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VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember. Memorial Day two thousand seven is our subject this week. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Personal sacrifice and service to a nation might seem like
Nobody likes war and Joseph Heller is no exception. In 1961 he published an antiwar novel entitled Catch-22. The book is about a soldier who hated war and didn't want to do military service. To preven
NOEL KING, HOST: Next we have an exclusive story. The Trump administration is taking aim at a law designed to protect military service members from getting cheated by shady lending practices. NPR has obtained documents that show the White House is pr
Student Military Service军训生活You: We had military training in july this summer in Changping. For 15 days we stayed in a barracks and underwent military training. Day in and day out we had to get up at 5 o'clock in the morning, and then we went
THIS IS AMERICA - Honoring Military Service and SacrificeBy Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, May 29, 2006 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOI
By Zlatica Hoke A growing number of American women are joining the U.S. Armed Forces to serve in an ever wider array of duties. In the past decade, they have eroded one of the last remaining barriers
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey on Wednesday called the fight against Ebola in West Africa a U.S. national security priority. In a statement of U.S. Defense Department, Dempsey said the U.S. m
Today's holiday is first known as Armistice Day in honor of troops who served in World War One. The name was later changed to Veterans Day in the U.S. to honor everyone who's served in the America's arm forces, regardless of when, regardless of where
1. Two thousand US marines are expected to arrive off the coast of Haiti today to help relief organizations get supplies to earthquake survivors. The troop increase and a request for more UN peacekeepers comes a day after more violence in the Haitian
Memorial Day Honors Military Service and Sacrifice Welcome to This Is America with VOA Learning English. Steve Ember and Barbara Klein tell about Memorial Day. We Remember The last Monday in May is a national holiday. Memorial Day honors those who di
AS IT IS 2014-05-07 Youths Oppose Required Military Service 年轻人拒服兵役 Hello, and welcome to As It Is from VOA Learning English! Im Christopher Cruise in Washington. Today on the program, we report on efforts by people in two countries to
AS IT IS 2016-05-30 Women Pilots Allowed Back Into Arlington for Burial 二战女飞行员被允许葬于阿灵顿公墓 Women World War II pilots are again guaranteed full burial honors at Arlington National Cemetery. That is because the two main U.
Unemployment High for Young US Military Veterans Hundreds lined up for this veterans job fair hopeful of finding work. Some are still in service, like Ernest Pisogna who is stationed in Afghanistan. This Job Fair will determine whether he re-enlists
Secret Service Scandal Continues to Shake Washington As photos surfaced of one of the Colombian women allegedly involved, other details also have emerged - including the identities of two agents ousted so far from the agency. David Chaney and Greg St
A recent study estimates 66,000 homosexuals currently serve -- about two percent of the total in uniform. In 2002, David Hall was an Air Force sergeant studying to be an officer, pursuing his dream of becoming a military pilot. But once his sexual st
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: President Trump has revoked a blanket ban on transgender military service he tried to impose last summer. A new detailed ban released late last night has the support of some religious conservatives but has renewed fury among advoca
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 17 November 2006 Military personnel in Nigeria are getting free HIV/AIDS treatment under an initiative funded by the U.S. government. Authorities are hoping service personnel will now be encouraged to take voluntary HIV tes
By Robin Chen Delos Washington 06 July 2007 Hundreds of thousands of U.S. military members pass through Washington Dulles International Airport each year -- many on their way to and from conflict zones. While many other airports have welcome centers
俄罗斯总理视察新战车武器展 MOSCOW, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev inspected new combat vehicles Thursday at the Ninth Russia Arms Expo-2013 (RAE), according to the state press service. Medvedev got a sneak pr
The funeral for Lieutenant Tim ODonnell was held today at Linton Military Camp. Linton is the nearest military camp to Tims hometown, Feilding. Tim was killed a week ago in Afghanistan. Listen to August 4th 2010 for more about what happened. He is th