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US Army history from the year you were born

After years apart, they found their loved ones experiencing homelessness

Julie Crossman sitting on a stoop wearing a red long-sleeve shirt, is the sister of Nanie Crossman who she lost touch with, in Oakland on April 8, 2025

Trump is targeting sanctuary cities. But what is a sanctuary city, anyway?

People hold signs in support of sanctuary city mayors outside the U.S. capitol, on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

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Why Trump wants to ban barcodes on ballots, and what it means for voters and election officials

Election workers scan ballots at the scanning stations of the Philadelphia City Commissioners Office and Election Warehouse on Election Day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 5, 2024.

Without AmeriCorps rural communities will lose essential social services

Americorps reading tutor Kelly Meany, L, gives one-on-one reading instructions to 7-year-old 2nd grader Madissen Moody at C.W. Harris Elementary School in D.C where Corps members play a huge role in DC public schools, teaching kids to read and acting as role models, on Friday, September 19, 2014

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Battling fatigue: Why veterans are at risk for hormone imbalance

Paratroopers getting ready to be deployed.

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Most military spouses have relocated at least once—here are their most common challenges

A man in camo and a young girl moving boxes into a house.

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How does the VA support the nearly half of veterans who are 65 and older?

An older veteran saluting with an American flag waving in the background.

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Veteran homelessness is on the rise despite government efforts—here's how it happens

A man is seated against a backdrop of a military dog tag and an American flag.

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7 alarming veteran mental health statistics (and tips for support)

close up of group therapy setting sitting in a circle, some dressed in military uniforms

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The US is presently involved in 15 'shadow wars': Here's where and why

U.S. Army soldiers patrol the countryside of Rumaylan (Rmeilan) in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on June 7, 2023.

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25 deadliest years in military history since 1980

Navy sailors in uniform carrying a casket covered in a flag.

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On the frontlines: How nurses have responded in conflicts throughout history

American Army nurses march in full war gear.

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States with the most men drafted in World War II

U.S. Marine recruits at Parris Island, South Carolina in 1941.

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A brief history of America's oldest seagoing military branch—and it may not be the one you think

U.S. Coast Guard launching a wooden rescue boat on the beach.