President Joseph Biden last Monday signed an executive order to reverse a policy that banned transgender people from serving in the military. With the order signed, local LGBTQ+ individuals and their …
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By Kate Nalepinski
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2/2/21
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Bellmore community members on Monday gathered for the annual Memorial Day parade and memorial service.
The parade stepped off at Newbridge Road Elementary School to Bellmore Avenue, before going …
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5/30/19
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Is Facebook responsible for genocide? It’s an unexpected question, and a frightening one, I know, but it’s one that must be asked. Hear me out.
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4/26/19
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Peter Grieco has wanted to serve in the U.S. military since he was in the first grade and heard a story from his grandfather Arnold Brandt, who was sailing to Iwo Jima as a marine when he noticed “a little twig raising out of the island.”
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By Brian Stieglitz
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6/15/17
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A cold, heavy rain couldn’t stop hundreds of veterans and supporters from gathering on April 2 at the Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale to remember the Vietnam War five decades earlier.
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By Stephany Reyes
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4/6/16
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Glenn Miller’s “In the Mood” played from speakers in the ballroom of Leonard’s La Dolce Vita as veterans from across Nassau County gathered for the ninth American Legion’s annual Military Ball and Post Commanders Night on Feb. 20.
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By Stephany Reyes
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2/25/16
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Every Veterans Day, we are reminded of the sacrifices that those in the military have made for this country. Most visible are those who are affiliated with local veterans’ organizations . . .
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11/4/15
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Life gets so hard when you’re very old that dealing with the Department of Veterans Affairs bureaucracy does indeed feel like adding insult to an already injurious process.
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7/8/15
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Kristofer Goldsmith, 29, compiled yet another thick packet of documents to be sent to the Army Discharge Review Board last weekend. The Bellmore native, who now lives in Long Beach, has appealed his …
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By Julie Mansmann
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3/13/15
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The reign of terror by Islamic State insurgents surged just one day after President Obama asked Congress for new war powers to combat the brutal terror group.
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2/19/15
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