Mindfulness-based meditation and the military are generally two things that one would not associate with one another.

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At BAF since April and here for nine months, the 402nd FST held an open house last month to showcase its medical capabilities. The Army Reserve unit, from Ft. Devens, Mass., has a 10-member team that includes doctors, technicians, and surgeons. It falls under the 3rd Multi-Medical Battalion (3rd MMB), with its Command and Control (C2) out of Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. USFOR-A has tactical control (TACON) of 3rd MMB.

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The 3,500 population of the Alaskan town of Seward exploded to more than 40,000 with visitor influx over Independence Day weekend.

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The Army Special Operations Recruiting Battalion Team finished strong in the 378-mile Expedition Alaska Adventure Race, July 5.

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He's a self-proclaimed "map geek," and he's the first Soldier to join the newest geospatial cell at an engineer command in Illinois. And right now, he wants to find more Soldiers like him to join the team.

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U.S. Army researchers have developed a tiny photovoltaic solar cell for the conversion of light energy into electrical energy that it resulted in a patent.

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This Independence Day, after crisscrossing the globe for Uncle Sam for more than 20 years each, three Soldiers, cousins and brothers, are celebrating Independence Day together for the first time in their careers. All are stationed at Resolute Support Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. Col. Paul Davidson arrived in Kabul in June 2014, followed by cousin Col. Mike Davidson in December. Mike's brother, Col. Jon Davidson, made it to Camp RS in June of this year. Considering the size of the U.S. Army and the incredibly high number of possible locations where a Soldier might be assigned, the odds are staggering that two brothers might be stationed at the same base, much less two brothers and a cousin from the same family, each of them a colonel.

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Kabul, Afghanistan - Members of the U.S. National Support Element and the Resolute Support Headquarters Forward Support Battalion hang an American flag inside the compound barrier wall in preparation for the camp's Fourth of July cookout. About 1,300 U.S. military members and civilians live and work at the camp, a NATO base in Kabul, Afghanistan. The FSB Soldiers are from the Connecticut National Guard, while the NSE Soldiers are with the 3rd Infantry Division. Both groups provide support to the camp at RS Headquarters which will celebrate Independence Day with a cookout complete with steaks, burgers, hotdogs and sodas.

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Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and aircrews, from the 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, have been dropping hundreds of buckets of water on fires throughout the state since June 14.

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The Pentagon Chaplain's Office hosted an Iftar observance, July 1, to celebrate diversity and strength while honoring the service of Muslims to the nation.

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