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Some of the most demanding assignments in American military history carried no enemy fire. Service members held a line in the Balkans, flew relief into a famine, sealed a border, or stood up a hospital in the middle of an outbreak. The work was hard, the conditions were poor, and no shot was ever fired […]

Very few awards in the sea services say as much about a Sailor as the Good Conduct Medal that Navy leaders have handed out since 1869. It does not mark one brave afternoon. It marks three straight years of showing up, doing the work, and keeping a clean record. Shipmates notice that. So do the […]