Community colleges strive to fulfill the unique needs of military service members, veterans and their families, a mission harkening back to wartime and the decades in which the nation's fighters were off the battlefield. Educating the nation's servicemen and women has long been a core undertaking of many community colleges, particularly in regions that host military bases and installations. Though the needs of student veterans and active-duty military learners have evolved, the commitment to this demographic from two-year colleges remains unwavering. This articles how community colleges have a long history of educating the nation's armed service members.