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  Pressing Memories Of War

  By Kendall Hunter | Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:17 PM ET

  as he traveled, along with the paper he made from his fatigues. (He learned the paper-making at a worshop in Burlington while serving in the National Guard in Vermont.)Eventually, he attracted the interest of other vets and started doing workshops with them. The vets write poetry o Read More

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  Pittsburgh Steels for the G-20

  By Ben Corbett | Sat Sep 19, 2009 9:24 AM ET

  900 police officers on its force, the city will be hiring an additional 3,100 temporary officers, including 1,000 state police. What's more, the National Guard will also be on standby with 2,000 troops. The tab for all this muscle? The mayor's office said it could hit $19.5 million, with th Read More

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  Back to School GIs

  By Lisa Germinsky | Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:48 PM ET

  The government will bankroll most of the $100,000 tuition."It definitely makes it more valuable," Reininger, 25, a member of the New York Army National Guard, said of his combat experience. "Without that deployment, I couldn't be eligible for anything."For some however, its difficult t Read More

  More like this in: Education, Associated Press, Housing, Veterans, Vietnam, Columbia University, Tuition, Vietnam War
• A Family Affair

  By Lisa Germinsky | Fri Jul 3, 2009 10:42 PM ET

  Ryan, 25, Jared, 23, and Seth, 20, as they left to serve in Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment of the 48th Brigade, Georgia Army National Guard. And, while this occurrence is rare, the Pentagon says it's not unheard of. For obvious reasons, however, commanding officers won' Read More

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  An Afterlife for Ambulances — in Afghanistan

  By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Jun 18, 2009 6:51 AM ET

  violence.It’s all the doing of Kevin Paicos, Hingham's new town administrator, who has done a tour in Afghanistan as a medic with his National Guard Special Forces unit. While there, he had an arresting experience: after stabilizing a boy who’d been hit by a truck, he asked for a Read More

  More like this in: Nonprofit, Boston, Afghanistan, Massachusetts, World, Science, Social Responsibility, Life & Style, Asia, Healthcare, Giving, Activism, Health & Fitness
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  Homes For Homeless Veterans

  By Erin Green | Tue Jun 9, 2009 4:21 AM ET

  from overseas today, face unprecedented difficulties.“I think the biggest change is the men and women fighting oversees right now had been in the National Guard and were family people, and have now been called up to duty to serve in forward points overseas,” explains HELP USA CEO Laurenc Read More

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