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    National Museum of the United States Army Now Open
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    US Army Tells Soldiers to Take More Naps
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    Troops at Camp Lejeune Warned to Stop Running at Night After Coyote Attacks
    2 years ago
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Dogs

The Story of the U.S. Military’s Tiniest Working Dog

Yorkshire terriers are pretty popular nowadays. They’re a common sighting, on a leash or off, if you go anywhere where a dog is allowed to saunter, wag and bark. Before […]

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5 years ago0
Community News

Stranger Buys Plane Ticket for Stranded, Homesick Soldier

“I needed to personally and publicly thank him. You don’t hear of that all the time of a complete stranger willing to spend all that money. We needed to find […]

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5 years ago0
Community News

Late Navy SEAL Leap Frog Had ‘Uncompromising Integrity’

On Sunday, United States Navy Petty Officer Remington J. Peters, a combat veteran and SEAL, jumped from aircraft with his team, the Leap Frogs, for an audience of hundreds at Liberty […]

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5 years ago0
Trivia

Poll: Americans Think This Military Branch Is Most Important

There’s no right answer. Each branch of the United States military exists because it has its own purpose — specialities and functions. That said, a popular and highly-regarded polling outfit […]

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5 years ago0
News

Missile Defense Test Against North Korean Threat Is a Success

The Pentagon announced Tuesday that a recent test of whether or not its defense system could effectively guard against an incoming warhead from rising threat North Korea, was a success. […]

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5 years ago0
Vet Pack

Hear Army Veteran Clint Romesha Tell His Medal of Honor Story

Former United States Army Staff Sergeant Clint Romesha says that there are moments when his Medal of Honor — the highest recognition of valor the U.S. military awards — is […]

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5 years ago0
News

Never Forget — More Than 80,000 Service Members Are Still Missing in Action

Each year, on Memorial Day weekend, America stops what it’s doing and takes a moment to honor the fallen. But what about those who went missing in action? On Monday, the […]

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5 years ago0
Trivia

JFK’s World War II Hero Story

Years before he became the youngest American to ever be elected President of the United States, inspiring countless numbers to public service, establishing the Peace Corps, dealing with the palpitating Cuban […]

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5 years ago0
News

Secretary “Mad Dog” Mattis on What Keeps Him Awake at Night

United States Secretary of Defense James “Mad Dog” Mattis, legendary retired Marine Corps general, made an appearance on the popular television show Face The Nation this past Sunday. John Dickerson, […]

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5 years ago0
Community News

Lenovo Offers Armed Services Discount

A big name in technology just announced a nice offer for the brave men and women of the United States armed services. Lenovo, maker of the reliable ThinkPad, revolutionary Yoga […]

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5 years ago0
News

Shoe Company Designed These Baseball Cleats for Memorial Day

On Wednesday, popular athletic brand Adidas made something special they designed public — a unique piece of equipment that pays tribute to the military, in accordance with the upcoming Memorial Day […]

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5 years ago0
Aircraft

Serviceman Busted for eBaying Parts From Marine One

A United States Marine just plead guilty to eBaying parts from Marine One — the presidential helicopter — and stealing about $100,000 in supplies from Quantico. Branden Baker, 34, was […]

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5 years ago0
Dogs

Proud Service Dog Got a Spot in Virginia High School’s Yearbook

Alpha Schalk is in current edition of Stafford High School’s yearbook. If you’re a student at the school, and you have a copy too, you can see him, posing — […]

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5 years ago0
Vet Pack

Here Are the Best & Worst Places for Retired Vets to Live

When you finally hang ’em up, for good, where will you go? Will you remain in the spot where you made your living — where you cultivated your nest egg? […]

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5 years ago0
Vet Pack

Marine Vet Claims Service Dog Made Her PTSD Worse

Stacey Thompson is a United States Marine veteran who is one of the many former service members in America dealing with an ugly burden: post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). She […]

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5 years ago0
News

Tom Cruise Says They’re About to Start Filming ‘Top Gun 2’

If you’ve been wondering what Maverick and Iceman have been up to in the decades after their volleyball-filled halcyon days — the 1980s — you’re about to find out. In […]

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5 years ago0
Vet Pack

A Quadruple Amputee Vet Threw Out the First Pitch at a Reds Game

“It’s great, once in a lifetime experience. We got a good ovation by the crowd, it was good to be able to represent our 1.3 million members. You know the […]

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5 years ago0
News

Watch Naval Academy Plebes Scale a Giant Obelisk Covered in Cooking Fat

Hundreds of new students attempted to climb a huge, slicked granite structure — 21 feet high — on Monday in order to accomplish two things: keep alive a long U.S. […]

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5 years ago0
Vet Pack

These Beloved Brands Are Upping Their Military Discounts for Memorial Day

More than 50 years ago, then-sitting POTUS Lyndon Baines Johnson signed an executive order decreeing that the location of Waterloo, New York be officially recognized as the official birthplace of […]

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5 years ago0
News

Hear a Recording of a Civil War Vet Remembering Lincoln, Bloody Battles

This is a recording of an actual Civil War veteran, Julius Howell, who enlisted at 16 years old, for General Robert E. Lee, and the Confederacy. It was taped in […]

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5 years ago0
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