VFW Post 6174, Eldridge, IA.

09/18/2026

https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2026/09/15/va-facilities-struggle-to-staff-mental-health-nursing-safety-positions-watchdog-finds/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=army-dnr

More than half of the Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers have reported severe staffing shortages, the Office of Inspector General finds.

09/18/2026

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/09/15/iranian-strikes-damaged-hundreds-of-us-military-buildings-dozens-of-aircraft/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=army-dnr

Iranian strikes have damaged hundreds of U.S. military and diplomatic buildings, as well as dozens of aircraft, a Pentagon watchdog said.

09/18/2026

For more than a century, U.S. Navy vessels were a familiar sight on China's Yangtze River. The U.S. Navy officially organized the Yangtze River Patrol in December 1919 to protect American lives and property along the more than 1,700 navigable miles of the river. In 1917, Lt. Andrew Carter declared "the attractions of this wonderful stream may easily become a fascination, the charms of which are so great that they outweigh in importance the discomforts one must endure." Chief Machinist's Mate Richard McKenna, who served on a gunboat in China nearly two decades later, would have agreed. McKenna's service on the Yangtze inspired him to write his first novel, The Sand Pebbles, which was published in 1962.

The Navy commissioned its first purpose-built shallow-draft gunboats, USS Monocacy (PG 20) and USS Palos (PG 16), for service on the Yangtze in 1914. USS Oahu (PR 6), pictured here in the Wushan Gorge, was launched in 1927 and patrolled the river until November 1941, when its crew made the perilous voyage across the South China Sea to the Philippines. Japanese gunfire sank Oahu on May 5, 1942, one day before U.S. Army Forces in the Far East surrendered.

NHHC connects the American public to their Navy, inspiring future generations through the preservation and presentation of our nation's rich maritime history.

09/17/2026

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09/12/2026

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/09/09/pentagon-codifies-fitness-standards-across-branches/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=army-dnr

The new regulations spell out testing timelines, standards for troops in combat arms specialties and guidelines for pregnancy and postpartum fitness.

09/11/2026

NEVER FORGET. On this day, 25 years ago, we remember the fallen on 9-11-01 and the Veterans who served our country in support of the Global War on Terror.

09/11/2026