yanky72crew.jpeg On July 10, 2017, a profound tragedy shook the United States military and echoed across the nation. A U.S. Marine Corps KC-130T aircraft, carrying the call sign Yanky 72, suffered a catastrophic mid-air malfunction over Leflore County, Mississippi. The crash claimed the lives of all 16 elite service members on board. The flight carried nine crew members from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 452 (VMGR-452) and seven passengers from the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion....

honor-the-fallen-custom-memorial-bracelet.jpg Every year, the 4th of July reminds us what freedom looks like. Flags go up. Families gather. Fireworks light the sky. People wear red, white, and blue, and for one day the whole country remembers that freedom is something worth celebrating. But for many veterans, Gold Star families, first responders, and military families, freedom is not just a word. It has a name. It has a face. It has a unit, a date, a story, and a family that still carries the...

fallen-hero-memorial-bracelet-veteran-owned.jpg On the morning of April 22, 2008, Lance Corporal Jordan C. Haerter and Corporal Jonathan T. Yale stood watch at the entrance to Joint Security Station Nasser in Ramadi, Iraq. They came from different places and belonged to different battalions. Cpl Jonathan Yale, a rifleman with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, was nearing the end of his deployment. LCpl Jordan Haerter, a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, had only recently arrived in Iraq....