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Wounded warrior program continues assisting Airmen and their families

Seeded on Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:11 AM EST (The Air Force News Service)

11/23/2009 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Air Force leaders remain committed to the service's top investments: Airmen and their families.

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Initiative helps disabled vets stay active

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:26 AM EST (The Air Force News Serice)

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11/16/2009 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- A recent initiative launched by officials with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S. Olympic Committee is giving disabled veterans a chance to rediscover their potential through athletics and competition.

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Funeral highlights search for missing servicemembers

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:17 AM EST (The Air Force News Service)

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11/18/2009 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The leaves are changing color at Arlington National Cemetery; a bright backdrop for something as sobering as a funeral. An Army chaplain in his dress blue uniform presents a folded flag to the fallen's next of kin, a man in his 60s.

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Pentagon, VA officials expand disability claims test

Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 8:26 AM EST (The Air Force News Service)

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11/16/2009 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Defense and Veterans Affairs officials today announced another step in their efforts to streamline the process of determining veterans' disability ratings.

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Airmen speed delivery of vital vaccine

Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 8:20 AM EST (The Air Force News Service)

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Recently, the cargo they handled would, soon enough, find its way to every servicemember in the AOR.

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Jordan Creek Elementary fifth-graders make blankets for needy

Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 7:56 AM EST (The Des Moines Register)

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A parent challenged the class to participate in the Kindness Counts activities on the Character Counts Web site during Character Counts Week. He said he would make a donation to Character Counts for each act of kindness.

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Dolphins fly to New Caledonia with Hickam C-17 crew

Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 7:25 AM EST (The Air Force News Service)

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11/17/2009 - HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii (AFNS) -- Airmen aboard C-17 Globemaster IIIs from Hickam AFB transported dolphins from the Navy Marine Mammals Program in San Diego, Calif., to Noumea, New Caledonia, Nov.

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History in the Making - Yet Again

Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:09 PM EST

By Spikegary

I grew up in the Hudson Valley, specifically in Hyde Park, just north of Poughkeepsie. While growing up on the mighty Hudson River, I never spent much time thinking about the Railroad bridge across the Hudson-it was just, always there since before I could remember anything.

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Obama's pledge: America will fulfill obligations to veterans

Seeded on Fri Nov 13, 2009 1:57 PM EST (The Air Force News Service)

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11/12/2009 - ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, Va. (AFNS) -- America will fulfill its obligation to take care of and value those who have sacrificed for the country, President Barack Obama said here Nov. 11.

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