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Devastating injuries
Soldiers lose limbs, forever changing their lives.

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Part IV: For 2 soldiers, families, lives changed
In that dreadful December, every day brought bloodshed, every week hundreds of attacks on Americans and Iraqis.

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Report: Sub leaked radioactive water steadily since 2006
TOKYO — An American nuclear-powered submarine leaked radiation for more than two years, releasing the bulk of the material in its home port of Guam and at Pearl Harbor, Japanese and U.S. officials said Thursday.

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Coastie of the year

And the winner is ...

Marine Sciences Technician 1st Class Anthony Clark

Absentee voting

Deadlines near

Your complete, state-by-state guide to make sure you can vote in the November elections.

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This week: Request you stay clear. Our O.O.D. is ...

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Shipmate = screw-up?

Talk of heritage and tradition is taking a back seat as some compare the word’s current usage to an insult. Who’s to blame? How can the Navy rescue “shipmate”? Or should the term just be sunk?

DISCUSS: Does it offend you?

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Time for change?

You’re in charge. You have 48 hours to effect change. Where would you start? What would be your top 10 priorities?

DISCUSS: Where to start?
FILE: Claims online
IMPROVE: Use the Web
EDITORIAL: Fuel to the fire
CONCERNS: Mental health

HONOR THE FALLEN

Abe Lincoln said ...

“I am greatly obliged to you, and to all who have come forward at the call of their country.”

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Quick question

Media at military funerals
The Army, the executive agency for Arlington National Cemetery, is reviewing its policy on media coverage of funerals in the wake of an internal clash among cemetery officials. How much access should the media be given to cover service members' funerals?