The weird engineering that links old ships of the line and the SR-71 Blackbird
One is the fastest jet ever produced, capable of outrunning anti-air missiles while capturing reconnaissance in some of the most hostile airspace on Earth.
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Mental healthcare contributes to Veteran wellbeing at VA
At the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), a career of caring doesn’t stop at healing the body. Veterans who have given so much in service to our country often face unique and difficult challenges...
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24th Marine Expeditionary Unit deploys to Caribbean
A new set of Marines is now waiting as the “immediate crisis response force” in Latin America, Marine Corps officials said Friday, as the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit replaced the 22nd MEU in the...
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‘I’ll always regret it if I don’t’: Army veteran trades filmmaking for music in his 40s
Ryan Curtis thought he knew exactly who he was supposed to be. An Army veteran and Massachusetts native who deployed all over the world as well as a filmmaker and producer, he spent years building a..
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An Afghan SOF veteran explores America and the universal bonds of special operators in ‘Noori’
“Marine Raiders, our saying is that ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ means never above you, never below you, always beside you,” Marine Corps veteran Luke Focer told a crowd gathered at SOF Week in Tampa.
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Darius Rucker receives Veterans Voice Award at the 52nd American Music Awards
When Darius Rucker started Hootie and the Blowfish in 1986, he sang in bars with his buddies hoping they’d make enough money to keep playing music another week.
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How his father’s time in a Japanese POW camp influenced Bill Nye
Edwin “Ned” Nye didn’t want to become a lawyer. Seeing that he was already enrolled in law school, Nye—whose famous son simplified complex topics for millions of television viewers as Bill Nye the...
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Air Force Veteran adaptive skier conquers the slopes—without poles
Disabled Veteran finds freedom through adaptive sports For Air Force Veteran Salvador Vasquez, the National Veterans Winter Sports Clinic is about more than just skiing; it’s about reclaiming...
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VA Research Wrap Up: New findings on spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s disease
VA’s Office of Research and Development recently published three News Briefs highlighting research findings on spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s disease and VA hospital care quality.
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Marines can be promoted to sergeant much faster under new policy
Marines will soon be eligible for promotion to sergeant earlier in their careers. The move is intended to give larger groups of top-tier corporals the opportunity to compete for the next rank up.
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The US Navy took out a German sub in a legendary, high-stakes WWII battle
Starting as early as 1939, German U-boat “Wolf Packs” transformed the Atlantic Ocean into a shipping graveyard. In response, the United States Navy upped its game, and by May 1943, aka “Black May,”...
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