NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA, Fla. – Naval Aerospace Medical Institute (NAMI) personnel commemorated the 100th anniversary of aeromedical officers (AMOs), commonly referred to as “flight surgeons,” at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola,…
Category: Veterans
Bruce ‘Bags’ Bagwell announced the new Gray Angel
The Blue Angels Association has named its new Gray Angel; Bruce Bagwell, (#7 ’55-57), the oldest living Blue Angel officer from the earliest team. “Bags” served as #7/Narrator from 1955-1957, flying the…
VA celebrates Pensacola WWII vet 100th birthday
Press Release: Recently, Navy Veteran Ralph J. Morris celebrated his 100th birthday with staff of the Gulf Coast VA. The World War II Veteran, who enlisted in 1942, was recognized during the…
Blue Angels Foundation in state budget
Florida Politics has reported lawmakers agreed Wednesday to provide $250,000 to the Blue Angels Foundation, a nonprofit specializing in the treatment of wounded veterans with the goal of eliminating veteran suicides. “The…
Real News: Andrew Del Gaudio
Retired Marine Corps Lt. Col. Andrew Del Gaudio challenges veterans to step up and get involved in their communities. He is the Region IV Commander of the Military Order of the Purple…
Veterans Week activities [podcast]
State Rep. Michelle Salzman discusses how Veterans Week came into being. We also discuss the other events happening this week. Monument & Museum to Women Veterans The grand opening is 5 p.m….
Veteran’s Week
State Rep. Michelle Salzman shared that this week – Nov. 7-13 – is Veterans Week. She provided this history on how it became solidified by the Florida House. A little over two years…
Local Veteran Awarded the Silver Star
Ret. Army Col. Larry Perino of Gulf Breeze will be presented with the Silver Star Medal on October 1, 2021 in Fort Benning, Ga. As the third-highest military combat award, the Silver…
Freedom Quest 2021 ‘Indivisible’ (podcast)
Pensacola, Fla. — September 11, 2021 marks 20 years since the World Trade Center attack. To honor the memory of the nearly 3,000 who died, the more than 7,000 military who have…
Military veteran overdoses, another hero lost
In September 2011, Retired Marine Lt. Col. Dave Glassman brought two men to my office. One, Elliot, was an Iraq War veteran who was missing his right leg. The other was his…
3M wins second earplug case
The verdicts for the trials against 3M for its earplugs now stand 1-1 after a federal jury ruled in the corporation’s favor last Friday. The Pensacola trial was the second to address…
Groundbreaking for Monument to Women Veterans
Monument to Women Veterans announces a groundbreaking event for a museum and monument to women veterans, and the announcement of a
state-of-the-art national training center in construction for veterans. The museum and monument…