Each year on February 3rd, Four Chaplains Day of remembrance is celebrated across the country. It honors four military chaplains who sacrificed their own lives to save the lives of their fellow service members during WWII. Sinking of the SS Dorchester... Continue Reading →
February 4th is the official birthday of the organization known as United Service Organizations or USO. The USO has been a fixture in military life for more than seven decades. Founded in 1941, the agency is a private, not-for-profit organization working in... Continue Reading →
February 19th is the official birthday of the United States Coast Guard Reserve. Officially set-up in the late 1930s as a “civilian reserve” operation, it was non-military in nature. The Coast Guard Reserve Act of 1939 was the earliest incarnation.... Continue Reading →
In 2015, The Navy Reserve celebrated its 100th birthday, with observations held service-wide. Since the Navy Reserve birthday is not a federal holiday, no closures or stand-downs are commonplace, but there are normally birthday events held at individual Navy Reserve... Continue Reading →
The first Seabee unit was known as “the Bobcats” and Seabees were among the very first to land during the WW II invasion of Normandy. Seabee is an abbreviation of the name United States Naval Construction Battalions. “Seabee” comes from... Continue Reading →
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