Tag Archives: Defense
See how father and son share more than the bond of blood in this video about WWII veteran Fred Wolkers’s return visit to the field of battle.
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Tagged Defense, DoD, Germany, Kaiserslautern, military, military family, military history, veteran, World War II, WWII
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I ventured out this weekend with my daughter in tow for the annual Wreaths Across America program at Arlington National Cemetery and was immediately struck by what this meant to my daughter.
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Tagged Air Force, Arlington, Arlington National Cemetery, Army, Christmas, Defense, Department of Defense, DoD, holidays, Marine Corps, Marines, military, military families, Navy, service members, soldiers, Tomb of the Unkown So, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S.. Army, USAF, USMC, wreaths, Wreaths Across America
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The Salang Tunnel has been the site of many disasters. Inside the tunnel can be pitch black. The air is filled with deadly carbon monoxide. After decades of conflict and neglect, Afghan and NATO leadership concluded something had to be done.
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Tagged Afghan Ministry of Public Works, Afghan National Army, Afghanistan, construction, Defense, DoD, Highway One, Hindu Kush, into the tunnel, ISAF Joint Command, military, NATO, North and South Afghanistan, Parwan province, plunging into the darkness, reconstructing the tunnel, repairing and maintaining, Salang Tunnel, Sitting on top of the world, Task Force Red Devils, tunnel, Unusable road surface, work in Afghanistan
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This is the first in a series of posts from Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah and their mission in Afghanistan.
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Tagged Afghanistan, Air Force, airmen, Army, Defense, Department of Defense, deployed, deployment, DoD, Farah, medical, medicine, military, Navy, Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, PRT Farah, sailors, service members, soldiers, U.S. Air Force, U.S.. Army
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