'We Pretend the Vets Don't Exist' - Newsweek


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'We Pretend the Vets Don't Exist'
Newsweek
After four years of military service and two combat tours in Iraq, he couldn't find a steady job. Now he sat at a rest area near Camp Pendleton, contemplating suicide. Melissa had about her the endearing charm of a kindergarten teacher coupled with the ...

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Lorain Coast Guard Station having open house Friday - The Morning Journal

Lorain Coast Guard Station having open house Friday
The Morning Journal
The Lorain County Sheriff's Office will be there giving tours of their watercraft, as well as the Lorain Marine Patrol, which is funded through a grant from the Ohio Division of Watercraft, according to Vitou. Members of the Auxiliary Coast Guard will ...

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Soldiers train for war in Norfolk replica of Afghanistan village - Scottish Daily Record

Soldiers train for war in Norfolk replica of Afghanistan village
Scottish Daily Record
AFGHANI policemen open the blue steel door just enough for us to slip through from our armoured vehicle while heavily armed British patrols guard us front and back. Inside a concrete compound soldiers sit against the wall, rifles by their sides and ...

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Hundreds attend decommissioning of Nevada State Prison - Las Vegas Review - Journal

Hundreds attend decommissioning of Nevada State Prison
Las Vegas Review - Journal
For the next eight hours, then rookie guard Maxim did not know whether he would live or die. Finally McKenna, known as the most dangerous inmate in Nevada, surrendered after seeing a line of Highway Patrol troopers and other police surround the prison.

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Troops see a dramatic improvement in security - This is South Wales

Troops see a dramatic improvement in security
This is South Wales
WELSH soldiers serving in Helmand Province have said the security situation has dramatically improved since their last tour. Members of 1st Battalion Welsh Guards said they were surprised at how quiet it was on the ground in Babaji — which was once a ...

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Future of Garmsir in Afghan hands, 'America's Battalion' completes final ... - DVIDS

Future of Garmsir in Afghan hands, 'America's Battalion' completes final ...
DVIDS
US Marine Sgt. Marcus Martin, a squad leader with Guard Force Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 32-year-old native of Charlottesville, Va., practices Pashto with Afghan boys while providing security outside the Garmsir district center ...

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Cadets receive orientation on corporate aviation - Savannah Morning News

Cadets receive orientation on corporate aviation
Savannah Morning News
Many of the cadets have already been in the cockpit of a Cessna 172, the workhorse of the Civil Air Patrol. Some have even flown in and toured a C-130 courtesy of the 165th Airlift Wing of the Air National Guard. The cadets who attended the tour now ...

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