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Turkeys, pies and eggnog deployed to troops around the world
Troops deployed in support of the Ukraine response are also getting thousands of pounds of turkey.
By Karen Jowers
The Spouse Angle Podcast: Surviving Deployment as a Military Spouse
The Spouse Angle is a podcast breaking down the news for military spouses and their families.
By Military Times staff
Nation’s oldest Medal of Honor recipient dies at 99
Coolidge received the Medal of Honor on June 18, 1945.
COVID-19 doesn’t stop Thanksgiving for troops overseas
However Thanksgiving will look for deployed servicemembers this year, the DLA’s troop support program is providing warfighters with Thanksgiving meals, as it does annually.
By Jared Morgan
Veterans share Thanksgiving deployment stories
Many service members are deployed during Thanksgiving. Here are their stories.
By Sarah Sicard
Trump thanks troops in Afghanistan, says Taliban want a cease-fire deal
President Donald Trump paid a surprise Thanksgiving visit to Afghanistan, where he announced the U.S. and the Taliban have been engaged in ongoing peace talks and said he believes the Taliban want a cease-fire.
By Jill Colvin, The Associated Press
Congress passes deal to avert Thanksgiving government shutdown, but December shutdown looms
Lawmakers passed a budget extension until Dec. 20, preventing a funding disruption for now.
From turkeys to TVs, these military stores are bringing Thanksgiving deals your way
Don't forget your military stores as you hunt for bargains this holiday season.
By Karen Jowers
A ‘Warrior Tradition’: Why Native Americans continue fighting for the same government that tried to wipe them out
Since 9/11, nearly 19 percent of Native Americans have served in the armed forces, compared to an average of 14 percent of all other ethnicities.
Volunteer group Soldiers’ Angels helps vets at home, afar
The war in Iraq was still in its first year when Patti Patton-Bader’s son, a soldier there, told her that he was one of the few service members he knew who was getting care packages.
By Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express News via the AP
Trump rails against court, migrants in call to troops
President Donald Trump used a Thanksgiving Day call to troops deployed overseas to pat himself on the back and air grievances about the courts, trade and migrants heading to the U.S.-Mexico border.
By Jill Colvin, The Associated Press