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He may have joined the Navy to see the world, but World War II veteran Carl Daniels spent most of his military career in the Admiralty Islands, where he served

About 27% of veterans have a service-connected disability. There is a lot of work and support needed for every situation.

When a TBI (traumatic brain injury) and a shrapnel-injured knee from combat shattered one local veteran’s military career, this retired warrior chose take a different direction in life.

As a girl growing up in Saks, Equilla Williams Sims, 44, loved thinking about the world beyond Calhoun County.

From his early boyhood, there was little doubt that Ross Wimer would follow his father into the Marines. In 2010, he was deployed to the bloodiest corner of Afghanistan.

Editors note: Jim Smith of Columbia, South Carolina, son of World War II hero and Olean native Paul Bridges Smith, submitted this narrative on the elder Smiths experiences.

Boot camp, deployment, assignments and basic life on a military base are all about being there for other people, whether its members of their unit or those needing help. There are things unit members learn about one another, and stories they may not have expected to share, Shay said. But when they leave the military and go home, the resources veterans had on the base just arent there. Some must deal with sadness, isolation, a lost sense of purpose.

Wednesday, Nov. 8, was the day once again to celebrate Citrus County women veterans hosted by the GFWC Crystal River Woman’s Club. Thank you for your service to our country.

World War II veteran and Cherokee Nation citizen Charles T. Scott, 99, was honored Nov. 3 with a “Quilt of Valor” at the monthly meeting of the American Legion Post

Today is Veterans Day. According to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, a veteran “means a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service, and who was