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    A new report alleges members of the Australian Defence Force committed war crimes during operations in Afghanistan.
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    Australian Special Forces Unlawfully Killed 39 In Afghanistan, New Report Says

    Nov 19, 2020
    The findings indicate that Australia's special forces soldiers unlawfully killed 39 Afghans nationals or non-combatants during operations from 2009 to 2013.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Gen. Jim McConville, the Army chief of staff, visiting Fort Irwin in California's Mojave Desert. The Army is working to get back to large-scale training after a three-month hiatus due to concerns about the coronavirus.
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    As America Socially Distances, The Army 'Tactically Disperses'

    May 29, 2020
    The Army plans to resume large-scale combat training in the Mojave Desert in a few weeks, after a three-month hiatus. A recent simulation showed just how that will work with the coronavirus spread.
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    National Security
    1st Lt. Shelby Koontz and Rumi meet after her overnight shift ends. They sit for a scratch session next to the dog house that the soldiers built for Rumi on base.
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    'Raccoon Dog' Wandered Onto Army Base In Syria And Helped Center Soldier

    Apr 10, 2020
    When Rumi wandered onto a military base in Syria, 1st Lt. Shelby Koontz took her in. She didn't want to abandon Rumi when her deployment ended, so Koontz used social media to find her a forever home.
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    Service members and civilians walk through a store on Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska in 2017. The Army and Air Force Exchange Service, which oversees military retail facilities, recommended this week that stores show sports instead of news on their co
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    Military Stores Asked To Stop Showing 'Divisive' News On Their TVs

    Apr 10, 2019
    The Army and Air Force Exchange Service initially recommended that facilities feature sports programming. An updated memo tells facilities to make adjustments based on "the news of the day."
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    Goats and Soda
    Charles Watmon and his dog, Ogen Rwot, in the house they share in Gulu, Uganda.
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    How Dogs Are Lending A Paw To Uganda's Traumatized War Veterans

    Nov 29, 2017
    In Uganda, dogs are not typically pets and are often feared. But one young man decided to see if therapy dogs might be helpful for traumatized veterans of the civil war.
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    Military medics, medical corps and technicians from every branch of the military attend courses at the Medical Education and Training Campus in San Antonio.
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    Lessons From 2 War Zones Make A Difference In Medic Training

    Nov 02, 2016
    Nearly every medic in the U.S. military is now trained in San Antonio. Shaped by combat experience in Iraq and Afghanistan, that training has evolved to improve care and save more lives.
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    The recently discovered letter is one of only three known letters written by Walt Whitman on behalf of a soldier.
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    Walt Whitman's Letter For A Dying Soldier To His Wife Discovered

    Mar 12, 2016
    Jackie Budell of the National Archives talks about a newly discovered a letter written by Walt Whitman, who visited hospitals and wrote letters on behalf of injured soldiers during the Civil War.
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    Starting Over
    As an Army chaplain in Iraq, David Peters administered last rites and grieved with survivors. When he came home, he says, he "fell apart emotionally and spiritually."
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    An Army Chaplain, First Tested By War, Finds His Faith Renewed

    Jan 06, 2015
    When David Peters went to Iraq as an Army chaplain, his relationship with God faltered. But after years of feeling adrift, he eventually found that the trauma of war had actually deepened his faith.
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    Who Will Stand - Documentary

    Jul 23, 2009
    The alcoholism rate among recent war veterans is four times the national average. The divorce rate for soldiers in Iraq has tripled since the beginning of the war.
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    Soldier Documentary

    Jul 03, 2009
    We talk with local filmmakers Phil Valentine and Gerald Gillock about the film "Who Will Stand." The documentary looks at both the physical and psychological problems soldiers face when they return from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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