Fort Bragg, NC's 4th of July Submission wins Grand Prize in "Red, White, and You" Contest"

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Destination America And USA WEEKEND Announce Winners Of The Inaugural "RED, WHITE AND YOU" Contest (via PR Newswire)

- Fayetteville, NC and Hurricane Sandy-Ravaged Union Beach, NJ Win National Competition, Offering Towns a Memorable 4th of July Celebration - SILVER SPRING, Md., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Destination America, the only television network that celebrates the people, places, and stories of the U.S…

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Quadruple amputee Travis Mills to families of those killed in action: 'Remember the happy thoughts'

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Quadruple amputee Travis Mills to families of those killed in action: 'Remember the happy thoughts' (via Mlive.com)

LANSING, MI — Memorial Day has a special meaning for Army Staff Sgt. Travis Mills. Mills knows firsthand what it's like to lose friends and fellow soldiers. The Vassar native and quadruple amputee was the keynote speaker at the 19th annual Michigan Senate Memorial Service on Thursday, May 23. “…

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Companies Offer Military Discounts to Show Appreciation to the Armed Forces

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Companies Offer Military Discounts to Show Appreciation to the Armed Forces (via MarketWired)

SOURCE: SheerID May 21, 2013 08:00 ET SheerID Announces Partnerships With Five Companies Who Are Launching Military Discounts for Memorial Day EUGENE, OR--(Marketwired - May 21, 2013) - Using SheerID's online military verification services, five companies are launching military discounts to celebrate…

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Changes Made to Family SGLI

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Changes made to Family SGLI (via The Fort Leavenworth Lamp)

Service members married to other service members are no longer automatically enrolled in the Family Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program, Pentagon officials said. The change was effective Jan. 2, and to date affects about 4,500 service members, Coast Guard Cmdr. Kristen Martin, who heads the…

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Fort Bragg Soldiers say 'Thank You' for Free Meal

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Soldiers say 'thank you' for free meal (via The Dispatch)

Eleven soldiers from Fort Bragg, N.C., want to say "thank you" to whoever paid for their meal at a Florida Panhandle restaurant. The soldiers stopped at Sonny's BBQ restaurant in Fort Walton Beach on their last day of a two-week training mission last week. When they went to pay, they were told the…

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