Bud McAllister: Veteran Volunteer

Bud McAllister “connects the dots.”

by Jon Persson

Bud McAllister volunteers for many things, and back in May of 1968 it was for a tour in the United States Army. The conflict  in Vietnam was at its desperate heights at home and in theater, yet for Bud the experience would ultimately become a cornerstone [...]

SSG Edwin Rivera Fundraiser

story & photo by Maren Schober

(l-r) Tianna, Edgar and Corinna Roman, Tracey, Jaxyn and David Beaudet, Zander Roman, DJ Beaudet at Washington Park, Groton, sporting the Edwin Rivera t-shirts.

Army Staff Sgt. Edwin Rivera, Waterford, will long be remembered for his love of God, family and country and for the ultimate sacrifice of [...]

Michael Petersen Supports Drawdown

Convoy commander of 1404th Transportation Company, 1st Lt. Michael Petersen “Little by little, we see the drawdown taking effect as we pull equipment from Iraq and bring it across the Kuwaiti border.”

by Tyler Williams photo by U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Sizemore

Veteran Can’t Get Enough of Military

Up until 2003, Dennis Baptiste served in the Military Police.

by Larry Greene When Dennis Baptiste was 17-years-old, he saw the U.S. Navy as a good opportunity “to get out of town.”

The year was 1976 and, although the very unpopular Vietnam War just ended, Dennis was partly [...]