Soldiers inside military aircraft during transit.

VOM – May 2025

Neil Andrew Higgins U.S. Army 1984 – 2009 Born in London, England and raised in Jamaica, West Indies, Neil Higgins was commissioned in the United States Army as a Distinguished Military Graduate from Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) in 1984. Some of his key operational assignments during his 25 years

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Military hospital room with five men inside.

VOM – March 2023

Brian J. Styer U.S. Navy 1985 – 1996 Brian J. Styer grew up on a farm in rural Pennsylvania and was a 1985 graduate of Warrior Run High School in Turbotville, PA. Despite receiving a full-ride scholarship to college, college life had to wait. The invasion of Grenada and the

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Soldiers walking on a forested dirt path.

VOM – October 2016

Warren Richard “Rick” Willers US Army 1969-1973 / US Navy, 1973 – 1993 Our October Veteran of the Month is Warren Richard “Rick” Willers. He was born in Pensacola, Florida, and attended Livingston College (now the University of West Alabama) after graduating from Demopolis High School. During his Junior year

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Soldier mourning beside lined-up military boots.

VOM – June 2016

Victor Johnson US Army 1975-1995 Victor Johnson honored for service in Vietnam By Sherri Onorati, Special to The Leader Covington native Victor Johnson was recently honored as the June Veteran of the Month by the Tipton County Veterans Council at a ceremony held at the Tipton County Museum, Veteran Memorial,

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Aircraft carrier crew directing fighter jet.

VOM – April 2018

Charles Lee Kennedy US Navy, Operation Desert Storm Born on April 23, 1960 in Houston, Texas, Charles Lee Kennedy enlisted in the United States Navy at AFEES in Richmond, Virginia, after graduating from Liberty High School in Bedford, Virginia. He saw the world from his various duty stations: USS MIDWAY

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