Women are enabled to serve in every branch, combat role and rank as men, yet this barrier still looms in the fight for equality.

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Take the 9/11 Pledge honoring those who perished in the attacks as well as their families who still mourn them today.

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The precedence of medals varies slightly between branches of service, but here's the basic pecking order.

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Lcpl. Richard Pittman moved into the heat of the battle to help because "that's what Marines do."

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We are proud to remember his name and his story here, precisely because he models "everything that is good [and noble] about our nation."

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This was only the beginning of our major involvement in the Vietnam War. We will not forget!

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The defeat that day was a signal to the Union Army that the Civil War was not going to be won either easily or quickly.

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In the long history of the United States Coast Guard, only one Coastguardsman has been awarded the Medal of Honor. That Coastie was Signalman First Class Douglas A. Munro.

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On March 27, 1794, the Continental Congress, working on the Constitution and the establishment of a government, established the Naval Act and provided monies to build six ships which became the first ships of a full-time Navy.

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The warrior spirit is still being honored by these Spartan paratroopers.

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