Tag: military life
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Military update: Health care for military kids getting a boost
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Defense Health Agency says it has embraced and begun to adopt recommendations to improve health care services for military children. The recommendations come from independent medical experts on the Defense Health Board, a federal…
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Military update: Health care for military kids getting a boost
The Defense Health Agency says it has embraced and begun to adopt recommendations to improve health care services for military children. The recommendations come from independent medical experts on the Defense Health Board, a federal advisory panel serving the defense secretary. Most recently, it spent almost two years studying how effectively health care is delivered…
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Fort Carson offers Teddy Bear Clinic for injured stuffed animals
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Children of Colorado Springs-area military families can bring their worn and damaged stuffed animals to be sutured and fixed up during this week’s Teddy Bear Clinic at the Fort Carson Veterinary Center. In its second…
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PHOTOS: Trump hails the fallen and their families at Arlington
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ARLINGTON, Va. — President Donald Trump expressed his nation’s “boundless and undying” gratitude Monday to Americans who have fallen in battle and to the families they left behind, hailing as heroes the hundreds of thousands…
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Fort Carson offers Teddy Bear Clinic for injured stuffed animals
Children of Colorado Springs-area military families can bring their worn and damaged stuffed animals to be sutured and fixed up during this week’s Teddy Bear Clinic at the Fort Carson Veterinary Center. In its second year, the event provides training for veterinary techicians and veterinary food inspectors to improve suturing skills and prepare for emergency…
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PHOTOS: Trump hails the fallen and their families at Arlington
ARLINGTON, Va. — President Donald Trump expressed his nation’s “boundless and undying” gratitude Monday to Americans who have fallen in battle and to the families they left behind, hailing as heroes the hundreds of thousands buried at Arlington National Cemetery. In his first Memorial Day remarks as president, Trump told the stories of two soldiers…
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Peterson Air Force Base marks string of birthdays
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Peterson Air Force Base held a birthday party last week where the participants got to pick the celebrated age. Like 25? You can celebrate the silver anniversary of the 21st Space Wing. Is a mature…
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Colorado Springs and WWI memorialized by words and deeds of Battery C
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As much as World War II is celebrated in Colorado Springs, the war that preceded it is all but forgotten. World War II veterans have their big monument at Memorial Park – five stories tall with bells to toll in their honor every hour. Veterans…
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Colorado Springs and WWI memorialized by words and deeds of Battery C
As much as World War II is celebrated in Colorado Springs, the war that preceded it is all but forgotten. World War II veterans have their big monument at Memorial Park – five stories tall with bells to toll in their honor every hour. Veterans of the trenches have just a diminutive doughboy to recall…
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Peterson Air Force Base marks string of birthdays
Peterson Air Force Base held a birthday party last week where the participants got to pick the celebrated age. Like 25? You can celebrate the silver anniversary of the 21st Space Wing. Is a mature 35 more to your liking? Blow out the candles for Air Force Space Command. Bigger numbers were offered, too –…