“Service members should not have to choose between serving their country and protecting and serving their family.”
Military Family
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I Have a Future Because of Those at Arlington, Where the Ground Is Sown With Tears
They rest together, these disparate generations, due to a lack of available space: Arlington is running out of it.
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The Threat of War Is Shifting, and We Intend to Win. But It Will Come at a Cost.
The costs will be time. We will have precious little of it with our sailors. The costs are real people and real families.
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Things Are Going to Get Hot Before Long. I Hope and Pray I Come Out of It All Right.
I know I am forever grateful for what Ernest Pugh has given me, and he will live in my heart as he did in Dad’s.
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“I’m Lucky to Be Alive Tonight”–Journals of War and Peace From Two Sides of the World
I didn’t want to unduly burden my family. Journalizing late into my evenings helped me to occasionally relax and release some stress.
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“Unwavering, Staggering” Military Spouse Unemployment Could Change After Pandemic
For military spouses, employers’ acknowledgment that workers can be just as productive from home could put an end to giving up careers for the military.
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After Dad Died, I Cleaned Out the Garage. That’s When I Saw the Rusty Metal Box.
Inside the box, I found a folded-up, yellowed newspaper with a headline in bold print that read, “The War is Over!” and a set of dog tags.
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“War Is Indefinable”–For Some, War Is Combat. But It’s Not That Simple.
For a long time, I thought military service fit on one of two sides of a coin. It was either war, meaning combat and fighting, or it wasn’t.
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I Finally Understood That This Thing We Call War Is Real and Hurts People
Realizing war causes pain and suffering to those brave enough to face it, I felt shock and empathy for all those in service.
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I Had Never Seen the Impact of War Until I Spoke With Those Who Waged It
In the movies, veterans tend to be tough, male, white, so I expected that, like the movies, I would find the typical strong man who protected our country.
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I Asked Him About the Best Part of His Service–“Everybody Looked Out for Each Other.”
We went into the basement and he broke out old boxes and uniforms. As he went through them with me, he talked.
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‘The Enemy Is Lurking in Our Bodies’—Women Veterans Say Toxic Exposure Caused Breast Cancer
As the last troops leave the “forever wars,” doctors say they’re seeing more women veterans with breast cancer—younger than the national average.
