by alan | Jan 26, 2011 | Current Issue, past issue, Special Military Issue
By Kimberley Graham This year, 2011, marks the “Centennial Anniversary of Naval Aviation” for those who wear the golden wings of Naval, Marine, and Coast Guard aviators. We have a very special citizen living among our ranks here on the Emerald Isle who qualifies...
by alan | Feb 4, 2011 | Current Issue, past issue, Special Military Issue
Recently, noted journalists Bob Woodward and Tom Brokaw alongside the First Lady, Michelle Obama, joined the Oprah Winfrey Show to acknowledge the “epidemic of disconnection” we have as citizens of our great country for the over 5,800 soldiers who have lost their...
by alan | Feb 5, 2011 | Current Issue, past issue, Special Military Issue
“Wings of Gold: Coronado and Naval Aviation Museum Exhibit Marks 100th Anniversary” In early 1911, the United States Navy asked pioneer aviator Glenn Curtiss to train one its officers to fly. Curtiss chose a sandy, scrub-covered island in San Diego Bay as...
by alan | Jan 20, 2011 | Current Issue, past issue, Special Military Issue
The first Sunday of November 2003, a group of local activists erected 340 wooden crosses on the beach immediately west of Stearns Wharf in the beautiful seaside community of Santa Barbara, California. The wooden crosses marked the deaths of U.S. servicemen and...
by alan | Jan 30, 2011 | Current Issue, past issue, Special Military Issue
By Al Graham There are many war memorials in San Diego, but there are many more that have been forgotten, yet they still exist. Up until last year, there was no war museum in the county. So, when Captain Will Hays USN retired, heard that an old church had become...
