NEWS & RESOURCES FOR SACRAMENTO'S LGBTQ+ VETERANS, SERVICEMEMBERS & FAMILIES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w06ktTGZt6k After 13 years of combat operations in response to and following the attacks on September 11, 2001, the U.S. military began a new phase in what was known as Operation FREEDOM'S SENTINEL. This after U.S. combat ops officially concluded on December 31, 2014; those ops were known as Operation ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF). Operation FREEDOM'S... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuwZSAmZ5G0 On March 19, 2003, the United States along with a coalition of forces mostly from the UK started the war on Iraq. It would served as the first stage of the war with the air campaign commencing on March 19th followed by the ground campaign on March 20, 2003. The justifications for the Iraq... Continue Reading →
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2020-07/Pilots_of_the_332nd_Fighter_Group%20-%20Jeremy%20Collins.jpg On March 19, 1941, the U.S. War Department established the 99th Pursuit Squadron of the U.S. Army Air Corps (AAC) that would become the first unit consisting of African American pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen. In a time when segregation was the law of the land, the Tuskegee Airmen pushed back on the... Continue Reading →
PICTURE IT, U.S. Army, 1942... On this day in 1942, the Quartermaster Corps (QMC) of the U.S. Army began training dogs for the newly formed War Dog Program, or K-9 Corps. Militaries around the world have employed dogs since ancient times. Originally, dogs were employed in offensive operations, being sent into enemy territory to break... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25m0Ng0SroE When Japanese forces carried out the infamous surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the U.S. Navy was alerted of the need for a militarized construction force as the attack marked the United States' entry into World War II. On December 28, 1941, three weeks after Pearl Harbor, Rear Admiral Ben Moreell... Continue Reading →
Today the U.S. Navy Reserve turns 106! Formed in 1915 in response to the outbreak of World War I, the U.S. Navy Reserve was first only open to Navy Veterans. By 1916, general enlistment requirements opened up the reserve and the number of serving Naval Reservists grew to 245,789 which accounted for about 54% of... Continue Reading →
In 1981, the U.S. Congress passed Public Law 97-28 which authorized and requested the President proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as "Women's History Week." For the next five years, Congress continued to pass joint resolutions designation a week in March. After being petitioned by the National Women's History Project in 1987, Congress passed... Continue Reading →
On this day in 1991, President George Bush declared a ceasefire that would end the Persian Gulf War that lasted 42 days. In early August 1990, Iraqi president Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait. In response, Arab powers called on the U.S. and other Western nations to intervene. When Hussein defied... Continue Reading →
https://videopress.com/v/v1wC5jq6?preloadContent=metadata On this day is 1945, U.S. Marines raised the American flag on Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi after four days of fierce fighting to claim the island as an air base. There were two flag-raisings after a commander called for a larger flag to be put up to inspire the troops and demoralize the opposing... Continue Reading →
On this day in 1945, the Battle of Iwo Jima, an island located 750 miles off the coast of Japan, began in what would become some the bloodiest fighting of World War II. On February 19, 1945, U.S. Marines made an amphibious landing on the beaches of Iwo Jima to be met with hostile terrain... Continue Reading →
On this day in 1943, the U.S. Marine Corps' Women's Reserve was formed after months of delay following President Roosevelt's signing of Public Law 689 on July 30, 1942. The law officially established the Women's Reserve as a branch of the Naval Reserve for the Navy and Marine Corps. Its purpose, to free up officers... Continue Reading →
Executive Order on Enabling All Qualified Americans to Serve Their Country in Uniform JANUARY 25, 2021 • PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. All Americans who are qualified to serve in the Armed Forces of the... Continue Reading →
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