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A member of the U.S. Navy salutes while lining the Presidential Inaugural parade route along Pennsylvania Ave during a dress rehersal January 13, 2013 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will be ceremonially sworn in for a second four-year term during the 57th Inauguration on January 21. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

US military to end ban on women in combat

Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after more than a decade at war...
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle walk through Arlington National Cemetery after greeting family members of fallen service men and women on Veteran's Day November 11, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. Numerous events are under across the country to honor the nation's current and former service members. (Photo by Lexey Swall/Getty Images)

Nation pays tribute to sacrifices of veterans

Christina Hoag, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - From sea to shining sea, the nation paid tribute to its members of the armed services...
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Alarming breast cancer rates among troops

theGrio
Military Times - Men and women in the armed forces have lower rates of most cancers -- except breast cancer, that is. Breast cancer is affecting not only women in the armed forces at alarming rates, but male service members and veterans as well
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Obama meets with wounded soldiers at Walter Reed

Stacy A. Anderson, Associated Press
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - President Barack Obama is meeting with wounded service members from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at the Walter ReedNational Military Medical Center...
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In this Jan. 23, 1942 black-and-white file photo, Major James A. Ellison, left, returns the salute of Mac Ross of Dayton, Ohio, as he inspects the cadets at the Basic and Advanced Flying School for Negro Air Corps Cadets at the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Ala. Sixty years after President Truman desegregated the military, senior black officers are still rare, particularly among the highest ranks. (AP Photo/U.S. Army Signal Corps, File)

Honor black America's truest heroes

Rep. Charles Rangel
OPINION - As we memorialize and pay tribute to all of our fallen heroes on this year’s Memorial Day, it is important to embrace those soldiers who have been historically overlooked...
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Before 1940, African-Americans were barred from flying for the U.S. military. Civil rights organizations and the black press exerted pressure that resulted in the formation of an all African-American pursuit squadron based in Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1941. They became known as the Tuskegee Airmen.

Remembering America's black war heroes

Marquise Francis
SLIDESHOW - This Memorial Day, theGrio has compiled a list of African-American war heroes who have left their mark on this great nation...
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Life after combat still a struggle for vets

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - Veterans can find it difficult to get hired because some employers worry their skills do not translate to non-military work...
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Slideshow: The Tuskegee Airmen's legacy still soars

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SLIDESHOW - America's first black military fighter pilots, the Tuskegee Airmen used their intelligence, skill, and courage to ignore discrimination and break racial barriers...
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Black female vets on front line of war at home

Michelle Balani
theGRIO REPORT - Female soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have a more difficult time reintegrating back into society and are more likely to be diagnosed with mental-health conditions than men...
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US soldiers will return to new face battles at home

Goldie Taylor
OPINION - So maybe we don't throw a parade. But maybe we find meaningful solutions to provide more educational and job training opportunities...
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