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Army Staff Sgt., Awarded Medal of Honor for Valor in Afghanistan, Says Comrades Going Beyond Call Every Day America's first living recipient of the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War says the heroic actions he undertook in Afghanistan are as brave as what every American soldier experiences day in and day out during their tours of duty in that country. Interview - Staff Sgt Salvatore Giunta

Cypress, Texas –Dave Campbell’s Texas Football is proud to announce that the Cypress Woods High School Wildcats football team has been named the Army Strong Team of the Week for Division 5A.

On this day in 1775, the Second Continental Congress voted to "adopt" the colonial troops then beseiging Boston as the Army of the United Colonies, and also voted in George Washington as its Commanding General. He left immediately for Cambridge to form what would become the US Army after the Declaration of Independence was accepted.

The Army, facing another tough recruiting season, launched a $200 million-a-year advertising campaign this month and unveiled a new slogan: "Army Strong." The campaign's core message is that the Army builds not only physical but also mental and emotional strength in recruits, bonding them into a powerful, close-knit team. "There's strong, and then there's Army strong," a deep male voice intones as martial music rises from a brass band in the background. The television ads, launched nationwide for Veterans Day along with Internet placements and other outreach, omit all but the most fleeting images related to the all-volunteer Army's biggest...