Dec. 5, 2023 Service With Purpose: Son of Purple Heart Combat Vet Enlists to ‘Bring Dads Home to Their Families’ It was a hazy November day in southern Afghanistan. A calm field to their left elicited conflicting feelings of worry. The silence is temporarily broken, “Oh, I really don’t like this,” one soldier muttered. No responses were required, their lack of comeback symbolized their acquiescence. The 47 men
June 27, 2022 97th AMW command chief shares Purple Heart story, leadership lessons The smell of phosphorus and the sounds of screaming woke Staff Sgt. Cesar Flores from unconsciousness after his Security Forces convoy was hit with an improvised explosive device near Camp Bucca, Iraq, June 15, 2007.
Aug. 7, 2020 Freedom’s price – the Purple Heart Aug. 7 is National Purple Heart Day. Created in 2014, it’s a time when all Americans are urged to recognize, remember and honor the nation’s service members and veterans who have been wounded or paid the ultimate price in defense of our liberties.