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Ava and Sierra, daughters of Staff Sgt. Andrew Stevens, embrace each other on Fort Meade, Md. U.S. Photo by Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.
July 31, 2018 | By DoD’s Katie Lange
Military children endure unique challenges — saying goodbye to deployed parents, moving often, changing schools, making new friends frequently and adapting constantly. For that, they deserve our respect and admiration.
To show your support, everyone is encouraged to wear purple Wednesday as part of the annual Purple Up! campaign, which gives thanks to military kids for their strength and sacrifice.
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Army Lt. Col. John Hall, a public affairs officer with the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team in Vicenza, Italy, takes a selfie with French boys dressed as soldiers in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, June 2, 2018. Hall was participating in the D-Day commemoration and the boys were playing as guards at a campground near the American forces. Photo by Lt. Col. John Hall
Read more: Meet Your Military: ‘Sky Soldier’ Jumps Off Cliff to Save Drowning Man
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Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Scott Michael Dahn and Ching-Yi Sze pose for a photo in Okinawa, Japan, May 24, 2018. Dahn rescued Ching-Yi while she was scuba diving at Okinawa’s Maeda Point, May 20, 2018. Photo by Cpl. Andrew Neumann
OKINAWA, Japan -- By Cpl. Andrew Neumann
An expert Marine Corps diver came to the rescue of a Hong Kong woman who was scuba diving on her honeymoon here, May 20. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Scott Dahn was practicing rescue diving at Maeda Point when he saw the woman, Ching-Yi Sze, start to panic.
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Former contemporary Christian singer-songwriter and Navy linguist Paden Smith sits in the center row as one of 15 graduates of the Uniformed Services University's Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., May 16, 2018. Photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Pagan
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Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael Thompson, an electronic systems mechanic serving with the West Virginia Air National Guard’s 167th Airlift Wing poses for a photo in Martinsburg, W.Va., May 3, 2018. A Vietnam veteran helped Thompson’s family and inspired him to join the military.
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MARTINSBURG, W. Va -- By Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Emily Beightol-Deyerle
Forty-three years ago, as the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong took over the South Vietnam capital city of Saigon, thousands of refugees fled their home country and the communist government.
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