FILE - Signage stands on the main gate to Camp Lejeune Marine Base outside Jacksonville, N.C., April 29, 2022. Three U.S. Marines found unresponsive in a car at a North Carolina gas station died of carbon monoxide poisoning, the local sheriff's office said Wednesday, July 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)
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Camp Lejeune water contamination cases increasingly becoming wrongful death claims as lawsuits proceed at a crawl
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Military children grapple with parents being deployed over the holidays
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Uncovering the Veterans Affairs scandal, CNN’s Drew Griffin helped ordinary people find the courage to right wrongs
CHATHAM, CAPE COD: American flag flying and traditional wooden timber clapboard architecture house near Cockle Cove at Chatham, Cape Cod, New England, United States. (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images)
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President Joe Biden speaks outside Independence Hall, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, in Philadelphia.
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Biden’s use of Marines during Philadelphia speech adds to debate over politicization of the military
Mikhail with his son, Semen, during his previous deployment, in 2014.
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‘I’m angry at the war’: Ukrainian family waits anxiously as father goes off to fight for the second time
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Afghan mom had to decide whether to forgo escape – or leave some of her kids behind
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Surviving combat only to die at home: Retired Staff Sgt. Wesley Black is picking out his coffin at 35 years old
A member of the Armed Forces takes part in the Flags-In ceremony, where more than 1,000 service members place flags in front of more than 260,000 headstones on May 27, 2021, in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
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As America winds down its longest war, the effects are felt by those who served as well as their families
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Trump ‘continued to put us in danger’ by referencing us, says Rachel Vindman, wife of key impeachment witness
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What’s in it for them? Wounded veterans and Gold Star families answer Trump’s question about why troops serve
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As Trump loses his generals, he clings to the legacy of Confederate failure
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Military spouses across the US organize and march in support of Black Lives Matter
Marine Corps Lance Corporal Robby Mathews in Afghanistan.
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What’s killing Staff Sergeant Wesley Black? The VA doesn’t want to talk about it
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More than a third of military families said they have no one to ask for a favor, survey finds
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The unseen toll of traumatic brain injuries: One veteran asks, ‘What if they could just cut my head off?’
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On Veterans Day, a reminder of a different cost of service: Why military spouses have a hard time getting hired
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For Gold Star families, the ultimate sacrifice comes heavily taxed
Jenny Lee Maldonado hugs her dad Ferdi who is deployed away from his family on Father's Day.
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Military kids honor their dads deployed on Father’s Day
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Second lady Karen Pence: Military mom, military spouse advocate
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The bipartisan bill that could save veterans’ lives
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Planning a family around a war
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How one podcast is tackling the politicization of the military
Bashir Jahan, a 22 year Navy veteran, has been a stay-at-home dad for almost six years now, caring for his three children. His wife is an active duty naval surface warfare officer.
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When mom deploys
MIAMI - MARCH 08: A U.S. Coast Guard boat participates in the Homeland Security Task Force Southeast mass migration drill March 8, 2007 off the shore of Miami, Florida. Hundreds of response personnel from more than 50 local, county, state and federal agencies participated in the two-day exercise that was simulating a large, sudden change in the migration process in Cuba and the United States' response. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Coast Guard families were pushed to their breaking points in the shutdown. They don’t expect it to be the last
FORT DRUM, NY - MAY 17: A father and son walk from a welcome-home ceremony for soldiers returning from Iraq on May 17, 2016 at Fort Drum, New York. More than 1,000 members of the 10th Mountain Division 1st Brigade Combat Team are returning home after a 9-month deployment in Iraq as part of Operation Inherent Resolve to train and advise Iraqi forces fighting the Islamic State. The 10th Mountain brigade was replaced in Iraq by the 101st Airborne 2nd Brigade Combat Team based at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
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It’s time to bridge the military-civilian divide in the US