The African American Military Experience

04/05/2025

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/05/us/joe-harris-triple-nickle-black-paratroopers/index.html

Sgt. Joe Harris was one of an elite group of Black paratroopers during World War II. He is being laid to rest today. He was 108.

04/03/2025

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/11/08/the-changing-face-of-americas-veteran-population/

Today, there are more than 18 million living veterans in the United States, representing about 6% of the country’s adult population.

03/31/2025

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/politics/bodies-recovered-soldiers-lithuania/index.html

The bodies of three of the four US soldiers who were reported missing after their vehicle was submerged in a bog in Lithuania last week have been recovered, the Army announced on Monday. The vehicle has also been recovered.

03/31/2025

https://www.facebook.com/100081948290770/posts/639553088786295/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Tickets On Sale Now!

03/31/2025

https://youtu.be/s8gKH3WshkE

Before Jackie Robinson made history in baseball, he made history in the United States Army. Follow along as author Sudipda Bardhan-Quallen tells this little-...

03/31/2025

https://www.military.com/veteran-jobs/baseball-legend-jackie-robinson-was-soldier-during-world-war-ii.html

The baseball diamond hero was blazing trails long before he started playing professionally.

03/31/2025

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/31/2313180/-Veterans-keep-getting-screwed-by-the-Trump-administration

President Donald Trump is once again targeting the very veterans he claims to love—this time by reportedly gutting the Department of Veterans Affairs call centers and replacing human staff with automation. According to CNN, which cited multiple sources...

03/23/2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/us/politics/veterans-affairs-mental-health-doge.html

A chaotic restructuring order threatens to degrade services for veterans of wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.

03/20/2025

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/nx-s1-5334461/pentagon-black-veterans-navajo-code-talkers-website-diversity

A Pentagon official not authorized to speak publicly said its review to scrub websites of DEI content was too hasty and also used search terms like "gay," leading to the flagging of Enola Gay images.

03/20/2025

According to . Listening to and his insightful critique.

03/19/2025

https://www.ksbw.com/article/jackie-robinson-army-history-scrubbed-from-dod-website-dei/64225041

Articles about Navajo Code Talkers and the Iwo Jima flag-raisers have also been removed in the Trump administration's DEI purge.

03/15/2025

For example, General Colin Powell was the first Black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the 8666 Postal Corps was the first corps comprised only of Black women to work overseas during World War II. Their stories are no longer prominent on the website, but can still be found using the search function.

Additionally, the Pentagon has marked thousands of photos representing diverse veterans to be removed from the website, according to the Associated Press.

Articles, photos and videos that are seen as promoting DEI will be removed under the new approach.

03/06/2025

The VFW salutes and honors all women service members, veterans and unsung heroes for their indelible achievements and contributions to our country, our freedom and our way of life.