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ROXBURY, NJ — Given the stress and fatigue engendered by a year of COVID-19, Roxbury could have deferred on having a 2021 Memorial Day ceremony. But that would have been unconscionable, said Kenvil...

Both Macon Memorial Park and Georgia Veteran Memorial Cemetery are canceling their ceremonies this year due to the pandemic

Provided Salome Clarke ’17, now a first lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, leads Cornell students during the Watch Fire ceremony in 2017. Vietnam veterans honor Cornell ROTC: ‘They had our backs’ May 20, 2021 Cornell’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) – known as the Tri-Service Brigade – has received the Certificate of Patriotism from the Vietnam Veterans Association’s New York State Council, the council’s highest honor. At the same time, the national Vietnam...

James Hogge WASHINGTON – 80 Members of Congress called for funding to help Veterans with Gulf War Illness. Led by Representatives Jack Bergman (R-MI) and Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (D-MP), the bipartisan effort in support of a treatment research program targeted at “improved health and lives of Veterans who have Gulf War Illness” comes in the midst of a series of Congressional hearings on military toxic exposures. In a joint letter, the cosigners urged the Defense Appropriations Subco...

American Aerospace Forty years ago today, the Space Shuttle Columbia successfully returned from its first earth-orbital mission.  An estimated 225,000 people witnessed the historic landing on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Known officially as the Space Transportation System (STS), the Space Shuttle was unlike any manned space vehicle ever flown. A giant aircraft known as the Orbiter was side-mounted on a huge liquid-propellant stage called the External Tank ...

Duty Calls: Guard officer honored for 37 years of service Terry Brown FacebookTwitterEmail New York Army National Guard Lt. Col. Michael Tagliafierro pins a Family Recognition Award pin on his wife Maureen during his retirement ceremony.Eric Durr / New Yok Army National Guard New York Army National Guard Lt. Col. Michael Tagliafierro of Porters Corners, Saratoga County,  has received a Meritorious Service Medal in recognition of his 37 years of military duty before retirement. Tagliafierro als...

If you have an interest in Naval Aviation, you must have heard about Commander John “Bug” Roach. Few days ago, the Facebook page of the National Naval Aviation Museum posted an interesting edition of their #MemorabiliaMonday: the photographs of the flight jacket that belonged to CDR John “Bug” Roach. He was born on Aug. 26, 1944, in Monterey, California and received his Naval Aviator wings in 1966. He served as an F-8 Crusader pilot during the Vietnam War, before transitioning to the F-...