Jul 09, 2010 14:01 - By: Whit Honea
The happy young man is Ashton. He is being reunited with his father, Spc. Travis Kramer, who just returned home from a 400-day tour in Iraq.
Not every journey is full of family and postcards, some are of a more pressing matter. Travel can take you anywhere, but there’s no road like the one that brings you home.
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Photo taken in Eugene, Oregon by Sgt. Eric Rutherford via DVIDSHUB on Flickr
May 27, 2010 9:18 - By: Whit Honea
Flags for Memorial Day
This weekend we, as in the United States, will be observing Memorial Day. Many of us will be spending the day with family, friends and our body weight in beer and barbecue, and may not even stop to think why it is that we have the day off to begin with. Here is a brief and partial history of the Memorial Day holiday according to USMemorialDay.org: Read More »
Nov 11, 2009 16:28 - By: Whit Honea
We were soldiers once
Courtesy of Warren Toland Read More »
Oct 29, 2009 8:32 - By: Kim Tracy Prince
USS Arizona Memorial
Pearl Harbor is the #1 most popular tourist attraction on the island of Oahu, but that is not why I visited. I’m not a history buff, or interested in war trivia, or necessarily drawn to hallowed ground, so that’s not why I went either. I went because I know and love many men and women who have served in the Armed Forces. I have dated them, sprung from their loins, even considered becoming one myself. (That’s for a different website.) And so when I had some time in my schedule on Oahu, I looked into visiting this national monument.
When I asked locals what I should know about going to visit Pearl Harbor, I was told without variation that I should “go early, to avoid the lines.” The monument’s website is very clear about the process for your visit – pick up a timed ticket, wait in line, no bags or backpacks or even diaper bags allowed. I succeeded in packing light, but not at arriving early. I made it out to the visitor’s center at about 11:00 AM on a Friday in September. There was no line. I got a ticket for the tour starting in five minutes, so there was little wait. And the center wasn’t very crowded, so the whole experience was…pleasant.
It is odd to say that this visit was pleasant because essentially you are visiting an underwater tomb. Read More »
