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Here are your 2014 Bob Feller award nominees

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By on Baseball, Chiefs, Corpsmen, Medical, Navy, World War II

Last year, Chief Hospital Corpsman (DV/FMF) Garth Sinclair, Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander and New York Yankees legend Yogi Berra were the first to receive the Bob Feller Act of Valor award, named for a man who was also a chief petty officer, a pitcher and a baseball legend. Earlier this year, The Bob Feller Award Act of Valor foundation opened the nomination process for the award’s second year. Each Major League Baseball team was asked to nominate an active player and/or hall-of-famer who has made significant contributions to the military or veteran communities. Active finalists include: – Washington Nationals…

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2013 Lone Sailor honorees: GM CEO, former Marine commandant, media mogul Turner

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By on Navy

The Navy Memorial’s trio of 2013 Lone Sailor awardees have worn the uniforms of the Navy, the Marines, the Coast Guard … and even the Atlanta Braves. General Motors CEO Dan Akerson (Naval Academy Class of 1970), retired Marine Corps Gen. P.X. Kelley and Ted Turner, who served in the Coast Guard briefly before creating a media empire, will be honored by the organization at a Sept. 18 dinner in Washington, D.C. The award goes to “sea service veterans who have excelled with distinction in their respective civilian careers while exemplifying the Navy’s core values of honor, courage and commitment,” according…

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Flags at Navy Memorial send strange message to some

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By on Navy, Washington

Most people who visit the Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C., see a tribute to the nation’s seagoing service, but one man sees something very different: “Vomiting is present.” Robert Royer told the Wall Street Journal that the signal flags flying at the memorial could be sending a message of men overboard, illnesses and icebergs. The signal flags at the memorial, when read as letters, spell out “U-S-N-A-V-Y-M-E-M-O-R-I-A-L.” But Royer says if the flags were flown at sea, they would be read as codes, not letters. A spokeswoman for the memorial points out in the article that the plaza and flags…

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