Veterans Affairs

Battle Sight Technologies LLC President, Nick Ripplinger (right) shows a member of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal team the Marking Appliance Reusable Chemiluminsence, or MARC, during a Tech Warrior Ops event in Fairborn, Ohio. The company licensed the technology from the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials & Manufacturing Directorate and demonstrated it at the event.

Army vet turns military tech into life-saving tools for first responders

Will Davis

Army veteran Nick Ripplinger founded Battle Sight Technologies to turn military research into safety tools for first responders, transforming his service into purpose.

Veterans Dave and Diamond Smith (no relation) in the WYSO studios recording their new season of Veterans' Voices

Military & Aviation

Veteran entrepreneurs to share struggles and successes in radio series

Will Davis

In the new season of Veterans Voices, Army vets Dave and Diamond Smith share stories of entrepreneur Veterans navigating life after service, from struggle to success.

Fireworks are seen from the U.S. Marine Corps Memorial area in Arlington, VA on Jul. 4, 2013. To the left, in the distance, is a corner of the Lincoln Memorial, then the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Yates Building (dark red brick building), the Washington Monument (with work scaffolding), and the U.S. Capitol building seen in the distance, in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial represents this nation's gratitude to Marines and those who have fought beside them. While the statue depicts one of the most famous incidents of World War II, it is often referred to as the Iwo Jima Memorial; the memorial is dedicated to all Marines who have given their lives in the defense of the U.S. since 1775. USDA photo by Lance Cheung.

Military & Aviation

In 1945, eighty years ago, no one knew how World War II would end

Dan Patterson

Eighty years ago, during World War II, the United States operated full-scale military operations worldwide while planning how to wage peace once the guns fell silent.

Charles Benning pointing at a D-Day museum exhibit in 2019

History

A Black veteran from Ohio liberated a Nazi death camp when he was 19

Kevin McGruder Ph.D.

Charles Benning, a Black man from Yellow Springs, Ohio, dropped out of high school to join the army during WWII. He later participated in the D-Day invasion in France.

History

Veteran stood up to segregation: 'I'll ride any damn place I want to'

Kevin McGruder Ph.D.

Black Korean War veteran Joe Lewis stood up to a racist bus driver in the Jim Crow South when he was working at Keesler Air Force Base in the 50s in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Service members face various location-based challenges to their service, from spousal employment to dual military couple co-stationing, from child care to the high cost of living and available housing.

Community

Learn about the behind-the-scenes work of preserving military stories

Will Davis

Charlie Palumbo, the Military Voices Initiative Manager at StoryCorps, says everyone who served in the military or supported those in service has a story that matters.

Military

Daughter of a veteran with PTSD: 'When he got home, it was really bad'

Will Davis

In this episode of Veterans' Voices, we hear from Emily Maples. Her father served in the Iraq War, and when he came home, the man Maples knew was no longer the same.

Military & Aviation

'I love her forever,' Gulf War veteran is grateful for wife, caregiver

Will Davis

Jeanette Ezell reflects on her experience as a military spouse—her pride, the challenges, and dedication to the life she built with her husband in service to the country.

Military

Volunteer says military families 'don't speak up about their hardship'

Will Davis

Carol Robinson from Centerville, Ohio, volunteers with Blue Star Families, combining her love for supporting families with her gratitude for those who serve our country.

Military

Gulf War Syndrome 'stole the last ten years' of career for Ohio veteran

Will Davis

Some Gulf War veterans came home with an unexplained chronic illness termed Gulf War Syndrome, and veterans with the illness face more than just physical health problems.

U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Jeremy Lipker and his high school sweetheart (now wife) Christina, whom he met at a local ice cream shop when he was 16 and she was 15.

Military

A Fairborn veteran will receive a new, mortgage-free home this Friday

Shay Frank

Freedom Alliance, U.S. Bank, and Fischer Homes are giving away a new, mortgage-free home to a local Fairborn veteran to honor his service and advance his rehabilitation.

The Dayton VA Medical Center plans to rename a clinic after Lt. Col. Charity Adams Earley.

Military & Aviation

Dayton VA renaming women's clinic after trailblazing veteran Lt. Col. Charity Adams Earley

Kaitlin Schroeder

Lt. Col. Charity Adams Earley, who died in 2002, commanded the first battalion of Black women to serve overseas during World War II. On June 12, there will be a renaming ceremony at the Dayton VA.