The Holidays and Military Service Contributed by Alan Rohlfing As I write this piece for our blog, I feel a little bit of nostalgia coming on. We’re more than halfway through December, the snow has been falling for more than a day now, and the long-range forecast predicts that temperatures won’t be above freezing […]
A Veterans Day Salute Contributed by Alan Rohlfing (Lieutenant Colonel, USA Retired) Greetings, friends. As we commemorate this Veterans Day, it is an honor to be able to visit with you on the Military Connection platform. It is an honor to have worn the uniform of the US Army, as well. I was a Soldier […]
The Home of the Free Because of the Brave You’ve heard it said before: we are the home of the free because of the brave. Or perhaps “all gave some, but some gave all.” Or even, in the words of Lee Greenwood, “I’m proud to be an American, where at least I know I’m […]
America Salutes You Guitar Legends II: Happening Tomorrow! Just hours away, excitement is building for a star-studded America Salutes You presents Guitar Legends II. Stephen Stills and Vernon Reid were the most recent additions and they joined an already stellar lineup anchored by Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top. Other performers include Joe Bonamassa, Don Felder, […]
Swinging For Heroes: Golf Gives Veterans HOPE Contributed by Kris Baydalla-Galasso I am the product of a recreational golfer. While my father’s love of the game never truly encouraged me to enthusiastically strut onto the greens, I do own a full set of clubs and found myself marketing for a golf packager after grad […]
The Best of the Army’s Best Contributed by Alan Rohlfing Many companies, organizations, and associations have contests to determine who in their midst ranks among the top, and the United States Army is no different. The 2018 Best Warrior Competition, the premier event to determine the Department of the Army’s Soldier and Noncommissioned Officer of […]
A Veterans Day Salute (2018) Contributed by Alan Rohlfing (Lieutenant Colonel, USA Retired) Greetings, friends. As we commemorate this Veterans Day, it is an honor to be able to visit with you on the Military Connection platform. It is an honor to have worn the uniform of the US Army, as well. I was a […]
Veterans Day: Reasons to Observe Contributed by Kris Baydalla-Galasso Veterans Day was originally coined as Armistice Day on November 11, 1919. It was a commemoration of the first anniversary of the end of World War 1. It didn’t take long for Congress to recognize the need to make this occasion and annual observance, and legislation […]
Military Families Month and the ASYMCA Contributed by Kris Baydalla-Galasso The name says it all – Family Military Month, observed throughout the month of November, is a time for us to remember, honor and applaud Military families. The observation was set in motion in 1996 by the Armed Services YMCA and has become a tradition, […]
Navy & Marine Corps Take Iceland by Storm… Contributed by Kris Baydalla-Galasso More than 7,000 American Sailors and Marines arrived in Iceland’s capital city of Reykjavík last week – and local businesses were completely unprepared. The Americans were there to participate in NATO’s Trident Juncture, but upon docking, made a swift course to the city’s […]
