‘A Soldier’s Journal, Last Supper to No Goodbye’ chronicles combat’s invisible wounds
By Petty Officer Marc Cuenca Navy Public Affairs Capt. Matt Arny and other officials from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island officially opened a remodeled playground… Continue reading
By Mass Communication Specialist Robert Zahn, Navy Office of Community Outreach Petty Officer 3rd Class Erica Bechard, a native of Coupeville, wanted to join the… Continue reading
Veterans and current service members make some of the best volunteers, according to Roy Zipp, superintendent for National Park Service Operations for Ebey’s Landing National… Continue reading
A heroic moment in World War II left a lasting legacy but also marked a family tragedy. In 1942, Cmdr. William Bowen Ault led the… Continue reading
“Skinny Dragons” of Patrol Squadron Four returned to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island on Oct. 11 , following a seven-month deployment to the 7th Fleet… Continue reading
The Oak Harbor Veterans Day Parade is returning to Pioneer Way. “We’re going to take it downtown, because that’s where we’re at,” said Matthew Williams,… Continue reading
It’s not an ambulance, fire truck or other rescue vehicle. But to its new occupants, the plain white eight-passenger van is a “life saver.” Tuesday,… Continue reading
Big passion for small-scale replicas
Something other than military jets are taking to the skies at the Navy’s Outlying Field Coupeville. Something very similar, but much smaller and a bit… Continue reading
Marines wrapped in quilts and gratitude
Cynthia Besaw left the Air Force after seven years of service with a broken back, shattered foot and two young children. When she first moved… Continue reading
Soldiers’ tribute locked in sentiment and steel
On Thursday afternoon, the county Housing Support Center was overrun with clothes in folded piles and boxes all over the front room. Petty Officer First… Continue reading
But lack of volunteers limits its activities with visitors
When Marine Joe Simon came home after seeing nearly a year of combat in Vietnam, he bottled up his experiences and hid them away. It… Continue reading
By Lt. J.G. Layne Morrison The men and women of Patrol Squadron 46 returned to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island after a six-month deployment to… Continue reading
