The traditional katana is widely considered the finest sword in the world, and is the measuring stick against which all blades are compared. If one desires to own a katana, there are two different paths that one can take to achieve this. One can travel to Japan, and find a Japanese swordsmith who uses tamahagane... Read More

After having spent the first two months of our deployment operating in and around Delaram, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines and its attached combat engineers passed off their responsibilities in the area to the Georgian Army, and moved to a place where they could finally hit the Taliban where they lived. We were... Read More

Energy, from a physical standpoint, is what drives everything in our lives. The sun’s rays allow plants to perform photosynthesis, which allows the energy to be transferred to animals via digestion, who are then consumed by other animals, and the energy is again transferred. Human beings fit into either step two or step three of... Read More

FAIRFAX, VA (August 6, 2015) – Sgt. (Ret.) Matthew Pennington, a U.S. Army veteran who lost his left leg and incurred severe damage to his right leg while serving in Iraq, is one of many representatives of the Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes who will now have access to a newly refurbished wheelchair-accessible van donated... Read More

“Australia. Great Britain. China. France. United States. Italy. Attention.” The announcer in the starting tower gave the commands for which we had all been waiting. The starting dock stretched perpendicularly across the racecourse like an E with three extra legs. At the end of each leg floated a boat. My partner, Oksana, and I were... Read More

JACKSONVILLE, FL (June 2, 2015) – Participants and spectators at this weekend’s Never Quit Warrior Challenge are in for a special thrill as six American heroes parachute onto Jacksonville Beach on Saturday afternoon, June 6. The group, which includes six representatives of the Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes, will also be competing in various physical... Read More

The first 10 seconds after waking up, all I could hear were my screams. All I could see was a blurry tunnel looking up into the sky. The weird thing about the screams was that my brain wasn’t telling my body to produce them. It was almost as if my mind was no longer present,... Read More

Air Force Command Chief demonstrated care for wounded airmen throughout distinguished career LEESBURG, VA (April 20, 2015) – The Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes (Coalition), a leading not-for-profit organization dedicated to rebuilding the lives of severely wounded veterans of the War on Terror, announced today that it has elected Chief Master Sgt. Stephen Page (U.S.... Read More

LEESBURG, VA (April 13, 2015) – Participants in a charity golf tournament this Friday are in for a special thrill as Dana Bowman, a member of Team Fastrax, America’s Skydiving Team, parachutes into the Lansdowne Resort golf course with the American flag waving proudly behind. Bowman, a retired Special Forces Soldier and former member of... Read More

After my condition stabilized, I was transferred to the fifth floor of the hospital, onto Ward 5 East. The fifth floor was where all of us wounded guys went to heal, and would be my home for the next month. Remembering it now, it seems like it lasted closer to four months. Unfortunately, I had... Read More