Fred Parris, Five Satins Singer Who Composed Rock Hit While Serving in the Army, Dead at Age 85 Parris was in his late teens, and on military guard duty in Philadelphia, when thoughts of his girlfriend inspired an early...
Air Force Vet Michael Nesmith Was More Than Just a Monkee The '60s pop star was also a pioneer in country rock and music video.
Singer Stonewall Jackson's Biggest Hit Featured Country Music's Best Military Metaphor Country singer Stonewall Jackson was a Navy veteran who spent five weeks at #1 on the Billboard country music charts in 1959...
How a Marine Vet Uses Music and Art to Help Other Wounded Veterans Find Their Voices Richard Casper founded CreatiVets, a nonprofit organization that aims to “empower wounded veterans through art and music.”
WWII Vet, Legendary Jazz Promoter George Wein Dies at 95 George Wein, one of the great impresarios of 20th century music who helped found the Newport jazz and folk festivals and set...
8 Country Music Tearjerkers About Troops You're driving home, the fuzzy country FM radio station sharpens a bit, and you hear the beginning chords of a song you know...
6 Amazing Stories Army Vet Tom T. Hall Told Through Song Tom T. Hall joined the Army, saw the world and got an education on the GI Bill.
Army Vet Allan Blazek Recorded Classic Songs by Eagles, The Who and The J. Geils Band Blazek partnered with producer Bill Szymczyk, a Navy veteran, to make some of the biggest records of the '70s.
Air Force Vet Sanford Clark Made Just One Hit Record, But What a Hit It Was "The Fool" was Clark's first single and a top ten hit on the Billboard charts in 1956.
8,500 US Troops Put on Alert for Possible Deployment as Ukraine Crisis Deepens The alert order was issued to units now in the U.S. that would be part of a NATO force if the alliance decides to activate a...
Army: Man Who Breached Gate, Tried to Ram Police Shot Dead The shooting happened early when the man drove toward Fort Knox police officers after initially fleeing from them.
House Approves Bill to Automatically Enroll Vets in VA Health Care Supporters of the bill touted it as a common sense measure that will help ease the transition to civilian life.
F-35 Crash Off Carl Vinson Is the Ship's 5th Major Mishap in 2 Months The accident left seven sailors injured while the pilot safely ejected and was later recovered.
Details Emerge in Deadly Rollover Crash that Led to Charges Against Driver as Marines Identify Victims The Marine Corps identified the two Marines who lost their lives as Lance Cpl. Jonathan Gierke and Pfc. Zachary Riffle.
