Rich Sherman is the author of Never Home: Remembering the Military Heroes Who Never Returned. In this week’s interview he shared about his experience in the Navy. Joining in 1989 and leaving for Desert Shield shortly after arriving at his first assignment. After serving in the military he left for the business world. And through […]
Category Archives: military history
The Military Opens Doors to the Future
Beth H. Macy talked about how the military opens doors to the future. This was what she experienced. It may not have been open doors in the work translated to a career she was going to pursue. But her mindset shifted after her service in the Navy leading to a full career. She worked in […]
This Troubled Ground
Les Carroll is the author of This Troubled Ground. He shares his experience in the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard on the podcast while also highlighting his book. This Troubled Ground is a novel but is based on many experiences from his own military career with fictional characters added to the story. It is […]
Amazing Military Women from History
In March, I did a four week series to celebrate Women’s History Month starting with Amazing Military Women from History. I’m going back to these episodes to highlight the stories I shared live now on the Women of the Military podcast and YouTube. I have learned so much about military history and specifically women in […]
History of Military Women Series
I really enjoyed celebrating Women’s History Month by creating a four week series focused on history of military women. I thought I knew a lot about history of military women but as I learned there is still a lot more to learn and more stories to uncover. If you would like to catch up on […]
Veterans History Project
This week on the podcast I’m excited to be talking to Monica Mohindra. She is the Director of the Veterans History Project (VHP) of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. In this episode, we focus on VHP. VHP is highlighting the importance of collecting veterans stories. We also discussed how the information collected […]
