By Andy Sheehan 09 SEP 2016 As a captain in the Army, Andrew Brennan flew Black Hawk helicopters in Afghanistan; but back stateside, in Pittsburgh, he is heading another kind of mission. Brennan is founding an organization to build a Global War on Terror Memorial on the National Mall in Washington D.C. to honor all those who have served […]
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U.S. Army Cpt. Andrew Brennan (Ret.) appeared on “Fox and Friends Weekend” to explain why he’s fighting for the creation of The Global War on Terror Memorial. Click here to watch the interview […]
22 AUG 2016 The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now America’s longest active conflict – nearing 15 years of deployments, 7,000 service members dead and more than 50,000 wounded. But if you go to America’s front lawn—the National Mall in Washington, DC—you will not find a memorial to those men and women. World War […]
By Blake Stilwell 22 AUG 2016 He wondered where 3 million veterans who lost family and friends in the Global War on Terror would grieve. There is no memorial for his war because the 1986 Commemorative Works Act requires groups like Brennan’s to wait 10 years after the conflict ends before a memorial can be […]
BY Adam Linehan 11 AUG 2016 …Still, their influence alone won’t be enough to overturn a statute written in 1986 that states Congress can only consider a memorial 10 years after the war in question has ended. To overcome that obstacle, they’ll need the help of the post-9/11 veteran community. They’ll need an army […]
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…Scruggs was impressed, and started serving as Brennan’s mentor. He advised the younger vet to start seeking higher-ranking names for his board, people like Petraeus, retired Army Gen. George W. Casey and retired Marine Gen. James T. Conway, and even supplied their email addresses. “Write them,” Scruggs suggested, “and CC me.” Today, all three serve […]
Executive Director Andrew Brennan and Legislative Liaison George Chewning are interviewed by WUSA 9’s Chris Leary and Markette Sheppard. The pair explain’s the need for a National Memorial to honor the thousands of service men and women who have died since the war began 15 years ago. WATCH THE VIDEO HERE —-> WUSA 9 […]
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thehill.com – Jan C. Scruggs The Defense Secretary is sending another 500 troops to battle ISIS and, I suppose, other assorted terrorists in Syria and Iraq. The military has been very busy since 2001 and our casualties have been substantial including over 30,000 wounded. Financial costs are in the trillions. Amazingly, everyone seems to get […]
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By Katie Lange DoD News, Defense Media Activity The Vietnam Wall and the massive granite columns of the World War II Memorial are some of the first things you picture when you think about war memorials – beautiful shrines honoring the men and women who sacrificed so much during those long-ago wars. Several younger veterans are hoping […]
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By Tracie Mauriello / Post-Gazette Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Seven thousand U.S. troops have died fighting terrorism, but they may never be memorialized on the National Mall like fallen soldiers of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Pittsburgh veteran Andrew Brennan is leading an effort to make sure his fallen comrades […]
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Learn more about the GWOT Memorial and what we are doing to honor those who have served, and continue to serve, in this complex, multi-generational war.
