Desegregation in the United States Marine Corps

National Television Show Military Makeover with Montel, Along with Non-Profit Partner Purple Heart Homes, Head to Arlington, Texas to Makeover the Home of U.S. Army Veteran Carlos Colón-Ruiz

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Thursday, September 14, 2023

ARLINGTON, Texas, Sept. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Military Makeover with Montel and Non-Profit Partner, Purple Heart Homes are honored to present U.S. Army Veteran and Purple Heart recipient, Carlos Colón-Ruiz as the next recipient to receive a Military Makeover.

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  • This transformative initiative will commence on September 15th and culminate in the highly anticipated Big Reveal on September 25th.
  • "Military Makeover, in collaboration with Purple Heart Homes, looks forward to extending our support to a fellow veteran and his family," says host, Montel Williams.
  • He joined the U.S. Army after high school and was sent to the 101st ABN in Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
  • Purple Heart Homes (PHH) was founded in 2008 by Veterans and friends John Gallina and the late Dale Beatty.

National Television Show Military Makeover with Montel Welcomes GE Aerospace as Presenting Sponsor for 35th Season

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Wednesday, May 17, 2023

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Military Makeover with Montel  is pleased to announce GE Aerospace as Presenting Sponsor for its 35th season. GE Aerospace (previously GE Aviation) is a world-leading manufacturer and provider of jet and turboprop engines, as well as integrated systems for commercial, military, business, and aviation aircraft.

Key Points: 
  • With Military Makeover's project located in Lynn, it is an ideal and worthy project for GE Aerospace to sponsor.
  • Military Makeover selected National Guard veteran, Jason Carmody of Lynn, Massachusetts, as the newest recipient for a Military Makeover.
  • "GE Aerospace is proud to partner with Military Makeover and honor the service of Mr. Carmody and his family," says Amy Gowder, President and CEO, Defense and Systems at GE Aerospace.
  • "We are thrilled to be partnering with GE Aerospace for our next makeover to honor the Carmody family," says Montel Williams.

'Courage is contagious': Daniel Ellsberg's decision to release the Pentagon Papers didn't happen in a vacuum

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Thursday, May 11, 2023

They exposed more than two decades of government deceit about U.S. involvement in Vietnam, from 1945 to 1968.

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  • They exposed more than two decades of government deceit about U.S. involvement in Vietnam, from 1945 to 1968.
  • To millions of Americans who opposed the war, Ellsberg’s whistleblowing was an act of patriotism, but millions of others regarded it as treason.
  • How a young war planner became a peace activist is one of the most striking conversion stories in American history.

A ‘knightly calling’

    • In 1964, he was one of the brainy young analysts, dubbed “whiz kids” by the media, that Defense Secretary Robert McNamara recruited to the Pentagon.
    • Throughout his 20s and early 30s, Ellsberg believed that serving the president was a “knightly calling,” even if it required lying to the public.
    • So how did he come to believe that loyalty to truth-telling superseded loyalty to the chief of state?
    • About 20,000 American lives had already been lost, and roughly a million Vietnamese people had been killed, about half of them civilians.

Pivotal moments

    • On his own time, meanwhile, he was beginning to meet anti-war activists who advocated a bottom-up effort to demand immediate U.S. withdrawal.
    • Ellsberg had first viewed the Vietnam War as a just cause to be won, then as an unwinnable stalemate to be gradually abandoned.
    • Just as he finished reading the Pentagon Papers, Ellsberg attended a War Resisters League conference that proved pivotal to his decision to leak the documents.
    • A month later, with help from his friend and Rand colleague Anthony Russo, Ellsberg began photocopying the Pentagon Papers.

Going public

    • None was willing, so he eventually offered them to war correspondent Neil Sheehan at The New York Times – the first newspaper to report on the papers’ revelations.
    • Public interest was scant, however, until President Richard Nixon began attacking the press and Ellsberg.
    • He was the first American ever criminally charged under the Espionage Act of 1917 for disclosing classified documents to the press and public rather than to a foreign agent or nation.

Post-Papers life

    • He lost many friends and had to forge a new career as a writer and lecturer.
    • To most government insiders, Ellsberg’s mutiny was an unpardonable breach of the national security state.
    • Yet 50 years later, Ellsberg is widely lauded, even by many people critical of the younger whistleblowers he has inspired and defended.
    • He closed by thanking fellow activists whose “dedication, courage, and determination to act have inspired and sustained my own efforts.” Ellsberg’s life and legacy are reminders that individual acts of moral courage depend on examples set by others, and they have the potential to spark more, far into the future.

Operation Gratitude Salutes Our Military Community During Military Appreciation Month and Throughout the Year with Care Packages Assembled by Americans Nationwide

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Monday, May 1, 2023

For the past 20 years, Operation Gratitude has been providing these Service Members with a piece of home through Care Packages.

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  • For the past 20 years, Operation Gratitude has been providing these Service Members with a piece of home through Care Packages.
  • Serving as a reminder that a grateful nation stands with them, Operation Gratitude Care Packages are created through a nationwide network of Volunteers.
  • They honor all who serve in doing so.”
    To learn more about Operation Gratitude and how you can give back to our Military community, this Military Appreciation Month Homepage - Operation Gratitude .
  • For every Military Appreciation eGift sold May 1st-31st, Starbucks will donate $5 (evenly split) to Operation Gratitude and Blue Star Families to support our military community.

How the US military used magazines to target 'vulnerable' groups with recruiting ads

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Monday, May 1, 2023

In his forthcoming book, “Tactical Inclusion: Difference and Vulnerability in U.S. Military Advertising,” Jeremiah Favara, a communication scholar at Gonzaga University, examines military recruitment ads published in three commercial magazines between 1973 – when the federal government ended the military draft – and 2016.

Key Points: 
  • In his forthcoming book, “Tactical Inclusion: Difference and Vulnerability in U.S. Military Advertising,” Jeremiah Favara, a communication scholar at Gonzaga University, examines military recruitment ads published in three commercial magazines between 1973 – when the federal government ended the military draft – and 2016.
  • In the following Q&A, Favara explains the rationale behind his book and discusses some of its key findings.

Why did you decide to look at these ads?

    • Scholars have argued that content in Sports Illustrated – known for its racy swimsuit editions – has long been designed to appeal to straight white men.
    • My own research for the book and other scholarship has found that straight white men have consistently been portrayed in recruiting ads as ideal service members.
    • Since the 1960s, Cosmopolitan has played a key role for advertisers in reaching self-sufficient working women as a consumer market.

How were the ads in each magazine distinct?

    • But what was really distinct was how different ads portrayed different people as service members.
    • Similarly, in the 1970s, ads published in Ebony portrayed the military as a site of equal opportunity for Black men.
    • A series of Navy ads talked about a “new Navy” where Black men had opportunities they wouldn’t have had 20 years prior.

Were the magazine ads effective?

    • While there is no way to know if the magazine ads – and not TV ads or other methods of recruiting – were directly responsible for increasing enlistments, my research for the book found that the publication of ads targeting Black recruits and women corresponded with high rates of enlistment from those groups.
    • To me these demographic changes show how, as recruiting ads were being designed to reach women and Black recruits, the military itself was becoming more diverse.
    • I am interested in exploring how ads created a certain vision of the military as what I call a tactically inclusive institution.

What does it mean to be ‘vulnerable’ to military ads?

    • The term is not one that I or other scholars initially decided to use to describe what the military does.
    • Propensity refers to the likelihood that individuals will serve in the military, regardless of whether or not they really want to join the military.
    • One is deemed vulnerable to military service because of a lack of opportunities, resources, support or cultural capital that the military can promise.

Is your book pro-military, anti-military or neutral?

    • I am interested in studying military inclusion and recruitment advertising in order to challenge and resist the violence of the military.
    • It is this tension, between seeing military inclusion as an opportunity and as a risk and form of exploitation, that I grapple with in the book.

ProTek Launches Official Watches of the United States Marine Corps

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Thursday, January 5, 2023

CORTE MADERA, Calif., Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- ProTek announced today that the brand will be among the 2,000 exhibits at the 2023 Shot Show at The Venetian Expo in Las Vegas from January 17, 2023 - January 20, 2023. The new ProTek collection designed specifically for the United States Marine Corp features unsurpassed tritium illumination that glows for 25 years will debut at Booth #31506.

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  • The new ProTek collection designed specifically for the United States Marine Corp features unsurpassed tritium illumination that glows for 25 years will debut at Booth #31506.
  • The latest ProTek collection has been designed as an Official Watch of the U.S. Marine Corps.
  • The no-excuses brand is "Rugged at Heart '' and built to handle what life demands in any environment, lending credence to the tag line … "All Terrain Watches."
  • "We're obviously excited to be introducing the new ProTek USMC Collection at this year's SHOT Show," said Cohen.

'Military Makeover with Montel' Selects Thomas Family from Indian Land, SC for its Next Home Makeover

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Tuesday, October 4, 2022

CHARLOTTE, S.C., Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 'Military Makeover with Montel,' A BrandStar Original show, is honored to present Purple Heart Veteran Jonathan Thomas and his family with a home makeover on the new, upcoming season in Indian Land, SC.

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  • After being deployed twice to Iraq and Afghanistan, Thomas was blown out of a guard tower by a suicide bomber.
  • A few years later, Thomas met his soon to be wife, Natasha and they had four children together.
  • In 2012, Thomas became an instructor at Fort Benning, GA. During this time, he was diagnosed with cancer, subsequently ending his sixteen-year military career.
  • The Thomas family currently resides in South Carolina and is involved with several charities, including Bended Knee Outdoors, a charity that helps children with disabilities.

Marine Corps veteran and California National Guardsman chosen as newest Ride of Pride driver

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Thursday, June 2, 2022

Schneider (NYSE: SNDR), a premier multimodal provider of trucking, intermodal and logistics services, is pleased to announce company driver Joseph Morning, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and California National Guard service member, as this years Ride of Pride driver.

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  • Schneider (NYSE: SNDR), a premier multimodal provider of trucking, intermodal and logistics services, is pleased to announce company driver Joseph Morning, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and California National Guard service member, as this years Ride of Pride driver.
  • Freightliner has presented Schneider with 14 U.S. Ride of Pride trucks the most awarded to any carrier since the program began in 2001.
  • He spent four years in the Marine Corps and currently serves in the California National Guard.
  • Adding a new Ride of Pride truck to our fleet is always an exciting time and displays our dedication to those who serve.

From War Animal to Civilian - VET TV Docuseries "Let's Talk About The War" Addresses the Systematic Failures of the Global War on Terror

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Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Launching January 12, 2021 "Let's Talk About the War" features candid interviews with combat veterans discussing the failures of the war on terror and begs the question "Was it all worth it?"

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  • Launching January 12, 2021 "Let's Talk About the War" features candid interviews with combat veterans discussing the failures of the war on terror and begs the question "Was it all worth it?"
  • "'Let's Talk About the War' marks a pivotal point in VET Tv's history as this is the first docuseries our platform has ever created.
  • We want to let people know the honest truth as uncomfortable as it may be," said Waco Hoover, VET Tv's CEO.
  • A mission first brand, VET Tv is dedicated to improving mental health and preventing veteran suicide for the military community through humor and camaraderie.

Rack Room Shoes Partners with Military Makeover with Montel® to Honor Husband and Wife, Both Military Veterans

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Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Joey is looking forward to wearing his Columbia boots when the weather gets cooler, and Gia loves her Nike athletic shoes!"

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  • Joey is looking forward to wearing his Columbia boots when the weather gets cooler, and Gia loves her Nike athletic shoes!"
  • In addition to the shopping spree, Joey, Joy, and Gia each received a $500 gift card to Rack Room Shoes for future footwear purchases.
  • "Rack Room Shoes maintains a special commitment to giving back to our local communities, especially when it comes to supporting veterans who have served our country," said Mark Lardie, President and CEO of Rack Room Shoes.
  • "It is an honor to recognize Joey and Joy and their daughter through this partnership withMilitary Makeover."