement aboard the…
You get a letter telling you that you are unfit to keep serving. It arrives with a deadline, too, sometimes less than a week, and it sets in motion a process that will decide whether you keep your career or not. Whether you get a severance check, a retirement, health…
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Iran said mediators have been in touch with proposals on how to ease hostilities with the U.S. after several days of clashes, though tensions remain high after a threat by the Tehran-backed Houthi group to blockade Saudi Arabia. Esmail Baghaei, the Islamic Republic’s foreign ministry spokesman, said “ideas from some…
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Remember the First Gulf War? Persian Gulf War? Desert Storm and/or Desert Shield? They’re all the same war. Whatever we call it now, it was the war that expelled Iraqi troops from Kuwait, checked a decade of Saddam Hussein’s aggression toward his neighbors, and broke the specter of Vietnam that…
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