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Then-Army Staff Sgt. Clinton L. Romesha greets his oldest child, Dessi, during his homecoming from Iraq. Romesha Family courtesy photo

Medal of Honor Recipient Former Army Staff Sgt. Clint Romesha loved being in the Army, but after surviving the deadly battle of COP Keating he knew it was time to put his family first.
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Team USA I four-man bobsled Olympic gold medalists Curtis Tomasevicz, Steve Mesler, Justin Olsen and former U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program driver Steven Holcomb salute their gold-medal performance during the medal ceremony during the 2012 Winter Olympic Games at Whistler Medals Plaza in Whistler, B.C., Canada. Olsen has since joined the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program and is in position to accompany Holcomb and Langton as Team USA bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. U.S. Army photo by Tim Hipps

Soldiers in the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program are training and competing for spots on the 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games U.S. Team.
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U.S. soldiers and sailors assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah are joined by leadership from the Farah province directorate of agriculture, irrigation and livestock as they file onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter after a key leader engagement in Lash-e Juwayn, Afghanistan, Jan. 24, 2013. PRT Farah team members met with key leaders in to discuss an ongoing irrigation project. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Josh Ives

U.S. soldiers and sailors assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah are joined by leadership from the Farah province directorate of agriculture, irrigation and livestock as they file onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter after a key leader engagement in Lash-e Juwayn, …
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Army Maj. Aaron Crombie, Ph.D., and Holly McClung, a research dietitian, are studying the nutritional needs of special operators in garrison as members of a team from the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine in Natick, Mass., Jan. 24, 2013. U.S. Army photo by David Kamm

Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine want to find out just how much fuel special operations forces need.
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Female soldiers assigned to the 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion conduct pre-mobilization training Aug. 10, 2012. The battalion deployed to Afghanistan in October 2012. (New York Army National Guard Courtesy photo)

Women will be able to fill 350 positions in the New York Army National Guard’s four combat battalions.
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