Current BVA National Sergeant-At-Arms Brian O’Connell, a graduate of Norwich University, is spotlighted in the Fall edition of the Norwich Record, his alma mater’s alumni magazine. Flying Blind: From B-52s to the Classroom by Zack Bennett details Brian’s career as a U.S. Air Force navigator, academic instructor, flight instructor, squadron commander, and several other positions of major responsibility.   The article also traces Brian’s progressive but gradual loss of sight, multiple retirements, new connections to important

The Marine Corps celebrated its 250th birthday this past Monday with numerous events, including a major celebration in Philadelphia featuring historical reenactments, parades, and the one hundredth Marine Corps Birthday Ball in the Grand Ballroom of the City of Brotherly Love’s Bellevue Hotel, site of the first anniversary ball in 1925. Other celebrations throughout the year have included special ceremonies and activities at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, a Marine Week event in

The scheduled meeting of the BVA Book Club for Wednesday evening, November 26 (Thanksgiving Eve), has been canceled due to possible conflicts with holiday preparations for the next day. The club will resume meeting sometime in December, but probably not on Wednesday, December 24, when a potential holiday conflict arises once again. Book Club Group Leader Anthony Woodson advises both current readers and those new to the book club to start and/or continue their reading