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This Retired Army Drill Sergeant Finally Has A Belly Button Again

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A former Army drill sergeant leader has a belly button again — and a new life — thanks to a teenage organ donor and a team of doctors at Duke University Hospital.

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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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Here's Exactly What A Roadside Bomb Does To Your Head

The Long March
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Tom note: The following paragraphs are the scariest thing I have read in a long time. They are excerpted from a new book The Many Faces of War.

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How The 'Golden Hour' Created A Crisis In Care For The Deployed Warfighter

The Long March
U.S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Abrey Liggins

In 2009, the Department of Defense introduced the so-called 'Golden Hour' mandate.  This led to the development of systems that ensured the injured warfighter access to surgical care within 60 minutes of injury.

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Afghanistan Veteran Receives World's First Total Penis And Scrotum Transplant

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Doctors at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine said a U.S. military sergeant has received the world's first total penis and scrotum transplant.

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Anna Mae Hays, The US Military’s First Female General, Dies At Age 97

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Anna Mae Hays, a legendary Army nurse and the first woman in the U.S. armed forces to wear the insignia of a brigadier general, has died at the age of 97, the Allentown Morning Call reported on Jan. 7.

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