Each year, 60 outstanding military-affiliated students are given the opportunity to pursue their educational goals and continue their service, whether in the military or in their communities.
6 September 2012

Moving forward and continuing to serve

Each year, 60 outstanding military-affiliated students are given the opportunity to pursue their educational goals and continue their service, whether in the military or in their communities.

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Capt. Sarah Cleveland gets an up close view of a Roughtail Stingray while diving in the Wings in the Water exhibit at the National Aquarium in Baltimore. The exhibit is home to three different types of stingrays and holds 265,000 gallons of man-made salt water. (DOD photo by Sgt. 1st Class Raymond Piper)
18 July 2012

Diving to heal the wounds of war

Capt. David McRaney's dream of scuba diving in Australia seemed impossible after sustaining combat injuries in Afghanistan, until he learned about a wounded warrior dive program.

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Staff Sgt. Erin Gibson, 31, of Covington, Ohio, leans in to reassure her patient, the victim of an IED blast, that she's doing everything she can to relieve his pain. Gibson is a flight medic serving with Task Force Corsair, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Eric Pahon)
16 July 2012

The best Soldiers for the worst moments

Medevac operations are a rollercoaster of emotions, swinging from hours of overwhelming boredom to explosions of frenzied activity every time the radio crackles “Medevac! Medevac! Medevac!”

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Chief Warrant Officer 3 Samuel Banks, a survivor from a Liberian refugee camp in the Ivory Coast, holds up the only things he had with him when he was forced to flee his home country of Liberia, when rebels led by the extremist Charles Taylor invaded from the north and purged entire cities of their citizens. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Winstead, U.S. Army Alaska)
11 July 2012

One man’s journey from refugee to Soldier

Soldiers who know Chief Warrant Officer 3 Samuel Banks call him "the happiest man in the Army," even though the tragic events of his early life have given him more than enough reasons to be bitter.

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