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Go green with your lights to show support for veterans (VIDEO)

GreenLight A Vet is a simple way for people to express their support and appreciation for the men and women who serve in the U.S. military.

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Mom captures emotional moment at memorial with hearing impaired son

As 10-year-old Darren, who is hearing impaired, went to leave the cemetery, he turned to the rows of burials and displayed the sign for “I love you.”

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Photographer captures risque photos of nearly naked veteran amputees

When Michael Stokes started photographing veterans who lost limbs while serving in the Middle East, he didn't aim for somber, he aimed for sexy… and that's exactly what he achieved.

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They want brains… the VA, that is

The VA wants to study the brains of individuals when they are both living and deceased in an effort to better understand – and in turn diagnose and treat – a variety of mental health conditions.

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Owner of moving company hones in on valuable skills of veterans (VIDEO)

“Discipline, responsibility, these kinds of things. These are very, very important to uphold such a high level of customer satisfaction,” said Jesse Gartman, who founded the moving company in 2011.

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Females, cadets among highest at risk for suicide attempts

“Once [soldiers] have completed suicide, there's nothing you can do about it. They are dead,” lead author Dr. Robert Ursano explained. “So you try to work backward.”

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Military veterans are ‘invaders’—don’t thank them

The day after Memorial Day, after I was thinking of my buddies who died in various parts of the world, I saw a diatribe about "over-thanking" our troops on social media by a fellow American who "loves guns." Then a similar article in the NYT.

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Veterans help send youth shooters to college (VIDEO)

Les Piniak of the American Legion Post 104 said the program provides education and valuable skills for the youth, while keeping the veterans busy and feeling young again.

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Bradley Cooper: ‘American Sniper’ inciting a discussion that has nothing to do with vets (AUDIO)

"We looked at hopefully igniting attention about the lack of care that goes to vets," Cooper said, citing that 22 veterans commit suicide every day, but that the conversations concerning controversy are drawing the focus away from that fact.

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War Ink: 24 veterans… 100 tattoos… 1,000 stories (VIDEO)

The online exhibit will go live on Veteran's Day and will feature the tattoos of two dozen combat veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and chose ink as memorials for those who are no longer here.

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