Military

It likely surprises most people to find out that Lee County has the most Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets in the world. The world. With about 6,500 members at 17 area high schools, it’s the largest program on the planet. Chicago comes in second with about 5,000 cadets. The other surprise may be that only about 17 percent of these students go on to join the military.

A historic World War II painting that was displayed in Marco Island will have a new permanent home at the Tuskegee Airmen National Museum in Detroit.

The National Virtual Veterans Career Fair is free to veterans, spouses, active-duty military, and members of the National Guard and Reserve.

The seminar will help military veterans with questions about benefits they earned, or any claims and appeals processes, can come to a seminar.

Details are available now on how people can vote on naming the Collier County Veterans' Nursing Home.

Mental Health Issues are common for soldiers returning to civilian life. In Southwest Florida, one group is looking to help “heal the invisible wounds of war”.

Prepare to be thrust into the vortex of military life when you enter Fort Myers Theatre or Arts Center Theatre on Marco Island for a performance of “A Few Good Men.” From the crisply pressed military uniforms to Spartan set, this production is all spit, polish and precision.

Belle Theatre's Peyton McCarthy commands the stage in Grounded as an F16 fighter pilot who is reassigned to fly drones from a windowless trailer in the desert outside Nevada after she becomes pregnant. McCarthy rises to the challenges presented by this ambitious one-woman show.

On Wednesday, a group of “elves” from Florida Power and Light Company teamed up with the Florida National Guard to help make the holidays for a U.S. Army veteran in Port Charlotte and her five-year-old son a little brighter.

Arts Bonita honored veterans with a Big Band concert featuring the South Florida Jazz Orchestra and Lisanne Lyons, a former United States Air Force Band vocalist.