Be sure to read Theresa Juva’s story on lohud.com about Rye High School’s tribute to WWII veteran Jack Vier, who fought in the D-Day invasion of Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge.

For the past five years Vier, who was wounded three times during the war, visited the high school to share his experiences with [...]

I’ve been away on furlough, which was a good thing when I was in the Army but is a cost-saving measure in these troubled times.

On Saturday night HBO premiered its latest movie effort – “Taking Chance,’’ a docudrama based on the personal journal of Marine Corps Lt. Col. Michael Strobl’s experience escorting the body [...]

Sorry this is a day late, but I couldn’t let the 108th birthday of America’s oldest living World War I veteran pass without notice.

Frank Buckles, of Charles Town, W. Va. reached the milestone yesterday. Buckles was honored by then-President George W. Bush at the White House last hear and feted by the Pentagon as “our [...]

Times are tough and a lot of people are looking for inspiration. GreatAmericans.com is a relatively new website that celebrates “everyday heroes,” incuding men and women serving in the armed forces.

Log onto www.greatamericans.com and you’ll find stories and video tributes of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. It’s definitely worth checking out.

Duke Searles, the Vietnam veteran who runs the food pantry at the VA hospital in Montrose, reports that Carpenter’s Union Local 11 in Hawthorne recently donated $1,000 to the pantry, which will be used to buy canned goods, pasta and other staples to help keep the shelves filled.

Local members of Rolling Thunder, a veterans group [...]

A while back on this blog we posted a story from the Stars & Stripes about the Department of Defense considering a proposal to award the Purple Heart to combat troops diagnosed with post traumatic stress syndrome.

The “Stripes’’ reported yesterday that the military powers that be have decided against it. The paper quotes DoD spokeswoman [...]

Good news for at least some of the troops who will be spending Super Bowl Sunday in Iraq. The powers that be have announced that a few will be able to enjoy the big game and a cold one, or two, at the same time. Troops in Iraq are prohibited from consuming alcohol under General [...]

MTV will explore issues surrounding post traumatic stress syndrome among returning Iraq and Afghanistan warriors tomorrow (Saturday) on “True Life: I have PTSD.”

It’s estimated that one in five Afghan and Iraq veterans report PTSD symptoms, which include depression, problems sleeping, the inability to trust, nightmares and fits of rage.

Saturday’s show, scheduled for 6 p.m., focuses [...]

More than 100 volunteers from Larchmont and neighborhing communities will be at St. Augustine’s Church Sunday, accepting personal items and packing them up into care packages to ship to Iraq and Afghanistan in the annual “Support Our Troops’’ drive.

The effort began in 2006, when Jennie McFarland of New Rochelle and a few friends collected and [...]

Newsday reports that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has reassigned its New York regional director and five other top managers after discovering that hundreds of claims were misdated to make it appear that they were being processed on time.

“It was systematicaly enough of a problem that we removed the leadership,’’ the newspaper quotes VA [...]

Fourth- and fifth-graders from Ossining’s Claremont School will visit the Montrose VA hospital on Friday (Nov. 21) to visit with veterans, hand out candy and play some jazz.

The Claremont Jazz Band will jump and jive at the hospital from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

“Every year, I really look forward to our trip, as I know [...]

This just in on CNN:

WASHINGTON (CNN)—An Army lieutenant general has become the first woman in U.S. military history to get four stars.

The military on Friday promoted Lt. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody, who has served in several command positions in her 33-year Army career.

She will command Army Material Command, responsible for equipping, arming and outfitting soldiers.

The [...]

Aboard the USS Intrepid yesterday for a Veterans Day ceremony, Gov. David Paterson signed an Executive Order establishing the New York State Council on Returning Veterans and Their Families. The Council will develop recommendations for a comprehensive strategy to address the multiple needs of returning veterans and their families in adjusting to post-service life through [...]

It’s great to see so many local events planned for tomorrow as the nation observes Veterans Day.  I hope most of you have the day off and can make it to whatever ceremony takes place in your town. If you have to work, at least spend a minute or two remembering your time in the [...]

The Yonkers Pops Band and the city Parks Department will present musical “Salute to Veterans” at 2 p.m. Sunday (Nov. 9) at Saunders High School.

The band will play marches, a medley of tunes from Bob Hope movies and popular songs from the 1940s in a salute to the armed forces. Vocalist Kathy Hart will join [...]