From Afghanistan to the Korean DMZ to the Horn of Africa and
back to our own shores, the nine combatant commands highlighted in
our Summer 2013 issue protect U.S. security interests
worldwide.
An aircraft releases a fire-retardant solution to help stop the spreading of the burning fires last week at Black Forest, Colorado. Army photo by Sergeant Jonathan C. Thibault
The mission of ON★PATROL is to honor those who serve and those
who serve them. It is our hope that through ON★PATROL we can share
as many stories as possible through the magazine, USOonPatrol.org,
and our community of guest columnists and fellow organizations. If
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