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	USS Kittiwake Shipmates (1968-1972) by Reunion committee · Pentagon/Barracks A reunion page for the men who served on the Kittiwake, 1968-1972: the 2000 reunion, a roster and sea stories.
	The Navy Wife's Survival Guide by Tina R., Norfolk, Virginia · Pentagon/Homefront Deployments, moving every three years, and keeping a family together: notes from a Navy wife.
	Sarge's Army-Navy Surplus BUSINESS Pentagon/Depot Genuine military surplus: field jackets, boots, camping gear and Y2K supplies.
	The Color Guard Page by Cmdr. (Ret.) Walter Briggs, American Legion Post · Pentagon/Parade Flag etiquette, the honor guard at funerals and parades, and the post's fall calendar.
	Letters Home from Boot Camp by The Alvarez family · Pentagon/Anchor A mother's page for her son at Marine Corps boot camp: his letters, the family's replies and graduation day.
	Korea, 1952: A Rifleman's Notebook by Transcribed by his son, Gary Pruett · Pentagon/Barracks A father's Korean War notebook, transcribed by his son, with the family's permission.
	Care Package Central by Wendy Ortiz, Army wife · Pentagon/Homefront What to put in a care package for a deployed soldier, what not to, and the monthly packing party.
	Old Glory Flag & Banner BUSINESS Pentagon/Depot Flags, flagpoles, installation and repair, plus a flag etiquette guide from a veteran-owned business.
	Desert Storm, Still JOURNAL by Travis Hollingsworth · Pentagon/Flight A Gulf War veteran writes about the illness nobody can explain, the VA runaround and his wife's two jobs.
	Thirty Years On JOURNAL by Ray Villarreal · Pentagon/Parade A Vietnam veteran, thirty years home, finally joins a VA group and writes about what he never said.
	PFC Daniels, Reporting by Keon Daniels · Pentagon/Barracks A twenty-year-old Army private at Fort Hood introduces himself to anyone back home who's reading.
	T/5 Andrew J. Hudak, 1921-1999 by Brent Hudak · Pentagon/Homefront My grandfather's war: a combat engineer with the Big Red One from Normandy to Czechoslovakia, and his letters home to his mother.
	The Reveille - VFW Post 5871 Newsletter by Len Kostelnik · Pentagon/Depot The monthly newsletter of our VFW Post and Ladies Auxiliary: meetings, bingo, Voice of Democracy, service officer hours and Last Roll Call.
	Holding Down the Fort by Sherri Dunbar · Pentagon/Homefront An Army wife in Germany with two kids keeps the home fires going while her husband serves with the peacekeepers in Kosovo.
	Coming Home Slow by Dennis Seitz · Pentagon/Barracks Poems by an Indiana man who served with the 25th Infantry Division in 1968 and 1969. About the rain, and coming home.
	Gettysburg 135th - My Reenactment Album, July 1998 by James Pereyra · Pentagon/Parade Four days in wool at the 135th anniversary reenactment of Gettysburg, July 1998: camp, drill, the battles, the heat, and my wife Frances in hoops.
	Welcome Home, Jaime! - August 20, 1999 by Amy Reno · Pentagon/Homefront Six months, one baby he'd never met, and a pier full of families in Norfolk. My husband's ship came home August 20. Here's the whole day.
	Yellow Ribbons for Andrew: Our Year Apart by Robin Morgan · Pentagon/Homefront My husband is in Bosnia with the 1st Armored Division. His letters, care packages, the kids' calendar, and the countdown to coming home!
	Bruno: Scout Dog, Vietnam 1970-71 by Dick Driver · Pentagon/Barracks Bruno walked point with me for eleven months in Vietnam. When I came home, he wasn't allowed to. For the dogs and their handlers.
	The Canal Watch - Duluth Lift Bridge Cam by Donald Fretwell · Pentagon/Anchor Lakers, salties and the Aerial Lift Bridge, live every two minutes from my window in Duluth. Thirty Coast Guard years and I still watch boats.
	Earl Ferguson's Glenn Miller Page by Earl Ferguson · Pentagon/Homefront Danced to Glenn Miller in 1941, heard his Army band in England in 1944. His life, his records, and the night he played our base.
	Fulda Gap: An Old Tanker Reads Tom Clancy by Henry Vergara · Pentagon/Parade Twenty-six years in the Army, half of them in Germany waiting for Red Storm Rising to happen. An old tanker grades Tom Clancy, book by book.
	Crew Chief: Louis Smith, 332nd Fighter Group by Willie Smith · Pentagon/Flight My big brother kept P-51s flying for the Red Tails in Italy. For Louis Smith, 1922 to 1998, and the men who fixed the planes.
	Shipmates Online: Putting Your Ship's Reunion on the Web by Keith Murphey · Pentagon/Anchor Our ship's page found eleven shipmates the mailings never reached. How to put your reunion on the Web, from a WWII destroyer escort sailor.
	Back in the Cockpit at 80 by John Davis · Pentagon/Flight I flew P-47 Thunderbolts in 1944 and 1945. My grandson gave me Combat Flight Simulator. What it gets right, what it gets wrong, and what I remember.
	Somewhere Under the Atlantic by Joann Whitted · Pentagon/Anchor My husband is on a Trident submarine out of Kings Bay. No calls, no letters, a few short familygrams. How we wives get through a patrol.
	You Know You're an Air Force Brat When... by Kirsten Osborne · Pentagon/Homefront Nine moves in eighteen years, three high schools and no good answer to 'Where are you from?' Seventy signs, from an Air Force kid.
	The 4077th Through a Medic's Eyes by Wesley Kobayashi · Pentagon/Barracks I was an Army medic in Korea in 1951. What MAS*H got right, what it got wrong, and the ten episodes I still watch.
	Grandma's Sunday Stories for Alexis by Ramona Peasley · Pentagon/Homefront My granddaughter lives in Germany, where her daddy is stationed. Each Sunday I write her a farm bedtime story, and he reads it to her.
	Buffalo Soldier Heritage Troop of Kansas City by Elbert and Maria Jackson · Pentagon/Barracks We portray the 10th Cavalry's troopers and the women who served beside them, on horseback and in classrooms. Their history, our programs, our kit.
	Fifteen-Two: The Chief's Cribbage Page by Billy Banks · Pentagon/Anchor A retired Navy chief's cribbage page: how to count a hand, the 29, muggins, skunks, the boards I make, and Thursday night at the VFW.
	Semper Fi, Mijo by Betty Alvardo · Pentagon/Homefront My son left for Marine boot camp in San Diego in June and graduated September 3. A mom's survival guide, from the first letter to Family Day.
	Lt. Lily Elam, Army Nurse Corps by Eva Burke · Pentagon/Homefront My mother was an Army nurse in England and France. Her war, her forty years of nursing after it, and our trip to Arlington.
	Nick's Page - Shipping Out! by Nickolas O'Brien · Pentagon/Anchor Class of '98 and off to Great Lakes August 18! Senior year, the Delayed Entry Program, what to bring, and my truck (for sale).
	The Girls of Plant Two: Hallett Aircraft, 1942-1945 by Ruth Casella · Pentagon/Homefront We built airplane parts in Bridgeport, Conn., while our men were overseas. Our 1999 luncheon, our roster by maiden name, and how it really was.
	Thursday Nights at the Vet Center by Wayne Sibley · Pentagon/Barracks Home from Vietnam in 1969, I spent twenty-four years not talking about it. Then I walked into the Vet Center. PTSD, from a vet and his wife.
	Catawba Valley Militia - Revolutionary War Living History by Anthony Beall · Pentagon/Parade We portray the backcountry militia of the Carolinas in the Southern campaign of 1780-81. Events, our kit, how to enlist, and the battles we remember.
	Back to Omaha Beach - Normandy, June 1999 by Louis Flynt · Pentagon/Barracks I came ashore on Omaha Beach on June 7, 1944, at nineteen. Fifty-five years later my grandson took me back. Here is what I saw.

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