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Retired Air Force Medal of Honor recipient Leo K. Thorsness clasps the Citizen Service Before Self Honors medal around Jesse Shaffer III, as son Jesse Shaffer IV and Army Medal of Honor recipient Harold A. Fritz, far right, look on during a ceremony at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial in Arlington, Va., March 25, 2013. The Shaffers received the medal for rescuing 120 people by boat from streets that had flooded Braithwaite, La., after Hurricane Isaac swept through their community in August 2012.

Medal of Honor Recipients Honor Top Citizen Heroes

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Erin Wittkop

21 Medal of Honor recipients gathered recently to recognize four civilians whose selfless acts of courage earned them the country’s highest civilian honor.
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Episode #147: News Roundup for Sept. 7, 2012

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Ian Graham

In our news roundup for Friday, September 7: President Barack Obama visited troops at Fort Bliss, Texas. There he thanked troops for their work in Iraq and Afghanistan and explained the military’s role in Afghanistan moving forward. Following Hurricane Isaac, units …
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Posted in 2012 Paralympics, DoD News, Emerging Media, Podcast, Suicide Prevention | Tagged Afghanistan, Army Reserve, awareness, Barack Obama, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, CJCS, Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Schultz, Flood, Fort Bliss, General Martin Dempsey, hurricane, Isaac, London 2012, Louisiana, Lt. Bradley Snyder, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Talley, Mississippi, National Guard, New Orleans, paralympics, president, Prevention, recovery, relief, rescue, suicide, tropical storm, wounded warriors | Leave a comment

Sons Of Guns

Posted on August 2, 2012 by jtozer

The knowledge and experience men and women get in the military can take them down some unexpected paths. In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, an Air Force veteran went from helicopter gunner to reality TV-Star on the Discovery Channel’s hit show “Sons …
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Posted in DoD News | Tagged AFTV, Air Force, Baton Rouge, Defense, Discovery Channel, guns, helicopter gun, Louisiana, military, reality TV, service members, sons of guns, television show, United States Air Force, USAF, vet, veteran, video, You Tube | Leave a comment

Building Upon What You Love

Posted on June 10, 2012 by jtozer

There are many reasons one chooses to enlist in the military. For Spc. Romanthis Dillard the decision to join the Army Reserves was influenced in part by advice he got from his father, Romano Dillard. “My dad encouraged me to …
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Posted in DoD News | Tagged 721st Engineer Company, Afghanistan, Army Reserves, construction equipment, De Maiwand, Engineers, Engneers, Grand Prairie Texas, Kandahar Province, Louisiana, Minden, Spc. Romanthis Dillard | Leave a comment

Episode #86: Weekly News Roundup for May 13

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Ian Graham

In the “This Week in the DoD” podcast for May 13: Flooding and tornadoes across the southern United States have caused massive damage. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and state National Guards are working to clean up wreckage and …
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Posted in DoD News, Emerging Media, Warrior Games | Tagged Afghanistan, Alabama, Arkansas, athletes, Colorado Springs, Corps of Engineers, destroyer, F-22, Flood, Illinois, Louisiana, Lt. Michael Murphy, malfunction, Mississippi River, Missouri, National Guard, natural disaster, Navy SEALs, New Orleans, oxygen, Raptor, Taliban, Tennessee, tornado, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S.. Army, warrior games | Leave a comment