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Veteran Killed in Wrong Way Crash in Virginia
A Virginia veteran was killed, and two other adults and two children were hurt, when a driver fleeing from police on I-95 crashed through express lane gates into oncoming traffic on Thursday, police say. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.
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All Residents, Staff Who Wanted Vaccine Now Fully Vaccinated at Military Retirement Community in Virginia
They served and protected our country and now they are getting protected from COVID-19. Residents of military retirement community Falcon’s Landing who wanted to be vaccinated have received their second dose of the vaccine. It was one of the first places to have an outbreak. With residents and staff vaccinated, the retirement community will scale back some restrictions on...
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Vaccination Success: Residents and Staff at Senior Living Center in Sterling Get Second Vaccine Dose
A success story at a senior living center. All residents and staff of a military retirement community who wanted to be vaccinated have gotten their second dose of the vaccine. And as Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder shows, many of them will soon start their new normal
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Veteran Unlawfully Held in State Hospital for More Than Two Decades. Are There More Like Him?
The commitment of Vietnam War veteran Alan Alter, now 71, was the result of a sequence of trickle-down oversights starting at the top and trickling down to the local level.
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Veteran's Lucky Coin Deploys Again, Carrying on Decades-Long Tradition
A Vietnam veteran’s lucky coin is on its way to Afghanistan, the latest leg of an extraordinary journey that spans several decades and seven military deployments
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Veteran's Lucky Coin Deploys Again
A Vietnam veteran’s lucky coin is on its way to Afghanistan, the latest leg of an extraordinary journey that spans several decades and seven military deployments
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DC VA Medical Center to Begin Vaccinating Front Line Workers
The COVID vaccine has arrived at our region’s two biggest veterans hospitals. Scott MacFarlane reports that only a fraction of the workforce will get this first round of doses.
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Pearl Harbor Ceremony Goes Digital During Pandemic
The observance ceremony in honor of the 79th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor was moved online this year over coronavirus concerns.
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‘Puppy Parents' Wanted for Preparing Dogs to Be Service Animals for Veterans
News4’s Megan McGrath reports on a group looking for “puppy parents” to help prepare dogs to be companions for veterans.
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National Museum of the US Army Opens on Veterans Day
The National Museum of the United States Army in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, is opening its doors on Veterans Day.
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Veterans' Special Batch of Whiskey to Age With Speed — in a Harrier Jet
A couple of military vets are on an unusual mission to create “700 MPH Bourbon,” and they’ve got the barrels of bourbon and a fighter jet to pull it off.
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National Museum of the U.S. Army Opens in Virginia
The Army Museum opened on Veterans Day as a tribute to soldiers past and present. Chris Gordon reports.
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Army Veteran Finds New Calling
Maureen Elias cherished her time serving in the Army, but a career-threatening injury meant she had to pivot to a new path. News4’s Aimee Cho shows us how this veteran took a career of service, to a whole new level.
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NPS Giving Veterans, Gold Star Families Free Lifetime Access to National Parks
The National Park Service is marking Veterans Day by giving veterans and Gold Star families lifetime free access to all the country’s national parks. Angela McConnell of the Northern Virginia Veterans Association said this will improve her quality of life. She served 22 years in the military with the Army, Army Reserves and Air Force. “The ideas around, you know,…
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Vets & Gold Star Families Get Free Visits to National Parks Forever
Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder explains how veterans and Gold Star families can visit national parks free forever.
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Veterans' Fundraiser to Go Virtual, With a Prince and a Boss
This year’s Stand Up for Heroes fundraiser is going virtual for the first time and The Boss will once again be there
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DC Photographer Offering Free Headshots to Veterans
A local photographer is honoring service members this Veterans Day by taking their headshots for free. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.
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A Homecoming: Family of Decorated World Wars Veteran Reunited With Uniform
News4’s Melissa Mollet has the story of how a Virginia community banded together to solve a decades-long mystery and reunite a veteran’s family with his long-lost uniform.
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Virginia Community Returns Military Uniform to Family of Decorated World Wars Veteran
A group of strangers banded together to find clues and tell one soldier’s story
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From Service to Sick: The Effects of Veterans' Exposure to Burn Pits
Tens of thousands of veterans and service members stationed at military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan say exposure to trash fires or “burn pits” has left them with breathing problems and other chronic illnesses, including cancer. They are fighting for health benefits, but say the United States Department of Veterans Affairs is turning its back on them. Veterans say everything...