(USA Today)  The U.S. military, with help from Seattle start-up Delve Networks, has launched a video-sharing website for troops, their families and supporters, a year and a half after restricting access to YouTube and other video sites.
TroopTube, as the new site is called, lets people register as members of one of the branches of the [...]

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Lakewood has launched a campaign to fill gift baskets for 2,000 Fort Lewis Stryker soldiers who will return soon from their nearly 15-month tour of Iraq.
Lakewood seeks donations for returning Fort Lewis Stryker soldiers

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Undersecretary of Defense David S. C. Chu announced the formation of the Deployment Support and Reintegration Office within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs. 
The office, mandated in this year’s defense authorization act, is an integral piece of the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program.  DoD’s Yellow Ribbon Initiative is designed to provide [...]

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Topics in this Week’s News Include:
1. Operation Iraqi Freedom Reaches 5-Year Mark: Much is being made this week of the 5th year anniversary of the US military engagement in Operation Iraqi Freedom. <<more>>
2. NMFA Visits Secretary Peake: The National Military Family Association’s (NMFA) Chairman of the Board Nancy Alsheimer, Executive Director Joyce Raezer, and Deputy [...]

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Massachusetts sweeps Army in Florida
Gymnastics tops MIT, falters against Springfield
Softball holds on to defeat Columbia, 4-3, in closing out Sunday’s tripleheader
Army blanks Lehigh to open Patriot league play
Valiant effort falls short for Sievers at NCAA zone A diving championships
Four Black Knights earn all-America honors
Rifle finishes second at NCAA championships
Sievers, Adao finish day two at NCAA [...]

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Leon Deraps died May 6, 2006, while serving in Iraq
JAMESTOWN, Mo. - Sandy Deraps has a sparkle in her eye and a loving smile on her face when she hears her son’s name.
It was nearly two years ago when the Deraps family learned their youngest member had made the ultimate sacrifice for his country. Since [...]

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 WHO: PATRIOTIC CITIZENS STANDING UP FOR OUR TROOPS
WHAT: IVAW WINTER SOLDIER II TESTIMONY TRUTH CHALLENGE
WHEN: MARCH 14, 0800 HOURS, ALL DAY

WHY: *** DEMAND TRUTH IN ANY ATROCITY TESTIMONY - TIMES, DATES, PLACES, WITNESSES, LEADERSHIP, ALL UNDER OATH
WHERE: NATIONAL LABOR COLLEGE
10000 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVENUE
SILVER SPRING, MD 20903

HOW: BOOTS ON THE GROUND RALLY AT NATIONAL LABOR COLLEGE
*** [...]

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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Prisoners in Camp Lejeune’s brig are training service dogs that will one day help Marines who have been disabled in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.Prisoners in the program tell the News & Observer of Raleigh that training the dogs helps them focus, gives them self-respect and allows them to contribute [...]

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HOLLYWOOD action star Chuck Norris, known for his martial arts prowess and tough-guy image, has become a cult figure among the US military in Iraq - and an unlikely hero for some in Iraq’s security forces. A small cardboard shrine is dedicated to Norris at a US military helicopter hub in Baghdad, and comments lauding [...]

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