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Afghanistan

Sikh Army captain wins right to wear turban, beard

WASHINGTON – A practicing Sikh who is a captain in the U.S. Army and fought for the right to wear the beard, long hair and turban that reflect his faith while on duty, won his battle for religious freedom after months of debate with Pentagon officials. On March 30, the

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Army ordered to back off testing Sikh soldier

WASHINGTON – A serving U.S. Army officer who went to court to keep his beard for religious reasons notched a significant victory Thursday, when a federal judge blocked special tests for the decorated veteran while the case is pending. Federal District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington ruled that the Defense

Marine

Ex-Marine plans website devoted to War on Terror veterans

Marine veteran Thomas Brennan's road to launching The War Horse, an ambitious nonprofit news site dedicated to covering the military community, began with a therapy session. In 2012, the Randolph native was struggling with a host of mental and physical ills following deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. The

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After vet felled by PTSD, service dog Honor aids family now

CLYDE, N.C. (AP) — Part of the Labrador retriever's training was to sense when the demons of war had invaded Wade Baker's dreams. "I was having a nightmare, a flashback," Baker, a Gulf War veteran, once told an interviewer. "And I woke up