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Delivering Mail Before Christmas

Posted on December 16, 2012 by glenn.selby

Don’t forget to ship all of your items on time so they reached your loved ones.
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Family and friends stand ready to welcome home the 23 members of Detachment 1, 182nd Engineer Company (Sapper), Massachusetts National Guard, as they return from a year-long deployment to Afghanistan, Nov. 22, 2012. The 182nd Engineers performed route clearance to detect and neutralize suspected explosive hazards along a defined route in support of assured mobility for the maneuver element commander. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Don Veitch, Massachusetts National Guard Public Affairs)

Soldiers ‘Engineer’ Holiday Homecoming

Posted on December 2, 2012 by glenn.selby

Eighty Massachusetts families have a little more to be thankful for this year, as their Service Members return to them after a year-long deployment to Afghanistan.
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Patti Walker, left, wife of retired Army 1st Sgt. Kevin Walker and Wounded Warrior Program advocate on Fort Riley, Kan., talks to ABC News correspondent Deborah Roberts during a Hero Summit panel titled, “The Other Side of Sacrifice: Military Families” in Washington, D.C., Nov. 15, 2012. Other panel members included, from left to right, Bill Norwood, father of Marine Corps Sgt. Byron Norwood, who was killed in action; retired Air Force Maj. Lori Bell, wife of an active duty Air Force airman and founder and president of the National Association of Military Moms and Spouses; Kim Ruocco, widow of Marine Corps Maj. John Ruocco and Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors national director of postvention programs. DOD photo by Bradley Cantor

Hero Summit Encourages Americans to Support Military Families

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Erin Wittkop

Wounded Warrior Program advocate on Fort Riley, Kan., talks to ABC News correspondent Deborah Roberts during a Hero Summit panel
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Chief Aviation Ordnanceman Mattie Hackney gives a Sailor cookies during an event sponsored by the United Services Organizations (USO) in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington returned to her forward operating port of Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka Nov. 22 after a nine-week patrol. George Washington is the Navy's only full-time forward-deployed aircraft carrier ensuring security and stability in the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class David A. Cox/Released)

USO Gives Thanks During Holiday Season

Posted on November 22, 2012 by glenn.selby

Navy Mobilization Processing Site (NMPS) hosted the 6th Annual Thanksgiving luncheon on Naval Station Norfolk Nov. 15.
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Tuesday Afternoon One-liners

Posted on November 20, 2012 by glenn.selby

Today’s top news stories from around the Department of Defense.
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