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Until every one comes home | The Magazine of the USO
January 24, 2012
Marine Demonstrates Power of the Pen
Marine Sergeant Shawn Sales, a combat artist and an instructor
at the Defense Information School at Fort Meade, Maryland, talks
about how his role fits into the Marine Corps. (Marine Corps
video) 
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Today's Photo
A young girl waits for her father, a soldier in the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), to be released from a formation last week at a welcome home ceremony at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Army photo by Sergeant Duncan Brennan
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