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Military February 23, 2022

Militry.com: Thousands of Veterans May See Disability Deadline Waived as Supreme Court Takes Up Case; 7 Important Things to Know About the First US Navy Seabees; What Lies Beneath: Vets Worry Polluted Base Made Them Ill and more ->

 
 
 
 
Task & Purpose: Why a Marine who helped raise the flag on Iwo Jima kept it a secret for decades “I told him he was a hero — to which he said, ‘No, I was a Marine.’”; The true story behind one of the Vietnam War’s most famous photographs Watson Baldwin, in the middle of the clearing, gazed skyward and spread opens his arms to guide the helicopter in to receive help from above.; Pentagon worried the ‘Nintendo Generation’ can’t survive boot camp because their bones are weak “The ‘Nintendo Generation’ soldier skeleton is not toughened by activity prior to arrival, so some of them break more easily.”‘Sweat, piss and hate’ — What it smells like to carry hundreds of troops in an Air Force C-17 “The Army can be very messy passengers, think toddlers hopped up on energy drinks.” And more ->

 
 
 
 

DoD: Actress, TV Host Sheryl Underwood Also Served in the Air Force and more ->