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July 2025
- National Association for Black Veterans, Inc. Founded (1969)
- July 1 – Veterans Services Commission (VSC) Birthday (1975)(2025 50 years)
- July 1 – United Veterans Legislative Council Birthday (2012)
- July 3 – Interagency Council on Veterans Affairs (ICVA) created (2012)
- July 4 – Independence Day – Fourth of July – 250th
- July 5 – Gold Star Wives of America, Inc. Birthday (1945)
- July 26 – President Harry S. Truman signed executive order 9981 establishing the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services, committing the government to integrating the segregated military (1948) – Proclamation; add to Buffalo Soldiers Day proclamation
- July 27 – National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day (1953)
- July 28 – Haiti Operation Uphold Democracy (Jul 28, 1915 – Aug 1, 1934)
- July 28 – Buffalo Soldier Day in Nevada (2020)
- July 28 – World War I (Jul 28, 1914 – Nov 11, 1918)
August 2025
- Anti-Terrorism Awareness Month
- August 2 –
- The Gulf War (Aug 2, 1990 – Feb 28, 1991)
- Operation Desert Shield (Aug 2, 1990 – Jan 17, 1991)
- Operation Desert Storm (Jan 17, 1991- Feb 28, 1991)
- Iraq invaded Kuwait on Aug. 2, 1990 (35 years in 2025)
- On Aug. 7, 1990, George Herbert Walker Bush ordered the organization of Operation Desert Shield in response
- Operation Desert Shield transitioned to Operation Desert Storm on Jan 17, 1991, with the start of the air war.
- The ground assault started on Feb 24, 1991, ending on Feb 28, 1991, with a decisive victory for the coalition forces
- August 4 – Coast Guard Birthday (1915)
- August 7 – Purple Heart Day (1782)
- August 14 – Navajo Code Talkers Day (Est. 1982)
- August 14 – Congressional Medal of Honor Society Birthday (1863)
- August 16 – National Airborne Day (1940)
- August 29 – Marine Forces Reserve Birthday (1916)
- August 30, 2021 – Marked the end of the Afghanistan War
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