Even as more than 1.2 million people in Texas remained without power after historic Hurricane Beryl hit the state this week, Team Rubicon has begun responding to the storm. The storm, which came ashore south of Houston, near Matagorda, as a Category 1 …
For the 4th of July, veterans and Greyshirts share their thoughts on service to country—then and now. Mahlon Manson Mahlon Manson enlisted in August of 1967, choosing the Army because his father had spent 26 years Navy and he thought he should do something …
Operation Eagle Landing—Team Rubicon’s Afghan refugee resettlement operation—is an operation I still think about to this day. The opportunity to assist in an important situation, such as Afghan citizens resettling in the U.S., isn’t something that comes …
The Sims, an American family living in Los Angeles, experienced some of the worst of America, moving from Dust Bowl Oklahoma to post-War California during the height of America’s 20th-century racism. Decades later, when a crew of Team Rubicon Greyshirt …
Tornadoes are among the most terrifying natural disasters a community can face. Composed of a column of air rotating up to 300 mph and traveling across the landscape at speeds up to 70 mph along unpredictable paths, tornadoes strike seemingly at random. …
My father is the reason I am a Team Rubicon volunteer—a Greyshirt. My father’s entire life was of service. He served in the military for 40 years, retiring as an Army Sergeant Major. When he wasn’t wearing his camouflage uniform, he had a few others he …
“Had your homosexuality been disclosed to your recruiter upon application for military service, you would have been found ineligible for enlistment in the Army.” With that one phrase on my record, I was outcast and branded. From 1980 until 1990, …
In February, dozens of volunteers from Tito’s Handmade Vodka joined Team Rubicon volunteers, or Greyshirts, in the field in Maui, HI. Together, the volunteers worked on a project designed to both help homeowners recover from the August 2023 fires, and help …
Nestled against the cool windward slopes of the Hawaiian island of Maui sits Camp Maluhia. A former USO and Civilian Conservation Corps recruitment office facility, Camp Maluhia was refurbished into a Scout camp in the 1930s. With its magnificent view of …
When severe storms and tornadoes swept the U.S. in May, they left paths of damage from Texas to Iowa. In response, Team Rubicon has begun deploying volunteers, or Greyshirts, on five disaster response operations in four states. Veteran-led Volunteers Head …
As I reflect on Memorial Day, it’s often one of contrast for me. On one hand, Memorial Day marks the beginning of summer—a day of celebration, anticipation, joy, family gatherings, and outdoor barbeques. On the other, it’s a reminder of the somber …
Asian American and Pacific Islanders have a long, if often overlooked, history of U.S. military service—since the War of 1812, in fact. During World War II, nearly 33,000 Japanese Americans served, even as many of their family members were incarcerated in …
For more than two centuries, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) have played an integral role in the U.S. Armed Forces. From fighting in the conflict between the United States and Great Britain, to earning the Medal of Honor and serving as four- …
I am Benjamin ‘Max’ TuiToga MaʻAtoe Moe (two-ee tow-gah mah-ah-toy moy), keeper of our cultural flame at the nonprofit Hawaiʻi organization Koolauloa Foundation and thus a guardian of the past and an architect of the future. I’m also a newly-minted …
Sue Johnson lives in Hawaiʻi, on the island of Maui. She was born in Vietnam, adopted as by a U.S. military family, and raised in America. Today a retired Army veteran, Johnson describes her job now as, “helping people.” After college, Johnson joined the …
Since 2000, wildfires have burned, on average, 7 million acres of American property every year. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, as of November 18, more than 7.34 million acres have burned in 62,664 wildfires so far in 2022. Millions of …
May is Wildfire Awareness Month, but wildfire season is year-round for many areas of the country now. Communities are expanding into previously wilderness areas while the climate continues to shift, and many Americans face serious wildfire risk. As summer …
In 2021, typically-mild Seattle hit a record high of 108 degrees Fahrenheit. In April of 2022, India reached 121 F. A few months later, a U.K. heatwave melted a runway at London’s Heathrow Airport. The world is literally on fire. And yet, oddly and …
My first volunteer deployment with Team Rubicon was in 2017. I signed up to assist communities affected by Hurricane Harvey, and I’ve been an active Greyshirt volunteer ever since. At the time, my oldest son Jon Rosello was too young to join me, but he …
Residents of El Dorado County will tell you that the danger of wildfire is ever-present. El Dorado County is on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains and contains a majority of the Eldorado National Forest. The forest is maintained by several …
