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Base Realignments and Closures
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Military Base to National Park
Presidio Army Base in 1995Maura Blake, a student in a youth leadership program, writes about how the transition of the former army base, the Presidio, into a national park has improved her community.


My Life as a Military Brat
Aldrin Muya Aldrin Muya is proud to have parents in the armed forces but acknowledges the joys and pains of military life.




Life in a Marine Boot Camp
Corporal John Schaeffer Why would a high school student on the path to college join the Marines?

 

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