Topic: Military Families
President Barack Obama Tuesday came face to face with Stanley McChrystal, the Afghan war commander he sacked for insubordination, at the launch of a major new effort to help military families.Obama, his wife Michelle, Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House launched on Tuesday a "Joining Forces" initiative to encourage non-government support of the particular needs of military families.Leading the initiative, First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, will travel to ...
As the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq continue, more and more American soldiers are surviving impossible injuries as the result of improved medical treatment and state-of-the-art rehabilitation. To help support the effort, journalist and television anchor Jane Pauley took part in a ...
Military police are investigating "despicable" fake calls to families of Canadian soldiers deployed in Afghanistan to say their sons or husbands had died in combat, authorities said Wednesday.The impostor telephone calls were made to families of soldiers based at Canadian Forces Base ...
Musician John Ondrasik and 13 other artists are thanking U.S. military members for their service by offering their talents for a CD called " "I'm excited to launch CD 'For the Troops IV' with a new roster of fantastic artists and great ...
Mental and behavioral problems cause children of U.S. soldiers deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan and other war zones to need considerably more outpatient medical visits than those with non-deployed parents, a new study suggests.. "It's statistically significant, but I also think it's clinically ...
It is Veteran's Day and we want to say thank you to past and present members of our military services and a thank you to their families as well. Throughout the country, there will be parades and celebrations, and hopefully reminders to ...
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That is how it can sometimes seem to the spouse of a military service member. The military makes very high demands on those who wear the uniform and for those married to a military service member; the demands can be just as ...
What is a real hero? The Ranger school turns out some of the toughest warriors in the world, paratroopers and special operations soldiers. Calling upon the inner strength he had discovered in Ranger training, Gibson was able to move his comrade to ...