For the nearly 1,100 National Guard members on duty on the Southwest border, the job they are performing is a mission that is very familiar to many of them.

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In her latest blog, AFPS' Elaine Wilson highlights an op-ed written by First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden that urges Americans to support troops and their families.

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A combined Afghan-coalition force was pursuing a senior Taliban leader when it found and rescued seven imprisoned Afghan citizens during an operation in Helmand province.

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Some 250 members of a nine-month-old medical training advisory group are standing back to enable Afghans to step up and increase their capability.

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Defending America's freedom is a family tradition for Marine Corps Sgt. Dominick Valerio. Not only are his grandfather and two uncles veterans, but his brothers also serve in the U.S. Army.

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More vigilant leadership, pre-screening recruits, and better post-deployment follow up are solutions proposed by the acting director of the Army National Guard for stemming soldier suicides.

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said he is encouraged by what he saw during a visit with troops serving in Afghanistan, especially the partnership between the forces.

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Building Afghan security forces that are capable, professional and sustainable is going to take a long time, but also is key to long-term success, the general who leads the NATO training mission in Afghanistan said.

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Just days after the combat mission in Iraq ended, First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, reminded Americans that their commitment to military families must carry on.

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While military action is necessary in Afghanistan, it's not enough for success, said U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, explaining the need for civic assistance operations.

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News coverage cannot convey the scope of the floods that have ravaged Pakistan, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said.

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Progress in Afghanistan must be gradual and slow to ensure it becomes permanent, Army Lt. Gen. David Rodriguez said while visiting an outpost in Afghanistan with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates.

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Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discussed progress and challenges in Afghanistan with top military and diplomatic officials during a three-hour visit to Kabul.

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Students and teachers at the Pinellas County Science Center in St. Petersburg, Fla., will have an out-of-this-world phone conversation with NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

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To see what life might be like on a distant planet, reporters need only travel to the Arizona desert.

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A NASA team sent to Chile to aid trapped miners will hold a news conference about their work at the San Jose gold and copper mine near Copiapo at noon CDT, Tuesday, Sept. 7.

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Coalition forces employed an air strike against an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan senior member determined to be a deputy shadow governor.

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In her latest blog, AFPS' Elaine Wilson writes about the Department of Defense Education Activity's new virtual high school that's helping to fill in gaps for military students.

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U.S. and coalition troops in southwestern Afghanistan have made significant gains in recent months, but not without sacrifice, said the commander of NATO's regional command southwest.

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Military children attending Department of Defense Education Activity schools deserve the best education possible, the activity's acting director said.

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Sailors prepared and served hot food to people at a local homeless shelter in Baltimore as part of Navy Week activities.

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Though relief efforts may help people in flood-ravaged Pakistan and the rest of the world sees the United States in a more favorable light than they had before, the U.S. objective here simply is to help, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said.

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The Air National Guard's "Wingman Project" trains citizen-airmen and their families to recognize the signs of suicide and help others in need.

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There are now enough resources in Afghanistan to deliver "tangible and lasting results," Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said during a joint news conference in Kabul with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

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The forces are now in place to make major strides in Afghanistan, Army Gen. David H. Petraeus said, with the vast majority of the 30,000 additional troops now in country.

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The U.S. military is boosting its flood-relief capabilities to Pakistan by deploying more aircraft and increasing the number of aid distribution stations in the flood-stricken nation, the Pakistan aid task force commander said.

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The insurgency in southwestern Afghanistan is down to its "last card in the deck," the top military commander in the region said, citing Taliban cash flow problems and manning issues.

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NASA has begun development of a mission to visit and study the sun closer than ever before.

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NASA will commemorate a quarter-century of comet discoveries and discuss upcoming comet encounters during a symposium at 9 a.m. EDT on Friday, Sept. 10, in the Knight Studio of the Newseum.

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NASA has unveiled NASA App HD, a new mobile application designed for the iPad.

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