William McNulty

Every Memorial Day growing up, we would go to the Winnetka, Ill., Village Green where there is a large monument to all the service members who had died in America's wars. One of the names being read off at the Village Green today is that of my grandfather's brother, my...

The father of the American nuclear navy was a demanding man. Admiral Hyman Rickover personally interviewed and selected every officer who would serve on a nuclear submarine; it was said of Rickover that he 'had little tolerance for mediocrity, none for stupidity.' At the slightest sign of either fault, a...

In Tennessee, a mother was suspended by her employer for taking a phone call from her son serving in Afghanistan. The company has since made several weak attempts to salvage its image; but as Jake Wood points out, this incident is only a symptom of a greater and...

Every time the United States military deploys to provide emergency assistance in the wake of natural disasters, it stretches the already overburdened American forces even further. Yet, each year nearly 150,000 individuals separate from the military, many of whom retain their desire to provide service to people in need anywhere...