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2011-11-28
Tibor Rubin's story shows how the great adversity can produce the great character. Sent to a concentration camp as a child, Rubin vowed that he would become a GI Joe after being liberated by American soldiers. He...
2011-11-09
Support Our Troops
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Portraits of Valor: Tibor Rubin
Tibor Rubin's story should be known by every American. Born a Hungarian Jew, he was sent to die in a concentration camp as a child. When freed by Americans, he vowed to God that he would become a GI himself. He later saved...
Just like their human counterparts, these highly trained dogs are deployed worldwide to serve and protect.
2011-10-31
2011-10-19
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2011-10-07
JMonk
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Soldiers Celebrate Faith
The importance of faith during a deployment is pretty easy to understand. Chaplains make sure that deploying members at Ft. Dix have the opportunity to bolster and celebrate their's before leaving for unknown and often...
JMonk
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Servant of God
Vincent Capodanno was a Chaplain during the Vietnam war. He was one of more than 58,000 killed in action there. His story however, didn't end there.
JMonk
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Religion on the Battlefield
Church services differ from place to place as much as the people do, but the reason is the same regardless of where they are conducted.
Troops deployed to Kosovo participate in the Day of Assumption pilgrimage.
Christmas can easily come and go nearly unnoticed at small Forward Operating Bases. This is especially true in hostile territory. Chaplains ensure that troops who are forward deployed don't have to feel like it's just...
Deployed troops share their time sorting and organizing the donated items that come in bound for Afghanistan.
Military Chaplains take grace and benevolence to an Afghan Children's Hospital. Many of the children are afflicted with cancer and Military Chaplains have taken it upon themselves to reach out to those who can't take care...
Wounded warriors travel across the entire United States and along the way they revive the spirit that was briefly lost after their injuries.
JMonk
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Taking God to Soldiers
A chaplain's job is to minister to soldiers and that means being where they are. They do that by maintaining an arsenal of their own.
2011-10-06
JMonk
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Forward Deployed Chaplains
Taking spiritual care to the troops often means going places you don't want to. Chaplains do the best they possibly can in ministering to the needs of deployed men and women and that often means going beyond the call of...
JMonk
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The Chaplain's Closet
When military members in Iraq and Afghanistan are injured they are usually evacuated to Germany. Depending on the extent of their injuries and their condition they may be there for considerable time. The Chaplains there...
Soldiers often agree that any holiday during a deployment is just another day, but Christmas shouldn't feel that way. Chaplains go through things that most people can't begin to understand just so those soldiers have the...
There is no better way to understand the needs of people than to experience what they're going through. That's exactly what Chaplain Furner did. His story started out as an enlisted Marine with a calling he didn't...
Taking time to celebrate Christmas is one of the better parts of being deployed with a military chapel.
JMonk
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Battlefield Blessings
Facing the threats of combat on a daily basis is always a difficult task. Military Chaplains bolster the faith of soldiers and that faith is very often the one thing that gets them through the day.
Hospital Chaplains play an important role regardless of where they serve but in Bagram Afghanistan that role is compounded by the rigors of combat. When days go by like minutes but minutes can often feel like hours these...
Chaplains play a critical role during deployments. One reason for that is the fact that every resource is scarce. When spiritual resources seem thin Chaplains are the obvious source of provision, but when human resources...
Military Chaplains have a unique mission in that they minister to the spiritual needs of soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines. What many people don't realize is that they very often minister to the practical needs of the...
2011-10-03
What do you do when a 15 year old car thief steals a BMW and decides to threaten the public by driving at 150 mph like his is playing a videogame? You chase him in a police Camaro with a 350 horsepower engine. ...
2011-09-26
As part of our partnership with the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Great Americans is proud to bring you the stories of real American heroes like Drew Dix. As a young special forces officer in Vietnam, Dix...
2011-09-24
Shennyr
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Keith Roma
The 344th FF lost on 9/11 - why is the official count only 343? NYC needs to get a heart and add this hero to their list!
Shennyr
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Keith Roma
The 344th Firefighter lost on 9/11.....why isn't his heroism being honored by NYC??
Big O
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America's Frontline Against Terrorism
Awesome video and found the information very interesting.
2011-09-19
Sergeant First Class Robert Groff typifies the men and women whose stories Great Americans was created to celebrate. A soft-spoken hero from a small town in the Midwest, Sergeant Groff received the Bronze Star with...
2011-09-16
2011-09-15
T.R.
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USAF 7 Summits: Hurlburt News Clip
What a cool program!! Bad ass to see the American and USAF flags up on those peaks. Reminds me of the nationalism/patriotism back in the golden age of mountaineering- all the nations backed their climbers to be the...
2011-09-09
Saving a single human life can change the world. But even though firefighters, police and other emergency response personnel save lives every day, only a few of these acts of heroism ever make the news. That's...
2011-09-03
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2011-08-22
randy
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Spartan 01 memory video
The deeds these vanishing breed gave to us was their ultimate sacrifice for us to be safe and enjoy freedom. If given the chance, I will do the same. My salute to all of you.
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