USO Gives Thanks During Holiday Season
Navy Mobilization Processing Site (NMPS) hosted the 6th Annual Thanksgiving luncheon on Naval Station Norfolk Nov. 15. Read More
View ArticleHero Summit Encourages Americans to Support Military Families
Wounded Warrior Program advocate on Fort Riley, Kan., talks to ABC News correspondent Deborah Roberts during a Hero Summit panel Read More
View ArticleSoldiers ‘Engineer’ Holiday Homecoming
Eighty Massachusetts families have a little more to be thankful for this year, as their Service Members return to them after a year-long deployment to Afghanistan. Read More
View ArticleDelivering Mail Before Christmas
Don't forget to ship all of your items on time so they reached your loved ones. Read More
View ArticleLast Week of November Proclaimed National Family Week
President Barack Obama has proclaimed the week of November 24-30, National Family Week. Read More
View ArticleWorth A Thousand Words: Happy Thanksgiving
U.S. sailors display a Thanksgiving Day turkey on the mess deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7) underway in the Caribbean Sea, Nov. 24, 1983. Read More
View ArticleVolunteers Give Back to Military Families
Military and civilian volunteers at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling braved cold morning winds to help make the Thanksgiving holiday more enjoyable for 130 military families. Read More
View ArticleHagel Issues Thanksgiving Day Message
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel reminds DoD employees that the service and sacrifice of men and women in uniform helped inspire the American tradition of Thanksgiving from the very beginning. Read More
View ArticleSoldiers, Families Celebrate Thanksgiving Worldwide
U.S. soldiers and their family members are gearing up to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday around the world. Find out what they're doing to celebrate and stay connected. Read More
View ArticleAmbassador Rice Thanks Troops in Afghanistan
On her first foreign trip as National Security Advisor, U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice spent three and a half days in Afghanistan to thank U.S. troops and civilians for their service. Read More
View ArticleMy Favorite Holiday
4th of July is upon us and all I can do is smile. Here is a short story on why the 4th of July is my favorite holiday of the year. Read More
View ArticleWhat It Takes To Get Deployed Troops Thanksgiving Dinner
It's important for the DoD to get deployed troops a taste of home for Thanksgiving, but getting thousands of pounds of food overseas is no easy task. Read More
View ArticleHow Military Efforts Helped Bring About Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a centuries-old American tradition, but it wasn't an annual event at first. The military kind of helped make it so. Read More
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