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An Army soldier was killed Saturday in Iraq when an improvised explosive device blew up during a patrol.

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“I fought for four or five years to be able to walk and lift my body. Then I wanted to push it further by doing a marathon,” said Jose Luis Sanchez.

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Steve DeVries has waited a year and a half to get s service dog and with his second child on the way, DeVries hopes the dog will help him to get out more.

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The last of three Washington National Guard soldiers who swapped a live M72A5 LAW rocket and launcher among themselves after returning from Afghanistan has been hit with probation this week.

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Staff Sgt. Adam Thomas, 31, died as a result of injuries he sustained from an improvised explosive device while engaged in dismounted operations.

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Lucca, who completed more than 400 successful missions as an IED dog, suffered severe burns and the loss of a leg during an explosion in 2012.

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Authorities were called to the man's home twice within 24 hours by his neighbors, who claim the man is "crazy."

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Sgt. Chris Melendez lost his leg in an IED explosion in Iraq, but that didn’t stop him from realizing his childhood dream of becoming a professional wrestler. Melendez was only 17 when he first enlisted in the Army. By the time he was 19 he had shipped overseas and was fighting a battle on foreign […]

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Wounded Warrior and former Marine Sal Gonzalez inspired “America’s Got Talent” judges, as well as the audience, with his rendition of Bill Wither’s “Ain’t No Sunshine.” Gonzalez served as a machine gunner in Iraq in 2004 when an I.E.D. hit his Humvee, breaking his leg in two. He was hospitalized and his leg was amputated, and […]

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FBI agents arrested an Oklahoma man last Thursday after he mailed a package containing “explosives” to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpai's office last year.

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The walls and floors of the secret FBI facility that sits just outside the nation’s capital are piled high with boxes within boxes of bomb parts. ABC was granted an exclusive look at the facility that helped bring down Iraqi terrorists that slipped into America by disguising themselves as refugees. According to Gregory Carl, director […]

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There’s not a lot of margin for error when dealing with explosives. This Jihadist found that the hard way after he blew himself up while trying to plant an explosive device. The videographer films through a small whole in the wall as a fellow Jihadist inspects his work. Something went wrong, though, and the bomb […]

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