On this morning's edition of Connecting Vets Daily, the veterans at Connecting Vets are hard at work! First, Eric Dehm goes over the morning news nuggets including an airman killed at Okinawa by an ex-girlfriend, Dan Crenshaw's response to Pete Davidson, and Purple Hearts Reunited. Then SWAN joins the show to talk about upcoming research, efforts, and their inaugural coalition. Lastly, Stephanie Mullen joins the show in studio to talk about the latest from IAVA.

After almost 2 decades of war and millions of patriotic promotions, the phrase "Thank You for Your Service" has almost lost all meaning.  In fact, it sometimes it has the opposite effect.  Veterans Matt Saintsing & Phil Briggs explore what Americans should do to express their appreciation and what everyone should really know about Veterans Day.

After almost 2 decades of war and millions of patriotic promotions, the phrase "Thank You for Your Service" has almost lost all meaning.  In fact, it sometimes it has the opposite effect.  Veterans Matt Saintsing & Phil Briggs explore what Americans should do to express their appreciation and what we should really know about Veterans Day.

On this Friday edition of Connecting Vets Daily, Eric Dehm talks about the newest news nuggets before diving in to a very exciting host of guests! BJ Lawrence, the new national commander of the VFW, and Karen Lloyd of the Veteran History Project join the show along with Gerald York, the grandson of legendary WWI Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Alvin York! 

Earlier this year, when we met former Navy SEAL, LCDR Dan Crenshaw (Ret.), he had his trademark Navy Blue glass eye, equipped with a gold Trident in the center. But, beyond his "Eye of the Trident", is an incredible story. In this episode from the archives, he shared with Eric Dehm and Phil Briggs details about the fight which cost him an eye, his faith, and his politics.