It takes a veteran to fully appreciate another veteran’s sacrifice. That premise led the Student Veterans Group (SVG) at Liberty University to hold a dinner Friday night in honor of local veterans. Roughly 90 veterans attended the event, along with a few family members and a detachment of Army ROTC and National Guard recruits. The men in attendance served in […]
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Master Sgt. Jamal Bowers, a decorated soldier and Marine who served more than 20 years on deployments that spanned the globe, died March 18 in a medical-related incident. The 41-year-old native of Newark, N.J. spent the last decade with the U.S. Army Special Operations Command based out of Fort Bragg, N.C. He joined the Marine Corps in 1987 and switched […]
Read moreStudents hurrying to class March 29 and 30 may have noticed a pair of uniformed Marines standing in the back hallway of DeMoss behind a table adorned with nothing but a few pairs of combat boots. The men were raising money for an outreach event for local veterans. One of the men was Cpl. Jared Delello, president of the Student […]
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According to Liberty University Military Affairs, there are more than 250 student veterans studying on campus and another 17,000 online. Some of them may have been trained by Pfc. Jason Irizarry. In 1998, Irizarry, a Florida native, joined the U.S. Army three years after high school and […]
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Ann Major carefully mixes chocolate-dipped pineapple hearts with plump strawberries, grapes and thick orange slices into a tasty bouquet. “It’s something different,” Major, who manages Edible Arrangements in Wyndhurst, said. “It makes fruit enjoyable.”
Read moreTwenty-year veteran dies in non-combat incident Master Sgt. Jamal H. Bowers, a 41-year-old Marine from Raleigh, N.C., died at Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, Africa of a non-combat related incident March 18. Bowers was finishing up a bachelor of science in multidisciplinary studies from Liberty University Online. Bowers served more than 20 years in locations around the world including Japan, Panama, Saudi […]
Read moreWhile most Liberty University students were in class Thursday, Liberty’s American Marketing Association (AMA) Case Competition team was presenting a marketing plan to Nintendo of America senior managers in New Orleans. The AMA began in 1937 with the merger of the National Association of Teachers of Advertising and the American Marketing Society. Now comprised of more than 40,000 members and […]
Read moreUpon graduating high school in 2000, Stephanie Gardner followed family tradition and joined the military. She signed up with the U.S. Marine Corps just in time to take action when the world changed on Sept. 11, 2001. Gardner was two months into her Arabic course at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, Calif. when the 9/11 tragedy happened. Gardner and […]
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While Lt. Col. Chris McGreer may not be a student veteran, or even one of Liberty’s numerous faculty and staff veterans, he nevertheless has an impact on campus through his work with military students. Throughout his career, McGreer has been heavily involved with Officer Christian Fellowship (OCF) and currently holds a weekly Bible study at his house near campus. McGreer, […]
Read moreStudent serves country on submarine In the U.S. Navy, a group of men serve their country from beneath the ocean, the “Silent Service” defending freedom. This is the brotherhood that Heath Rogers of Parkersburg, W.Va., joined upon graduating high school in 2005. After training, Rogers was assigned to the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Buffalo (SSN 715) out of […]
Read moreAfter graduating high school in 1988, Ron Taylor joined the Army to serve his country. He signed up with the Army’s 82nd Airborne “All Americans.” Two years later, Taylor was selected for a rapid deployment force to fly to Saudi Arabia in preparation for Operation Desert Storm. Taylor was a mechanic during his first deployment, and his unit was to […]
Read moreAfter graduating high school in 2001, Kyle Harris tried community college, but he felt restless. He wanted to do something different. Two years later, Harris joined the Marine Corps — just in time to deploy to Iraq. Harris was a member of a Combined Anti-Armor Team (CAAT) in the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines. The CAAT platoon’s job was to destroy […]
Read moreIn the daily bustle of campus life, many students may not realize that they are sharing their classrooms with heroes. Cpl Jared Delello is one of those students. Upon finishing high school, the California native followed his grandfather’s example and joined the Marine Corps.
Read moreA cloudless blue sky hung over Bedford, Va., as hundreds gathered at the National D-Day Memorial to commemorate all who have answered the call to serve their country. Air Force chaplain Capt. Mike Flores opened the ceremony in prayer thanking God for America’s veterans. The Department of Defense and Veterans Administration report that over 41 million men and women have served this nation since the first shot at Lexington Green 235 years ago. More than 2.6 million of those veterans have been killed or wounded in the defense of freedom around the world. The National D-Day Memorial is a poignant reminder that the town of Bedford suffered the highest per capita losses of any U.S. town on the beaches of Normandy.
Read moreThe School of Aeronautics’ flight team won the Region X competition for the sixth consecutive year. They are regarded as a shining example of outstanding performance and excellent sportsmanship. The National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) team at Liberty was founded eight years ago by retired Navy pilot Capt. Ernie Rogers. Since then, Liberty has dominated regional competition. Rogers is now […]
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