This week’s America250 salute is Navy Veteran Sunita Williams, who served as a Gulf War helicopter pilot before becoming a NASA astronaut.
Randolph Bresnik served in the Marine Corps during Operations Southern Watch and Iraqi Freedom. In 2004, he was selected to become a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Laurel Clark, who served as an undersea medical officer and a NASA astronaut.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Virgil Grissom, who served as a fighter pilot in Korea and was one of NASA’s first astronauts.
Joe Herndon started his career as an Air Force nurse and also assisted the first eight space shuttle landings with medical support.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Coast Guard Veteran Bruce Melnick, a rescue and test pilot who later became a NASA astronaut.
During Black History Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Frederick D. Gregory, who served in Vietnam and as an astronaut.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Judith Bruner, who served as one of the first female naval aviators in the 1970s and 1980s.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, who served as a salvage officer and a NASA astronaut.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Robert A. Heinlein, who became a notable science fiction author after his Navy service.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Homer Hickam, who served in Vietnam and later became a rocket scientist and bestselling author.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran Gail Von Pinnon. After serving in Korea, Von Pinnon worked for IBM and NASA and later became a VA volunteer.