EKU ROTC Alumni

06/18/2021

06/13/2021

https://www.dvidshub.net/news/398402/women-command-1st-aviation-brigade?fbclid=IwAR0Xn80xQV6lGZKxkLBpj6A_4SK2wQj5QTtj0yFhxz75PO7YCYsBN3c9GvU

One brigade is making history at Fort Rucker. For the first time, the 1st Aviation Brigade, U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence, has women in command of the brigade and its three battalions.

01/13/2021

RIP my hero.....

REST IN PEACE: One of the famed Tuskegee Airmen — the first Black pilots in the segregated U.S. military and among the most respected fighter pilots of World War II — has died from COVID-19 complications. He passed away just days before his 101st birthday. STORY: http://bit.ly/3ozm8By

01/13/2021

12/14/2020

https://www.stripes.com/news/europe/in-a-first-a-black-woman-takes-command-of-army-reserve-command-in-europe-1.654579?fbclid=IwAR3qX_VcNok37swuj4SpE0kyagjZRsT7EGZN7la5L7h9RfZa1ytiHHlUEbQ

Brig. Gen. Wanda N. Williams, one of only three Black women now serving as a general officer in the U.S. Army Reserve, will lead more than 1,000 soldiers and civilian personnel spread out across nearly 20 countries.

12/12/2020

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/12/10/search-underway-for-overboard-theodore-roosevelt-sailor/

The man overboard was called at 7:30 a.m. Thursday.

12/09/2020

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/henry-johnson-the-one-man-army-who-fought-off-dozens-of-german-soldiers-during-world-war-i?utm_source=fbsynd&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR10E7IZePBb3zrBJtESMN6t9sFpMvbgZ_iEeDY9907JLHDrTB0b9eXs-hI

In May 1918, Henry Johnson found himself alone in the Argonne with a wounded ally, an empty rifle, and dozens of German soldiers closing in. He didn’t run. He fought.

10/01/2020

https://www.google.com/amp/s/taskandpurpose.com/.amp/news/military-pregnancy-deployment?fbclid=IwAR0OwxsMtXFKcRqJ7iMfMZlxHgz_KH1ELHZdSfMbx-HMwCU0daOWDKd4DHE

“Now I look back, and I'm horrified that I put that female Marine through that level of crap over it."

08/30/2020

Prayers for the families.

08/07/2020

Average people can do amazing things.

The US had a Bletchley Park of its own in Washington that was key to the Allies' victory in World War II -- and it was women who did the heavy-lifting it took to decipher the Germans' cryptic language.

08/03/2020

Congratulations to former Notre Dame women's basketball player, Iraq war veteran, and Purple Heart recipient, Danielle Green for winning the Pat Tillman Award for Service at the ESPY Awards.

From your friends at Vets Helping Vets

07/17/2020

https://www.yahoo.com/news/aviator-just-became-us-navys-155401041.html?soc_src=community&soc_trk=fb

"Very proud of LTJG [Madeline] Swegle," a senior Navy official wrote. "Go forth and kick butt."