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During her decade in the Army, Debra Gipson made a habit of speaking up for herself and others, no small feat in an organization where soldiers are taught to toe the line.
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When Scott Morningstar graduated high school, he knew college wasn’t what he was looking for. He got a steady job bending tubes, but it wasn't much of a…
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When Sontina Barnes joined the Army in 1993, she was looking for something new.“I was a junior at N.C. State and I was burned out,” she recalled.At the…
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When James Dantzler graduated high school in 1966, he found no one was hiring young men who were likely to be drafted for the Vietnam War. So he joined…
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Doug and Helen Lovern met while serving in the Air Force in the early 1970s. They worked night shifts together in the intensive care unit while stationed…
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Mike Bressler and Raymond Mangelsdorf never served in the same unit, or even the same branch of the armed forces, but roughly a decade after deploying to…
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Patti Elliott remembers her youngest son Lucas was always “kind of an adrenaline junky.”He started shooting with a high-powered rifle competition team at…
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Charlotte resident David Englert served 21 years in the military, first in the Marines, then in the Air Force. Just before his 18-year-old son Logan left…
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Raleigh resident and Purple Heart veteran Tarsha Burroughs decided to join the Army Reserves after studying education. She was in the middle of teaching a…
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When Ted Corcoran joined the Army in 2000, he needed a steady job and a place to live. "I wish I had a noble reason for joining the military, but in…