June 6, 2024 French Medal has extra special meaning for Reservist on the 80th anniversary of D-Day On the 79th anniversary of that historic day, Maj. Gen. Vanessa Dornhoefer, mobilization assistant to the Air Force’s deputy chief of logistics, engineering and force protection, received the French Médaille de la Défense nationale (National Defense Medal) from French Defense Attache Maj. Gen.
March 21, 2019 World War II laborer champions ‘Rosie the Riveter’ legacy at Pentagon, Capitol Hill When it comes to symbolizing the influx of women in the workforce and the wave of patriotism and feminism that surge sparked during World War II, few American icons are more recognizable than “Rosie the Riveter.”Artist J. Howard Miller’s 1942 poster, featuring a bandanna-donning, blue-collared woman
June 6, 2017 D-Day touches Rainier Wing In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, thousands of Allied troops crowded in to ships and crossed the tumultuous English Channel to invade German-occupied France. Arriving on the shores of Normandy, Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, fought a grueling battle for a tiny piece of beach in mainland