Military

Z94'S SOLDIER OF THE WEEK (01-23-12) To all our service men & women here & aboard Z94 salutes you! To show our thanks & appreciation for all you do we've teamed up with local & area businesses to bring you Z94's "Soldier Of The Week".

While on tour of duty in Afghanistan, soldier Donny Eslinger adopted an adorable dog that he named Smoke-pup Barbarian. But after he was critically wounded during a mortar attack and shipped to Germany, Eslinger was forced to leave the pooch behind.

Z94'S SOLDIER OF THE WEEK (01-16-12) To all our service men & women here & aboard Z94 salutes you! To show our thanks & appreciation for all you do we've teamed up with local & area businesses to bring you Z94's "Soldier Of The Week".

We’ve all seen the heartwarming videos of soldiers stationed overseas surprising their children stateside with early returns home. And that’s how this video of Capt. Cherissa Jackson, who had been deployed in Afghanistan, begins, with mom surprising her daughters Anita and Ashley at a Gaitherburg, Maryland Kentucky Fried Chicken. But then it gets even more touching.

Christmas may have come and gone but there is still magic to marvel at from this joyous holiday, like the magic that granted the wish of a little girl who only wanted her soldier father back for the holidays.

Yoga. Whether you can’t get enough of it or can’t get away from it, there’s no denying its peaceful approach to connecting one’s body and mind. Who’d have thought that this practice is now more and more becoming the method of choice for relieving PTSD symptoms in US soldiers?

Earlier this week, the Pentagon declared the end of the Iraq War, an almost nine-year conflict which claimed 4,487 American lives and removed Saddam Hussein from power. Now, Americans are are conflicted over whether the entire endeavor was worth it.

It's that time of year again with the Christmas hustle and bustle and trying to get presents bought and wrapped and under the tree and then trying to get Christmas dinner cooked and on the table we often forget about those men and women that will not get a chance to shop or have a nice Christmas dinner with family and friends because they are thousands of miles away defending our freedom. Take 4 m

President Barack Obama finally made good on his 2008 campaign promise to end the war in Iraq. On Wednesday, the president was at Fort Bragg in North Carolina to welcome troops returning home from Iraq for the last time.

It's Christmas time and by now you and your neighbors have but up your Christmas lights and by now you have seen countless videos of people that have synced up their lights to music. But I am betting that you have yet to so a display like this one. This display says thank you to our troops and or veterans, and makes me proud to be an American.

December 7, 1941. Just before 8am a surprise attack on the Naval and land forces took the lives of over 2400 people and injured scores more.

Most of us get annoyed when we receive spam, but one Maryland man has spent countless hours and money sending Spam to troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan so they can have a little bit of home while they’re away.