Memorial Maintenance
October 25th, 2011 | The Wires | Posted by Mike Morones
A crew of three cleans one of the huge spires at the Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Va., Monday, Oct. 17, 2011. The spires rise more than 250 feet into the air. (AP Photo/Dan Young/Wausau Daily Herald)
A Visit to Section 60
September 30th, 2011 | From the Ranks | Posted by Mike Morones
In his final full day as the 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen and his wife Deborah walk through Arlington National Cemetery’s Section 60, Sept. 29, 2011. The Mullen’s will retire after serving more than 40 years in uniform, handing the reins to U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey during a ceremony at Ft. Meyer, Va. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley)
Salute from USS New York
September 11th, 2011 | From the Ranks | Posted by Mike Morones
NEW YORK (Sept. 8, 2011) Members of the Fire Department of the City of New York present honors as they pass the World Trade Center and the National September 11 Memorial aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21). New York has 7.5 tons of steel in her bow recovered from the World Trade Center twin towers. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Corey Lewis/Released)
Loyal Friend
August 27th, 2011 | The Wires | Posted by Mike Morones
ROCKFORD, IA – AUGUST 19: Labrador retriever Hawkeye lays by the casket during the funeral of his owner, Navy SEAL Jon Tumilson, 35, at the Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rock Community School August 19, 2011 in Rockford, Iowa. Tumilson was one of 38 killed on August 6 when a rocket-propelled grenade hit a Chinook helicopter in Afghanistan. (Photo by Lisa Pembleton/Getty Images)
Paddle-Out Memorial
August 11th, 2011 | The Wires | Posted by Alan Lessig
On August. 9, 2011, local surfers in Virginia Beach, Virginia memorialize Navy bomb technician and local resident Kraig Vickers, who died in the Afghanistan helicopter crash on Aug. 6, by forming a giant circle, interlocking hands and paddles in a ceremony called a paddle out. Vickers was a surfer and stand up paddle boarder originally from Hawaii. Afterwards, a lone flower washed ashore. (AP Photos/The Virginian-Pilot, Ross Taylor)
Names Added to “The Wall”
May 9th, 2011 | The Wires | Posted by Alan Lessig
A Vietnam veteran, who preferred not to be identified, salutes the names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington Sunday, May 8, 2011. A ceremony Sunday marked the addition of five new names to the memorial, bringing the total to 58,272. They are Army SPC Charles J. Sabatier, of Galveston, Texas; Army SPC Charles Robert Vest, of Lynchburg, Ohio; Army Sgt. Henry L. Aderholt of Birmingham, Ala.; Navy ETR2 Richard Lewis Daniels of Washougal, Wash.; Navy BT3 Peter Otto Holcomb of Grandy, Minn. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Moment of Silence
January 10th, 2011 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Congressional members and staffers pause on the east steps of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 10, 2010, during a national moment of silence for the victims of the assassination attempt of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Az., who were shot on Saturday in Tuscon, Az.
The Other Part of That War, Continued
January 7th, 2011 | The Wires | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
The Hmong community in the U.S. is mourning the death of a revered leader, Vang Pao, today. Pao, who was 81, died Thursday night in Fresno, Calif., following a battle with pneumonia.
The general led Hmong guerrillas in their CIA-sponsored effort against communists during the Vietnam War, and after the war, helped his fellow Hmong refugees resettle here. He is seen above (C), in this file photo from a decade ago – “laying a wreath at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, DC, marking the 25th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in the Kingdom of Laos as Lao veterans watch 11 May, 2000. (LUKE FRAZZA/AFP/Getty Images).
SoI East memorial
October 1st, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
Dog tags signifying each Marine killed in action that has passed through School of Infantry East, are displayed on a memorial in the entrance of Ivy Hall – the headquarters of the school – at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina on Thursday, September 30, 2010.
VJ Day
August 16th, 2010 | The Wires | Posted by Sheila
A Scottish Second World War veteran attends the VJ Day service to commemorate the 65th anniversary of victory against Japanese (VJ) forces during the Second World War, in London on August 15, 2010. The Second World War in Asia began on December 7, 1941 after Japanese war planes bombed the US Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The Japanese forces surrendered on August 14, 1945 following a dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet declaration of war and the invasion of Manchuria. The next day, Wednesday, August 15, 1945 was celebrated as VJ Day. Britain suffered 90,332 casualties in the war against Japan. (CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)