Veterans & Military

Staff Sergeant Daniel Ruiz had been deployed for 22 months. He had missed two Christmases, one birthday, his nephew’s first steps, and approximately 680 mornings of his dog Hank sitting on his feet while he drank coffee. Of all the things he missed — and the list was long, and he thought about it often … Read more

Most men Harold Simmons’s age spend their mornings in a recliner with the news on and a cup of decaf nearby. Harold spends his lacing up his boots. At 91 years old, the Korean War veteran from Beaumont, Texas, has done a lot of things people said were impossible. But the walk he completed last … Read more