Jeremy P. Ämick serves as the public affairs officer and military historian with the Silver Star Families of America—a Missouri-based organization recognizing the service and sacrifice of veterans wounded or injured from their service in a combat zone. In this capacity, he composes articles for several Missouri newspapers and websites highlighting the unique experiences of military veterans from all eras. To date, he has had more than 600 articles published in addition to ten military history books, the most recent of which is a history of Camp Crowder, Missouri. His next releases are scheduled for early summer—one of which is the biography of veteran Bryce Lockwood, the only U.S. Marine to survive the June 8, 1967, Israeli attack on the USS Liberty; in addition to Missouri in World War I.
Ämick spent 11 years in the Missouri National Guard—nine years of that on active duty—and received a medical discharge in 2004 because of service-connected injuries. He is the recipient the national Jefferson Award for volunteerism and was presented the Distinguished Author Award in 2018 by the United States Tiger Foundation. In addition to his work with the Silver Star Families of America, his volunteer activities include membership on the executive committee for Operation Bugle Boy and board member of the historic Enloe Cemetery near his hometown of Russellville, Missouri.
