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‘I’ll bounce back,’ top Marine vows in 1st video since cardiac arrest

“It’s not the first time I’ve been knocked down," Gen. Eric Smith said. "When I was shot in 2004, I bounced back from that."

By Irene Loewenson

5 months ago

President Joe Biden and chef Robert Irvine, right, help serve a "friendsgiving" meal to service members and their relatives at the Norfolk Naval Station on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, in Norfolk, Va.

Bidens start Thanksgiving week by having dinner with service members

President Joe Biden is set to visit naval installations in Virginia for an early kickoff to the Thanksgiving holiday week.

6 months ago

Bidens serve Thanksgiving meal to service members, families at Fort Bragg

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden helped serve Thanksgiving dinner to service members and their families at Fort Bragg.

By Rachael Riley, The Fayetteville Observer

2 years ago

COVID-19 doesn’t stop Thanksgiving for troops overseas

However Thanksgiving will look for deployed servicemembers this year, the DLA’s troop support program is providing warfighters with Thanksgiving meals, as it does annually.

By Jared Morgan

3 years ago

Veterans share Thanksgiving deployment stories

Many service members are deployed during Thanksgiving. Here are their stories.

By Sarah Sicard

3 years ago

Trump thanks troops in Afghanistan, says Taliban want a cease-fire deal

President Donald Trump paid a surprise Thanksgiving visit to Afghanistan, where he announced the U.S. and the Taliban have been engaged in ongoing peace talks and said he believes the Taliban want a cease-fire.

By Jill Colvin, The Associated Press

4 years ago

Congress passes deal to avert Thanksgiving government shutdown, but December shutdown looms

Lawmakers passed a budget extension until Dec. 20, preventing a funding disruption for now.

By Leo Shane III and Joe Gould

4 years ago

From turkeys to TVs, these military stores are bringing Thanksgiving deals your way

Don't forget your military stores as you hunt for bargains this holiday season.

By Karen Jowers

4 years ago

Volunteer group Soldiers’ Angels helps vets at home, afar

The war in Iraq was still in its first year when Patti Patton-Bader’s son, a soldier there, told her that he was one of the few service members he knew who was getting care packages.

By Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express News via the AP

5 years ago

Thanksgiving weekend liberty held hostage over Marine video posted to Terminal Lance

A battalion commander recently attempted to withhold his unit’s Thanksgiving weekend liberty due to a video posted to the Terminal Lance Instagram page.

By Shawn Snow

5 years ago

Trump rails against court, migrants in call to troops

President Donald Trump used a Thanksgiving Day call to troops deployed overseas to pat himself on the back and air grievances about the courts, trade and migrants heading to the U.S.-Mexico border.

By Jill Colvin, The Associated Press

5 years ago

‘That smells like death... expired death’ — man tries MREs for first time

YouTube sensation Alonzo Lerone dived headfirst into a number of items from that treasured brown bag — and his comments do not disappoint.

5 years ago