GEN Lucian Truscott

Sep 6, 2018 | Army

Some men are born to serve in the Armed Forces. Sometimes it’s familial tradition for sons to follow in a father’s footsteps, or a grandfather’s. In other cases, young men, at a very early age, dream of doing nothing else. And some men are drawn to service not by...

BG Rhonda Cornum

Aug 21, 2018 | Army

Rhonda Cornum embarked on a combat search and rescue mission the morning of 27 February 1991 to recover an Air Force pilot shot down over Iraq during Desert Storm. Tragically, the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter she was aboard crashed as a result of Iraqi anti-aircraft...

CAPT Dorothy Stratton

Aug 3, 2018 | Coast Guard, Navy

In 1942 Stratton took a leave of absence from Purdue University and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Women’s Reserve of the U.S. Naval Reserve, which was also known as the WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service). She later credited Lillian...

GEN James J. Lindsay

Jul 25, 2018 | Army

Although James Lindsay never intended to stay in the US Army when he joined, the decorated General has been devoted to service in the military for six decades. General James Lindsay was born in Portage, Wisconsin on October 10, 1932. His childhood on his family farm...

RDML William “Bill” E. Newman

Jul 10, 2018 | Navy

Rear Admiral Bill Newman, a 1961 Naval Academy graduate, retired from active duty in 1996, culminating 35 years of commissioned service. Primarily an aircraft carrier-based naval aviator, he served as attack pilot, experimental test pilot, and flight demonstration...