I graduated from St. Joseph High School in Muskegon and had a scholarship to attend Notre Dame, which I did not accept. Instead, I enlisted in the United States Army.

Think doing your PCS move yourself without the help of the on-base transportation office is too much work? Military spouse Mallory Pevoto, aka the “DITY Mama,” says think again.

Paul Bremer spent 14 months in Iraq following the 2003 invasion, when he served as the administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority.

Two days after the start of the Russian bombardment, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy invited foreign nationals who considered themselves friends of Ukraine to join the fight.

I had a chance to talk with Ken Burns early this summer about  The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick .  We ended up having a wide-ranging and relatively intense conversation about why…

Bing West's new novel, The Last Platoon, is a cautionary tale about America's "Forever War."

An investigation revealed that Harold Schultz stood among the Marines seen straining toward the sky in the famous photo.

See you on the other side brothers. You are not forgotten. -Brandon FALLEN SEALs, In the Media Below,  , Navy's SEAL program turns 50,  , Coronado, there from the start, remains the elite community's base, By Jeanette Steele   Friday, January 13, 2012   The Navy’s SEALs turn 50 this month. President John F. Kennedy, a Navy man himself, would probably be proud. Created at Kennedy’s behest in 1962 to…, Key dates in SEAL history, January 1962:, Two Navy Sea Air Land (SEAL) operating teams are established to conduct unconventional warfare and counter-guerrilla operations. SEAL Team One is formed in Coronado, and SEAL Team Two is established…, February 1966-Dec. 7, 1971:, SEAL teams conduct direct missions in Vietnam. Three Medals of Honor and seven Navy Crosses are awarded to UDT/SEAL team members for service in that conflict, and 49 UDT/SEALs are killed., May 1, 1983:, The teams drop the UDT designation and are redesignated as SEAL teams or Swimmer Delivery Vehicle Teams (SDVT)., October 1983:, A SEAL team infiltrates the capital of Grenada during the U.S. invasion and secures the Government House., August 1990:, SEALs from San Diego are first into Saudi Arabia in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait., January 1991:, SEALs are involved in combat activities during Operation Desert Storm, including the capture of oil platforms used by Iraqi soldiers as anti-aircraft positions. SEALs also participated in combat…, Oct. 22, 2007:, President Bush awards a posthumous Medal of Honor to Lt. Michael P. Murphy, 29, a SEAL from Patchogue, N.Y. Murphy was killed on June 28, 2005, while leading a reconnaissance team in Afghanistan., April 7, 2008:, SEAL Michael Anthony Monsoor is awarded the Medal of Honor. Monsoor, a Coronado-based sailor, threw himself on a grenade in Ramadi, Iraq, Sept. 29, 2006., April 12, 2009:, SEAL snipers kill three Somali pirates and rescue an American cargo-ship captain, ending a five-day standoff., Feb. 11, 2011:, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus presents the Silver and Bronze stars to Joseph Molina, a Coronado-based SEAL who grew up in Imperial Beach, for his actions in Afghanistan in 2009., May 2, 2011:, SEALs storm a fortified compound in Pakistan and kill al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. SOURCES: sealswcc.com/navy-seals-history.aspx ; American Naval History: An Illustrated Chronology of the U.S.…, (Cornado news Thursday, January 12, 2012) … David Axelson,   George Galdorisi and Dick Couch have a lot in common. Both graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, with Couch graduating in 1967 and Galdorisi in 1970. Although they overlapped at the Academy for a…, FORMER NAVY SEAL AND HEAD SEAL SNIPER INSTRUCTOR TO RELEASE, "THE RED CIRCLE", with St. Martin's Press April 10th, 2012. You can pre-order at Barnes and Noble by clicking this link: The Red Circle The Red Circle, Praise for “The Red Circle” , “There are a lot of people out there who are alive today because of the efforts, skill, and dedication of Brandon and others like him. His training saved my life. What you’re about to read is not…, Marcus Luttrell, , author of the New York Times bestseller Lone Survivor , from the Foreword   “The story of today’s Navy SEALs is Brandon Webb’s to tell, and The Red Circle does it masterfully. This definitive work…, CDR Ward Carroll, , USN (ret.), editor of Military.com   “Another forceful statement from the Brotherhood of SEALs, Brandon Webb’s The Red Circle illustrates why he wanted to be a SEAL, what it takes to be a SEAL, how…, CDR Richard Marcinko, , USN (Ret.), founding father and first commanding officer of SEAL Team Six, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Rogue Warrior   “Brandon’s story hits center mass! If you want to know what…, Chris Kyle, , SEAL Team 3 Chief and bestselling author of American Sniper   “ The Red Circle  beautifully captures the author’s introspection, humor, and lion-hearted daring. A riveting true-life adventure story…, Pat Kilbane, , actor ( MADtv , Seinfeld , Semi-Pro ) and author of The Brain-Eater’s Bible   “ The Red Circle book personifies all that is great within the Naval Special Warfare community. It’s all true (even the…, Chris Osman, , former SEAL, coauthor of SEALs: The US Navy’s Elite Fighting Force     Americans rise in rank within Somalia jihadi militant group linked to al-Qaida  , By Associated Press, Updated: Saturday, January 14, 10:41 AM, NAIROBI, Kenya — The October al-Qaida video shows a light-skinned man handing out food to families displaced by famine in Somalia. But the masked man is not Somali, or even African — he’s a Wisconsin…

Of course, World War II and Vietnam play a huge role in this story of music in the USA.

Four years after a national scandal that forced a reckoning over misogyny in the Marine Corps, a retired colonel gives the military a report card on how far it's come.