Navy

Navy Veteran Joseph James “Jocko” Clark was the first Native American to graduate from the Naval Academy. He served during both World Wars and the Korean War.

Veterans Day 2021 will be extra special for 12 military members, who will celebrate it as U.S. citizens for the first time following a ceremony Nov. 9 at U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services headquarters in Maryland. The service members were from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, hailing from 10 different countries.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Richard “Dick” Best, who served as a dive bomber during the Battle of Midway during World War II.

Author and Navy Veteran Dianna Good Sky wrote "Warrior Spirit Rising, a Native American Spiritual Journey" about love, faith, and forgiveness.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Roy Voris, who served as a fighter pilot during World War II and founded the Navy Blue Angels.

This week’s America250 salute is Navy Veteran Michael Monsoor who served as a SEAL during Operation Iraqi Freedom and posthumously received a Medal of Honor for sacrificing his life to save his team.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Timothy Vitale, who served as a naval intelligence specialist for 20 years.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Israel “Izzy” Sanchez, who served as a corpsman from 2002 to 2016 and deployed to the Middle East.

This week’s America250 salute is Navy Veteran Joy Bright Hancock, who served in both World Wars and was director of the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES).

On the Navy birthday, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Michael Edwin Thornton, a Medal of Honor recipient during the Vietnam War.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran James Roskoph, who served in numerous campaigns during the Vietnam War.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran James Alvin Sagerholm, who served as surface, submarine and staff officer throughout the Cold War.