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This Marine Says The Corps ‘Kicked’ Him ‘To the Curb.’ Now He’s Fighting Back

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In 2003, Tyson Manker was a 21-year-old Marine corporal leading an infantry squad during the invasion of Iraq. He saw combat, served under fire, and witnessed the indiscriminate violence of war first-hand.

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8 Of The Worst Places To Sleep

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Benjamin Franklin nailed it when he said, "Fatigue is the best pillow." True story, Benny. There's nothing like pushing your body so far past exhaustion that you'd willingly, even longingly, take a nap on a concrete slab.

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And no one knows that better than military service members and we have the pictures to prove it.

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Trying To Upgrade Your Discharge? The VA Has An App For That Now

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Without any fanfare or announcement, the Department of Veterans Affairs has launched a new online wizard to help veterans seeking to upgrade their military discharges. Available on the VA’s Vets.gov benefits website, the interactive questionnaire walks former service members through the upgrade process’ many steps, tailored to their particular situation.

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Soldier Discharged For Sexual Misconduct Hopes To Take His Case To The Supreme Court

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Djoulou K. Caldwell’s conduct at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state certainly seemed crude.

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10 Times We Should’ve Been Kicked Out Of The Military

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When you’re young, you do dumb things. When you’re young, and dumb, and in the military, the stakes are higher, but that just means your stories are a little crazier. Task & Purpose asked you, the readers, to share the dumbest things you did in the military, and most of the stories were disturbing, funny … or just plain incriminating.

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VA Is Denying Benefits To Vets With Bad Paper Discharges At Unprecedented Rates, Report Finds

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A report released March 30 found that the Department of Veterans Affairs has been excluding post-9/11 veterans with bad paper discharges from earned benefits at unprecedented rates and suggests this may be in violation of the 1944 GI Bill of Rights.

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