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Coalition forces would invade the next day.
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A Marine assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) calms an infant during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 20.
(Photo: Sgt. Isaiah Campbell/USMC)
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The Army has awarded Medals of Heroism, the service’s highest medal awarded for Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets, to the three JROTC students killed defending their classmates last week
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In the final two hours of his life, Air Force Tech. Sgt. John A. Chapman saved the lives of an entire special operations teams.
Today, he becomes the first airman to receive the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War
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We mistakenly poked fun at this but we’ve just confirmed a Delta SEAL Team Ranger Recon Force Forklift Certified Soliders Platoon has landed in California and is declaring marital law
BREAKING NEWS! Military landing in suburban neighbors in Larksper California. Massive military movements being reported in multiple states. Anyone have more info on this, please post below. My contact that sent this video is local military and says it is NOT a drill.
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No, the ‘presidential salute’ still isn’t a thing — and neither is the ‘vice presidential salute’
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The VA employee seen in this video put the 73 year-old Vietnam vet in the hospital for three days on April 28th. He is still employed by the VA as of June 21st >
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Today’s safety brief:
Do not shoot at the balloon. It is too high up. You will not hit it.
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Today is National Purple Heart Day.
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Fort Polk is renamed Fort Johnson
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‘Best captain we ever had’ — Watch the crew of USS Roosevelt give their fired skipper a triumphant send-off
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DARPA: Hold my beer
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A photo allegedly showing the last flight from the US embassy in Kabul with the US Flag.
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Three.
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Roman soldiers drew penises all over Hadrian's Wall more than 1,800 years ago
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Eleven years since the bin Laden raid.
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Wondering who is Clint Lorance, the Army lieutenant who
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The Army has brought back "Be All You Can Be" and this is the first commercial.
Thoughts?
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The youngest and oldest living Medal of Honor recipients met, and this epic photo is the result
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Colonel Paris Davis (ret) received his Medal of Honor today for actions in Vietnam in 1965 as a captain.
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African-American Woman Becomes First To Earn West Point’s Top Cadet Position
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No, military helicopters are not invading California
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Okay, so the last thing the Army released was a "sizzle reel" and not a commercial, but here is the first "Be All You Can Be" commercial.
Thoughts?
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(By
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We can't believe we have to revisit this
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Today is hard and getting harder. Take care of yourselves and each other.
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27 year old staff sergeant, 2nd lieutenant, battalion commander
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Just a couple heroes back from doing the war getting a free coffee on Veterans Day!
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Update 👇🏻
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There are no more US Army bases named for Confederates now that Fort Gordon is Fort Eisenhower
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The Russian army in Ukraine is finding out the hard way that mud is one of the greatest threats against tanks and other vehicles.
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72 Years Ago, The US Army Blew Up A Giant Swastika In Nazi Germany
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Major General Chris Donahue, commander of the 82nd Airborne, boarding the C-17 as the last US service member in Afghanistan
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"People who come over here to fight, my hat’s off to them, be safe. My life revolves more around helping and trying to make a difference that way.”
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74 years ago today, Audie Murphy earned his Medal of Honor with a burning tank destroyer's .50 cal and insane bravery
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Double-Amputee Marine Veteran To Trump: I Am Not Your Political Prop
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An Afghan child sleeps on the cargo floor of a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, kept warm by the uniform of the C-17 loadmaster, during an evacuation flight from Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 15.
(Photo: USAF)
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Fair winds and following seas and Godspeed to the deceased.
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Wonder how this Delta Ranger training video was leaked
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We salute the wounded warrior who helped Gen. Colin Powell after his tire blew on the way to Walter Reed
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Fort Bragg Families Welcome Hundreds Of Paratroopers Home From Fight Against ISIS
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McRaven: 'Nothing morally right' about forcefully clearing protestors so Trump can have church photo op
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Netflix just announced a ‘Medal Of Honor’ series that recreates incredible acts of valor from World War II to Afghanistan
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Mattis Declines To Suck Up To Trump, Praises Troops Instead
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9 years ago, 2 Marines in Ramadi sacrificed themselves to stop a suicide bomber, saving 150 lives:
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USS Missouri letting the main guns loose on Iraqi positions during Desert Storm
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