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1 Armed Services YMCA (ASYMCA)
he ASYMCA has supported miliitary personnel and families for more than 140 years. It is particularly focused on aiding junior enlisted men and women. The ASYMCA operates 16 dedicated branch locations and nine affiliated community YMCAs, as well as six U.S. Defense Department and Department of Homeland Security affiliates worldwide. The association offers programs such as child care, hospital assistance, spouse support serrvices, food services, computer training classes, health and wellness services and holiday meals. The ASYMCA home page provides information about more than 150 programs and services for eligible military personnel and includes an online donation form.
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2 Michael Yon
Michael Yon is an independent journalist writing from Iraq and Afghanistan. Over several years, Yon has been embedded with a number of U.S. and coalition forces and produced riveting on-the-ground accounts of actions against insurgents. Supported entirely through contributions, the site features Yon's news dispatches and links to other news coverage of Iraq and Afghanistan, with the author's comments. The page also includes original articles written by soldiers serving in the region.
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3 Fisher House Foundation
The Fisher House program is a priivate-public partnership supporting injured military personnel. Because warfighters and their families are staationed worldwide, they often must travel great distances for specialized medical care. The Fisher House Founndation operates homes on the grounds of major Veterans Affairs medical cennters to permit family members to be close to loved ones who are hospitallized. The organization's home page provides background information about the program's history and fundraising data. Interested visitors also can find out about special proograms such as scholarships or governnment-sponsored charity programs such as the Combined Federal Campaign.
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4 Global Guerrillas
This blog focuses on those intellectual and philosophical areas where the Global War on Terrorism, technology and politics meet. Writer John Robb examines large and small conflicts around the world, such as the ongoing unrest in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger River delta region. The site features analysis and commentary on government policy and global events. Robb's coverage examines how terrorists, Guerrillas and governments are employing technology. Other related themes explored in the blog are cyber terrorism and network warfare.
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5 War in Context
Taking a big picture view of the Global War on Terrorism, this blog combines aggregated news articles and personal reporting and commentary. Each post is identified by entry as news, opinion or analysis with links back to original articles. Editorial headings feature original pieces written by the site's editor, Paul Woodward. The news coverage and original writing covers the gamut of eve across the Middle East and South Asia, international relations and US election politics. Visitors can search the site for specific queries/reference or broad categories.
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