military

Remembering D-Day 75 years later

Timothy Brown, a history professor at Northeastern, reflects on the D-Day Landing and the Normandy campaign on the 75th anniversary.

by Cam Sleeper June 4, 2019

Two Air Force ROTC cadets consider life after being commissioned

Evelyn Soon and Gwen Clement will be commissioned as second lieutenants in the United States Air Force after they graduate from Northeastern this spring.

by Khalida Sarwari February 21, 2019

From war zones to the classroom

Learning to outsmart the Taliban, enduring constant brushes with death, and handling machine guns? Piece of cake. But the thought of stepping into a classroom frightened Northeastern alumnus Philip McTigue like nothing he’d experienced in Iraq or Afghanistan.

by Khalida Sarwari January 3, 2019

Alumna’s latest mission: gather key intel for military in Afghanistan

Northeastern alumna Lauren Mitchell is about to begin her second tour of duty as an Army intelligence officer in Afghanistan, where she provides Special Forces with the information they need to carry out precision missions.

by Bill Ibelle March 16, 2018

Alumna helps military build Afghan-US relations

As a social scientist, Naheed Vadsaria spent two years embedded with coalition forces in Afghanistan, working to win the “hearts and minds” of the Afghan people.

by Bill Ibelle February 22, 2018

Commitment to service: Student veteran builds community of support

Paul Scherlek is committed to ensuring his brothers and sisters in arms have a place they can call home once they’re out of the military. Having a group like Northeastern’s Student Veterans Organization, of which he is the president, “where these people can come and talk openly about the unique challenges they’re facing is so important,” he said.

by Molly Callahan November 11, 2017

‘We were there to honor them’: Co-op student identifies, lays to rest veterans’ remains

As part of a co-op at the Chester County Coroner’s Office in Pennsylvania, Justine Newman helped lay to rest, with full military honors, the remains of seven veterans who might otherwise have gone unidentified.

by Molly Callahan November 10, 2017

From the Army to academia: one professor’s journey to Northeastern

Charn McAllister enrolled at West Point in July 2001, just two months before 9/11. During a tour of duty in Iraq, a phone call from his wife changed his professional ambitions. Now, nearly a decade after that call, he’s a newly appointed faculty member in the D’Amore-McKim School of Business.

by Jason Kornwitz September 6, 2017

Department of Defense grant to spur development of wireless networks

For soldiers in the battlefield or emergency personnel responding to a disaster, effective and reliable communication networks are crucial. A team of Northeastern researchers has partnered with MIT and Raytheon to develop these sorts of adaptable, resilient networks.

by Molly Callahan June 15, 2017

I’ve always wanted to give back’: Newly graduated veterans reflect on Northeastern experiences

Max Spahn served four years in the Marine Corps as a radio operator in a rocket artillery battalion. After completing his service—which included a 10-month…

by Greg St. Martin May 24, 2017