Veteran
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A couple from Winchester, Kentucky, has spent their lives protecting their community and country. Now they are asking for help. According to a report by LEX 18, Carol Charles is a bus monitor for Clark County Schools. Her husband, Steve, is a U.S. Army veteran now on dialysis three times a […]
The Green Bay Packers and WPS Health Solutions paid special tribute to U.S. Army veteran Gauge Hunter during Sunday’s game against Seattle for ‘Operation Fan Mail.’ Operation Fan Mail, the program that recognizes military families and veterans at each Packers home game, is marking its 15th season in 2021. Hunter, who was born in California […]
Earlier this year, Leidos, a leading information technology, engineering, and science solutions and services company, announced that 37 employees were honored at the 35th Annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) STEM Conference. The 2021 class of awardees is the largest in Leidos history. More recently, Leidos announced that retired Lieutenant General Darrell Williams, […]
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A Silver Star presentation ceremony for U.S. Army Specialist Four Gerald McGinnis at Park West Church in Knoxville Saturday. “I am humbled and sincerely thankful for this honor today and I truly do not deserve it,” said McGinnis at the podium after accepting the award. U.S. Army, Specialist McGinnis was assigned […]
The Green Bay Packers and WPS Health Solutions paid special tribute this week to U.S. Army veteran and Air National Guardsman Eric Bebee and his family in conjunction with Sunday’s game against Pittsburgh. Operation Fan Mail, the program that recognizes military families and veterans at each Packers home game, is marking its 15th season in […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Davon McNeal was just 11 years old when he was struck in the head by a stray bullet at a Fourth of July cookout in Washington, D.C., last year. Now, every Friday, community activist Jawanna Hardy visits the boy’s gravesite and the graves of other children who have lost their lives to […]
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — This summer, the U.S. started to evacuate Afghanistan after more than 20 years. On Monday, President Joe Biden defended his decision to remove U.S. troops. Biden says he stands ‘squarely behind’ Afghanistan decision The decision to withdraw has caused mixed emotions for several Fort Wayne veterans. Multiple veterans on WANE […]
The Green Bay Packers and WPS Health Solutions paid special tribute this week to U.S. Air Force veteran Rob Sehi and his family in conjunction with Saturday’s preseason game against the Houston Texans. Operation Fan Mail, the program that recognizes military families and veterans at each Packers home game, is marking its 15th season in […]
A Black veteran who suffered an electric shock while working in a Frito-Lay warehouse in 2016 says he has been harassed by the company, which allegedly hired private investigators to follow him after the incident. After returning home from the Navy, 36-year-old Brandon Ingram of Florissant, Missouri, began working at a Frito-Lay in St. Louis […]
A 911 call was placed by “neighbors” near Grand Rapids, Michigan when a black army veteran and his real estate agent toured a home for sale. The two suddenly found themselves surrounded by police pointing guns… with no cause. Thorne and his son were touring a home Sunday with real estate agent Eric Brown, who’s […]