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  • A Florida veteran says he was kicked off a New Jersey boardwalk by a police officer who questioned the validity of his service dog.
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  • Same-sex spouses of military members could get health care, housing and other benefits by the end of August under a proposal being considered by the Pentagon.
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  • Philadelphia Eagles fans arrived at Lincoln Financial Field Monday to watch the team practice. Today is military appreciation day and hundreds of local troops and their guests are among them.
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  • A U.S. military helicopter crashed Monday at an American base on the southern island of Okinawa, and all four crew members are believed to have survived, Japanese and U.S. officials said.
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  • Homers for hope
  • A Naval airman from Bucks County was reunited with his family during a charity baseball game in Camden.
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  • A Bucks County woman's kindness to one soldier has turned into a major project for hundreds of troops!
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  • Vets honor Flag Day in Levittown
  • Dozens of volunteers from the Delaware Valley Vietnam Veterans organization spent Flag Day at Mill Creek Park in Levittown.
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  • Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 4, 2013, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on pending legislation regarding sexual assaults in the military. At the witness table, from left are, Judge Advocate General of the Coast Guard Rear Adm. Frederick J. Kenney Jr.; Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Robert J. Papp Jr.; Staff Judge Advocate to the Marine Corps Commandant Maj. Gen. Vaughn A. Ary; Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James F. Amos; Judge Advocate General of the Army Lt. Gen. Dana K. Chipman; Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno; Dempsey; Legal Counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Brig. Gen. Richard C. Gross; Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert; Judge Advocate General of the Navy Vice Adm. Nanette M. DeRenzi; Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III; and Judge Advocate General of the Air Force Lt. Gen. Richard C. Harding. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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  • Military leaders said Tuesday that sexual assault in the ranks is "like a cancer" that could destroy the force.
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  • helicopter emergency landing
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  • A military helicopter made an emergency landing behind an elementary school in Medford, New Jersey.
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  • Chief Warrant Officer 3 Matthew Ruffner and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jarett Yoder
  • Two Pennsylvania National Guard pilots were killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan on Tuesday.
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  • Chief Warrant Officer 3 Matthew Ruffner and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jarett Yoder
  • Family, friends and colleagues are remembering two Pennsylvania National Guard pilots killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan.
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  • According to school officials, Dr. Stacey R. Sauchuk has been named the first female civilian president at Valley Forge Military Academy and College in Pennsylvania.
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  • Chief Warrant Officer 3 Matthew Ruffner and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jarett Yoder
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  • South Korean soldiers look at North Korea through binoculars from Dora Observation Post near the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 10, 2013. The prospect of a North Korean missile launch is considerably high, South Koreas foreign minister told lawmakers Wednesday as Pyongyang prepared to mark the April 15 birthday of its founder, historically a time when it seeks to draw the worlds attention with dramatic displays of military power. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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  • The prospect of a North Korean missile launch is "considerably high," South Korea's foreign minister told lawmakers Wednesday as Pyongyang calmly prepared to mark the April 15 birthday of its founder, historically a time when it seeks to draw the world's attention with dramatic displays of military power.
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  • The remains of a young American diplomat killed in a terrorist attack in southern Afghanistan have arrived back in the United States.
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  • The family of an American diplomat killed in a terrorist attack in southern Afghanistan has taken solace in knowing she died doing what she loved.
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  • Click play to see why zombies and their victims took over FDR Park in South Philadelphia Sunday.
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  • Secretary of State John Kerry railed against the "cowardly" terrorists responsible for the attack in Afghanistan.
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  • Missile launchers are seen in this undated file photo.
  • C.J. Urquico has lived on Guam for 19 years so he's used to a military backdrop to everyday life. Navy ships visit, Air Force jets fly overhead and war games are played off the Pacific island's shores.
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  • Lance Cpl. William Wild IV
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  • Lance Cpl. William Wild IV
  • The son of a chief master sergeant at Dover Air Force base was one of the Marines killed in an explosion earlier this week.
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  • Action News learned Tuesday that the military's controversial drone program is coming to the Horsham Air Guard Base starting in October.
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  • By adding 14 interceptors to a missile defense system based in Alaska and California, the U.S. is abandoning a critical part of a European system strongly opposed by Russia. Yet the decision also could provide a potential opening for new arms control talks.
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  • A police officer opened fire on U.S. and Afghan forces at a police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, sparking a firefight that killed two U.S. troops and two other Afghan policemen. The attacker was also killed in the shootout, officials said.
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  • Edward Bonfiglio
  • When Edward Bonfiglio walks around his old Runnemede, New Jersey neighborhood, he realizes how lucky he is.
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  • The massive blimp-like aircraft flies but just barely, hovering only a dozen feet off a military hangar floor during flight testing south of Los Angeles.
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  • A soldier who lost all four limbs in a roadside bombing in Iraq says he's looking forward to driving and swimming with new arms.
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  • Iraq war veteran Brendan Marrocco underwent rare double-arm transplant surgery at Johns Hopkins Medical Center
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  • A Tampa socialite is speaking out on the loss of privacy that she says made her a prisoner after she was linked to a scandal.
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  • Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair, fired from his command in Afghanistan last May and now facing a court-martial on charges of sodomy, adultery and pornography.
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  • Sgt. Jose Joaquin Suarez
  • The soldier who was found dead the day after Christmas at Fort Hood in Texas has been identified as a man from Millville, New Jersey.
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  • The Delaware National Guard is saying goodbye to 127 members deploying to Afghanistan.
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  • Computer hackers have illegally gained access to personal information of more than 30,000 people connected to Army commands formerly based at Fort Monmouth.
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  • Testimony is under way for the fourth day of a hearing to determine whether a U.S. Army general will be tried on sex charges.
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  • A local veteran has another milestone to add to already illustrious life story.
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