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Photo: Staff Sgt. Natividad Herrera, assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364, holds his daughters for the first time in eight months during a homecoming ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 13, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Johns/Released)

Worth A Thousand Words: Three Cheers for Dad

Posted on May 24, 2013 by bniegel

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Natividad Herrera, assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364, holds his daughters for the first time in eight months during a homecoming ceremony on Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 13, 2013.
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Warrior Games Profile: Sonny Lemerande

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Josiah Wilson

In 2003, Sonny Lemerande joined the U.S. Navy to become a hospital corpsman. Six years later, he was injured while deployed to Afghanistan. Here’s his story.
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3rd MAW Pilot Receives Aviator of the Year Award

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Josiah Wilson

Maj. Robert Weingart, a pilot with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469, received the Alfred A. Cunningham Marine Aviator of the Year award for his action in Afghanistan.
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Photo: Family photo taken at my reenlistment.

Military Mom: Raising Resilient Toddlers

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Erin Wittkop

Not everyone can say they have been on an aircraft carrier, but for military children, it is just another part of their childhood. DoDLive blogger shares her story of raising two military toddlers.
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Posted in DoD News, Military Kids, Month of the Military Child, Rotator | Tagged aircraft carrier, America, children, deployment, flight gear, hangar bay, Military Children, military family, military kids, Month of the Military Child, Navy, pre-deployment, sailors, service members, ship, U.S. Navy, U.S. Sailors, United States Navy, United States Sailors | Leave a comment

Members of the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility and 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron assist patients onto C-17 Globemaster III on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 21, 2013. The CASF is the relay between the Craig Joint Theater Hospital and aeromedical evacuation missions throughout Afghanistan. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Chris Willis

After The Battle: Hospital Turned ‘Home Away from Home’

Posted on April 15, 2013 by bniegel

When service members get sick or injured downrange, they need help not only physically but mentally.
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Posted in DoD News, Medical Monday, Rotator | Tagged 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Afghanistan, Bagram, CASF, Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility, Craig Joint Theater hospital, deployment, Germany, Kandahar Airfield, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Medical Monday, medical treatment center, military, service members, U.S.. Army | 3 Comments