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Service members have a variety of educational benefits available to them within the armed forces that allow them to both improve themselves and make themselves more valuable to their service branch.
Since 1901, the civilian apprenticeship program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Wash., has trained civilians in more than two dozen shipyard trades.
Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Cade Crenshaw, a behavioral health technician at Naval Hospital Bremerton, Wash., is determined to help service members remember their shared purpose and keep them in the fight.
When the enemy attacked, Army 1st Lt. Brian Miles Thacker knew the troops at his small Vietnamese firebase would be overrun, but he refused to let them get trapped.
The Battle of Okinawa, which lasted from April 1, 1945, to June 22, 1945, was World War II's largest and bloodiest battle in the Pacific theater and the last major battle of the war.
Medal of Honor recipients gathered at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia to observe National Medal of Honor Day with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Employees at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Wash., work hard to ensure the safe and efficient disposal of decommissioned nuclear vessels when they reach the end of their service life.
At the National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas, museum visitors can see an impressive collection of artifacts, from battle and dress uniforms of recipients to flags, dog tags, family photos and firearms dating back to World War I.
The small team of workers at The Institute of Heraldry not only create military emblems and insignia, they also conduct quality assurance checks to make sure those products are worthy of the institutions they represent.
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