In west suburban Lisle, volunteers assemble care packages for troops serving in the Middle East, Africa and the Pacific Rim. Each box is stuffed with 25 pounds of surprises from home.
How to get free admission to national parks
Gold Star Families simply need to download and print a free access voucher, which they sign and either present upon arrival or place on their dashboard at unattended sites. By signing it, they self-certify they are eligible next of kin (NOK) of a member of the United States Armed Forces who lost his or her life in a qualifying situation, such as war, an international terrorist attack or a military operation outside of the United States while serving in the United States Armed Forces.
Veterans can receive a pass by presenting one of the following forms of identification at a host of designated locations:
How to Observe Memorial Day During the Pandemic
How to Observe Memorial Day During the Pandemic
6 ways to honor the fallen this year Share this story Published 1 hour ago Above image credit: An aerial view of the National World War I Museum and Memorial, which has a full slate of Memorial Day weekend events scheduled this year. (File photo)
On Memorial Day in 2019, visitors browsed the solemn exhibits of the Pearl Harbor National Memorial in Honolulu surrounded by 2,390 six-by-eight-inch U.S. flags, each tagged with the name and duty assignment of a person who died in the attack that prompted the United States’ entry into World War II.
Gold Star children strive to keep their father s memory alive
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For families with loved ones who served in the military, itâs a gut-wrenching feeling when the time for deployment comes. Some soldiers never return home. For the soldiers who die in combat, their families are known as Gold Star families.
Every day is Memorial Day for families whose soldiers have paid the ultimate sacrifice. Teenagers Kristain and Alyssa Alvarez, who lost their father in the line of duty, say itâs a hole that can never be filled, the siblings are wearing blue and running to keep his memory alive.
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Congress will likely pass a law this year changing how sexual assault prosecutions are handled in the military, but lawmakers are now also questioning how another serious issue is handled in the ranks: Domestic violence.
Currently, commanders at the lowest levels have the authority to determine the initial disposition for domestic abuse cases within the military. However, a recent Government Accountability Office report found that domestic abuse training is not being properly conducted, and that some commanders and chaplains were sweeping cases under the rug.
“A Defense Department official told us that as of November 2020, officials were not aware of any initiatives within DoD to study risk associated with the current disposition model or the feasibility of potential alternatives. Performing such an assessment could provide the department and the military services with a better understanding of such risks and the resulting potential impact,” Brenda Farrell, dire