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In “This Week in the DoD” for May 25: The Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are merging their health records into what will be the world’s largest electronic health system. The new system, which will be fully operational by 2017, will …
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By DoDLive March is Women’s History Month.  We honor the service and sacrifice of the women not just in our military, but throughout our nation’s history.  In this edition of DoDLive’s Profiles in Heritage, four former Women Accepted for Volunteer …
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By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Lynn Friant Video provided by Navy Expeditionary Combat Command Riverine Squadron 3 Detachment 3 conducts maritime security operations of the coastal waterways during Exercise Bold Alligator 2012, the largest amphibious exercise in the past …
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Slideshow by DoDlive Photos from the field during the multi-national exercise Bold Alligator 2012 conducted in various locations on the Mid Atlantic coast. Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Photos by Joint Hometown News Service photojournalist Marvin Lynchard

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Video provided by DMA Navy The amazing story of John Henry Turpin, a Chief Gunner’s Mate in the Navy. He survived both the sinking of the USS Maine (you know, Remember the Maine!) and a boiler explosion on USS Bennington. …
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