🎗️ Remember Everyone Deployed!
As we approach Christmas, let’s extend our heartfelt thoughts to the brave servicemen and women deployed, sacrificing their presence with loved ones for our safety and freedom. Our gratitude extends to their families, holding fort at home.
Operation Prosperity Guardian Update:
The Pentagon initiated Operation Prosperity Guardian, a multinational effort to safeguard commercial traffic in the Red Sea amid ongoing attacks on merchant ships by forces in Yemen. Led by Combined Task Force 153, this operation involves a coalition of nations striving to ensure freedom of navigation.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin emphasized the necessity for collective action to counter non-state actors launching missiles and drones at international waters’ vessels. The initiative involves diverse nations, including the United Kingdom, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles, and Spain.
Recent incidents highlight the severity of threats faced, with several ships targeted by Houthi-controlled forces. These attacks, linked to the conflict in Southern Israel, led to increased maritime avoidance of the Red Sea, impacting global shipping routes.
Though the U.S. Navy and allies’ vessels have intercepted hostile actions, the Pentagon’s stance emphasizes safeguarding commercial ships, distancing from direct military conflict with the Houthis.
As we stand in solidarity with deployed troops, let’s honor their dedication and the sacrifices made for global security and freedom.
Let’s wear red this Friday in unwavering support of our deployed troops. #REDFriday #SupportOurTroops 🇺🇸
I am not a veteran. I am a member of the Civil Air Patrol, the United States Air Force Auxiliary. But in 1991, personal loss brought me to a place I never left.
Over two decades later, that loss led me to the State Veterans Cemetery in Middletown, Connecticut, where I took on the coordination of Wreaths Across America — which grew into the largest and fastest growing veterans program in the state. I didn’t do it for recognition. I did it for them.
In 2016 I founded the Connecticut Veterans Bulletin. Not because I served, but because I believe those who did deserve to be honored, connected, and kept alive.
Twenty-two veterans die by suicide every day. I knew about that number before it became a hashtag. I knew it personally, long before anyone was talking about it.
This publication exists because that number is unacceptable. Because every veteran in Connecticut deserves to know someone gives a damn.
That someone is me.
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