Military Reunion Network President Sharon Danitschek shares tips, tricks, trends, and travel topics related to planning military reunions. Learn about cool destinations, hotel industry terminology, contract language, and most of all amazing Veteran stories. We share it here so that you will have the confidence to plan your next reunion. You are not alone! Our goal is to cure "reunionitus" or the uncertainty of planning a military reunion. We share these tips in an effort to make reunion planning a breeze and as a result reduce veteran suicide. Close to 25 Veterans a day take their lives by their own hand. It has been proven by the Veterans Administration that connection through military reunions keeps Veterans off this path. The Military Reunion Network is committed to reducing Veteran Suicide one podcast at a time. You can help! Subscribe below and help share the stories. Visit militaryreunionnetwork.com to learn more.
Salute Series Whiskeys Honoring our Military and the Non-Profits that support them
In 2023, Heritage Distilling Company proudly launched its Special Operations Salute™ product line to honor, celebrate, and raise funds for organizations that support our US Special Operations Forces. Their latest product line, Service to America Salute™ honors, celebrates, and raises funds for organizations that support those amazing heroes who willingly place their lives on the line to protect, defend, and serve their fellow Americans.
Sara and Drew Kellerman, Veterans and HDC Co-Founders, shared how they got started and how the Salute Series came about. Their passion and dedication to serve and support Veteran and Military Non-Profits, is inspiring. (and yes, the whiskey is pretty amazing).
Visit their website for the full series product line (https://saluteseries.com/).
20 Aug 2024
Never Home: The Life Changing book by Navy Veteran Richard Sherman
Never Home Remembering the Military Heroes Who Never Returned. (https://www.neverhomeheroes.com/)
I fear that the world wars are drifting into history for adolescents in America—the overwhelming majority have never been enriched by a conversation with a great uncle or aunt, a grandfather or grandmother, who served in World War II. For without direct interaction, these events, these sacrifices, these achievements, become nebulous, untethered, disorganized, ambiguous, incomprehensible. It is often said, “We shall never forget,” but how can someone “not forget” if he or she has not been taught in the first place? So in my journey of gratitude, I have also realized, “Never Home Heroes” is also a duty, an obligation to those who perished in war.
This project could not have been possible without the outstanding men and women of the American Battle Monuments Commission who are dedicated to honoring those who served our country in battle overseas. They have been generous in supporting this work, are steeped in knowledge, and have been friendly and welcoming throughout.
In gratitude,
Richard Sherman
12 Feb 2024
From Sadr City in 2004 to finding a new Mission and Purpose - Guest Lt Gen. (ret) Gary Volesky
We were honored to spend time with Three Star General Ret. Gary Volesky. His passion not only for serving our Country for 36 years but also for continuing to support the Veteran Community is inspiring.
He is a "must book" keynote speaker!
Lt General Ret. Gary Volesky Bio:
Gary is a passionate leader with thirty-six years of service to our Nation. He has extensive experience leading Soldiers in the accomplishment of critical, time sensitive and high-risk operations at home and abroad.
He spent five years in combat zones in Iraq and Afghanistan leading Soldiers at every level from company through division command. Most notably, a book and National Geographic mini-series entitled “The Long Road Home,” detailed his unit’s fight with the Mahdi Army and rescue of an isolated platoon in Sadr City Iraq in 2004.
Gary led the Department of Defense’s military effort to contain the Ebola Virus outbreak in Liberia, in which he developed the US military’s support plan for the US Ambassador, the US Agency for International Development and the Government of Liberia. As the Commanding General for all ground operations in Iraq, he led a multi-national coalition of 10,000 military professionals from 10 different countries enabling Iraqi and special operations forces to seize Mosul and defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
As the Army’s Chief of Public Affairs, Gary advised both the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the Army for all strategic communications and public affairs messaging, as well as being the Army’s chief communicator for a global 1.5-million-person force during a dynamic wartime period.
Gary retired from the Army as a 3-star General after having led the Army’s First Corps, where he was responsible for the combat readiness of 100,000 Soldiers in units in Washington State, Alaska and Hawaii, as well as running the fourth largest military installation in the Department of Defense. He is happily married to his wife LeAnn and they have a son named Alex who is a Soldier in the US Army
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