May is Military Appreciation Month, and the Santa Rosa County Chamber of Commerce is selling thank you signs to fund activities expressing gratitude to thousands of local veterans and their families leading up to Memorial Day.

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- Exactly 71 years ago to the day they and their fellow Airmen turned the tide of the U.S. war effort, three World War II legends spoke to dozens of Hurlburt Airmen at the 319th Special Operations Squadron auditorium April 18.

For the last 27 years, Navarre resident Clint Hale, 64, a U.S. Air Force veteran, has joined other disabled veterans from across the country to participate in the Disabled Veterans Sports Clinic in Colorado. The clinic is open to veterans with certain disabilities such as spinal-cord injuries, amputations and the visually impairment.

SANTA ROSA BEACH -- “Oh my gosh, this looks like something out of a magazine,” exclaimed Kelly Hale as she escorted her husband, Staff Sgt. Aaron Hale, and their four children into their new home for the first time, a foreclosure donated by Chase Bank.

Approximately 50 representatives from Santa Rosa, Escambia, Okaloosa, Walton and Bay counties traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet with Pentagon and Congressional leaders regarding Panhandle military issues at the annual Northwest Florida Defense Coalition Symposium.

The 2nd Bomb Wing made its first live run with a new addition to the aging bomber March 19 at Barksdale Air Force Base, La.

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- Contest winners of Military Saves Week 's 'Change to Save' and 'Extreme Couponing' contests were recognized and awarded by the staff of Airmen and Family Readiness Center on Hurlburt Field, Fla. March 7.