From April 18 to April 20, 2008 a group of elite Soldiers joined in a competition to see who’s The Best Ranger….More

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$75M Grant to Provide Housing
The VA and the U.S. Housing and Urban Development announced a grant of $75 million to provide permanent housing for homeless veterans. More
Deal of the Week: 25% Off All Coffee at Coffee Beanery
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Even if you do not have a college-aged child at home, please share this with
someone who does, and to anyone and everyone that comes to mind. Though there are a number of companies and organizations that have donated money for scholarships to African Americans, a great deal of the money is being returned because of [...]

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Maj. Mark E. Rosenberg
32 years old from Miami Lakes, Florida
3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division
April 8, 2008
Mark Rosenberg grew up in South Florida. “All boy,” his aunt, Madelyn Rosenberg, remembers. “Very active, but very lovable.” As long as she can recall, Maj. Rosenberg wanted a military career like [...]

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Military personnel and their families can sometimes face complex choices and uncertainties about their financial situation.  If you have financial questions or concerns or would like to learn how to better manage your finances, you have an opportunity to receive free, personalized, confidential answers from dozens of Certified Financial PlannerTM professionals at a free Financial [...]

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This Weeks Hero Was Suggested By Mary Ann
Spc. Jeffrey Jamaleldine
Company C, 1st Battalion, 77th Armor
“How can I say to my sons, stand up for something, fight for what you think is right, if I don’t do anything myself?” The Jeffrey Jamaleldine that you speak to today is a complete 180 from the Jeffrey Jamaleldine that [...]

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The US military says a roadside bomb hit one of its convoys in the southern city of Basra, causing casualties. The military gave no further details. AP Television News footage from Basra on Monday showed smoke rising from a vehicle burning on a highway overpass. US troops and Humvees blocked access to the scene. (AP)

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Friend, Foe Shoot at GIs in Sadr City
Three weeks after American troops were ordered into the sprawling Shiite Muslim slum of Sadr City to stop rockets from raining down on the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad’s Green Zone, they are now caught in crossfire between Shiite militiamen and the mostly Shiite Iraqi.
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IRBIL, April 21 (KUNA) — An explosion Monday targeted and killed a member of the National Relations Bureau’s Kirkuk Office in the aviation square area, Iraqi Police sources said.
The sources added unidentified gunmen had also today shot dead Captain Mohammad Saeed Khalil in front of his home.
The captain worked with the Sleiman Pek district Police [...]

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BAGHDAD, April 21 (KUNA) — Multi-National Division (MND) soldiers in Baghdad killed 17 militants in separate missions, a statement said Monday.
An MND statement here said soldiers killed 12 militants in two separate incidents in Al-Adhamiya, while five others were killed in Sadr city as they were transporting weapons in the city.
The MND also unveiled that [...]

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