Home of Jewish War Veterans Online Post 77
Over the past couple weeks there have been some excellent feature stories that focus on Jews serving in the military. The first, from Time Magazine, called One Private, Two Armies is about Private Daniel Houten, who is currently in basic training at Fort Benning, Ga. What makes his story interesting is that Houten just finished an 18-month tour with the IDF. This drives […]
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One of our astute readers pointed out that the Coast Guard recently changed its uniform policy to allow service members to wear yarmulkes while in uniform. The change did not come easy. When Jack Rosenberg went to join the Coast Guard, he explained that his religion required him to wear a kippah at all times. The Coast Guard initially turned […]
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Lieutenant, U.S. Coast Guard Lieutenant Barry Steven Roffman had ten years in the Naval Reserve before being honorably discharged in 1979. He served on 5 aircraft carriers, 4 destroyers, an amphibious communications command ship, and a minesweeper. In 1983 he enlisted in the Coast Guard Reserve as an E-5 (QM-2), and received another commission in 1985. He then worked his […]
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The Coast Guard (unfortunately) doesn’t get very much coverage on JIG, which makes the following story all the more unique: Thousands of people saw the movie “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, and most of them knew that Indiana Jones was based on a real person, famous archaeologist Dr. Vendyl Jones. Less well-known is another charismatic contender, who believes he will […]
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