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Cushing's courage sets bar high for others, says relative

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  The Secretary of the Army John McHugh presents the Medal of Honor plaque and citation to Helen Loring Ensign, a descendant of U.S. Army 1st Lt. Alonzo H. Cushing, as the Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert O. Work, the Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Gen. Daniel B. Allyn, and Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III watch, during a Hall of Heroes induction ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, Nov. 7, 2014. Cushing was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.

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  President Barack Obama and Helen Loring Ensign, a descendant of 1st Lt. Alonzo H. Cushing, hold an encased Medal of Honor as the Secretary of the Army John McHugh, congressmen James Sensenbrenner, Jr. and Ron Kind and Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert A. McDonald, stand for photos during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C., Nov. 6, 2014. Cushing was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1863.

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  U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Stephen Townsend, left, commander of Combined Joint Task Force 10, and Command Sgt. Maj. Ray Lewis cased their colors and ended the Regional Command East mission as the International Security Assistance Force transitioned to the Resolute Support mission during a ceremony on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 4, 2014.

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  Personal protective equipment

  Pfc. Kaiya Capuchino (left), United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases combat medic, helps a student don personal protective equipment during hazardous material training Oct. 30, 2014, at Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii. Members of the USAMRIID conducted the class to help ensure Service members and civilians are better prepared to react to and defend themselves against infectious diseases at Tripler Army Medical Center.

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  Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky greets Samantha Power, the

  Samantha Power, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., is greeted by Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, Joint Forces Command commander, after arriving in Liberia, during Operation United Assistance, Oct. 28, 2014. Power is currently touring the three most affected countries by the Ebola virus in Africa, to show U.S. support. The mission of the JFC-UA is to support the lead federal agency, the U.S. Agency for International Development, response to the Ebola virus outbreak in Liberia, by building Ebola treatment units, training healthcare workers and providing logistical support.

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  Sapper Leader Course

  U.S. Army Soldiers from the 555th Engineer Brigade jump from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during helocast operations at American Lake on Fort Lewis, Washington, Oct. 9, 2014. The helocast is the first the unit has conducted and is part of the brigade's program to prepare Soldiers for the Sapper Leader Course.

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  Clearing the way for Ebola treatment unit sites

  U.S. Marines and Army personnel return to Monrovia, Liberia, via U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 aircraft, after a site survey of a future Ebola treatment unit site near Barclayville, Liberia. The U.S. Agency for International Development is the lead U.S. Government organization for Operation United Assistance. U.S. Africa Command is supporting the effort by providing command and control, logistics, training and engineering assets to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West African nations. For more news and information about the Army's response to the Ebola threat, go to www.army.mil/article/136170/.

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  2014 Army Ten Miler

  Secretary of the Army John McHugh holds the ribbon for Solonei Da Silva, the first male runner to cross the finish line, during 30th Annual Army Ten-Miler at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., Oct. 12, 2014. More than 35,000 participants from all over the world ran the ten-mile course that took them through the National Capital Region.

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  2014 Army Ten Miler

  Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Ray Odierno (right) and Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III (left) hold the ribbon as Kerri Gallagher, the first female finisher of the 2014 Army Ten Miler, crosses the finish line. This is the third year in a row that Gallagher has take top honors in the Army Ten Miler. More than 35,000 runners took part in this year's run.

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  U.S. Army paratroopers

  Paratroopers from 173rd Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade land after a jump at Juliet Drop Zone in Pordenone, Italy, Sept. 24. The U.S. Army paratroopers conducting an airborne operation with T-11 parachutes from C-130 Hercules Aircraft of the 86th Airlift Wing are stationed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

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  Warrior Games 2014

  Army team captain Frank Barroqueiro raises the Commander's Cup presented to him by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin E. Dempsey, second from right, during a halftime of the Navy-Air Force football game presentation honoring the 2014 Warrior Games athletes in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Oct. 4, 2014.

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  COMISAF meets Prime Minister Cameron

  Gen. John F. Campbell, commander, International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, speaks with United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron upon Prime Minister Cameron's arrival in Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 3, 2014. Cameron made an unannounced visit to Kabul to meet with the new unity government, four days after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was sworn into office.

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  EMED package arrives in Liberia

  Expeditionary medical support equipment, known as EMEDS, is unloaded for use in containing an Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa. Supporting Operation United Assistance, EMEDS is a 25-bed hospital for health workers. USAID is the lead U.S. Government organization for Operation United Assistance. U.S. Africa Command, through U.S. Army Africa is supporting the effort by providing command and control, logistics, training and engineering assets to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West African nations. For more news and information about the Army's response to the Ebola threat, go to www.army.mil/article/136170/.

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  Vietnam Veterans Memorial

  National Park Service volunteer Donald Adam makes a rubbing for the family of Donald P. Sloat, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sept. 17, 2014. Sloat's family visited the memorial after Sloat was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on Sept. 15, 2014, for actions in Vietnam.

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  Medal of Honor Ceremony

  President Barack Obama bestows the Medal of Honor to retired Command Sgt. Maj. Bennie G. Adkins in the East Room of the White House, Sept. 15, 2014. Adkins distinguished himself during 38 hours of close-combat fighting against enemy forces on March 9 to 12, 1966. At that time, then-Sgt. 1st Class Adkins was serving as an Intelligence Sergeant with 5th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces at Camp "A Shau", in the Republic of Vietnam. During the 38-hour battle and 48-hours of escape and evasion, Adkins fought with mortars, machine guns, recoilless rifles, small arms, and hand grenades, killing an estimated 135 - 175 of the enemy and sustaining 18 different wounds.

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  SERE exercise

  U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 17th Regiment, are picked up by a Black Hawk helicopter after participating in a SERE exercise during Decisive Action Rotation 14-09 at the National Training Center, Aug. 13, 2014. Decisive action rotations are reflective of the complexities of potential adversaries our nation could face and include: guerrilla, insurgent, criminal and near-peer conventional forces woven into one dynamic environment.

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  Remembering the fallen

  "The National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial pays tribute to those we lost on Sept. 11, 2001. Each Memorial Unit is comprised of a cantilevered bench, a lighted pool of flowing water, and a permanent tribute, by name, to each victim. One-hundred-and-eighty-four lives were lost at the Pentagon that day. They were men, women, and children. They were mothers and fathers, husbands and wives, sisters and brothers, daughters and sons. While the physical damage to the Pentagon was rebuilt in less than one year, these attacks changed the world, and us, forever. For more information about those lost to us that day, or to learn about the memorial, go to pentagonmemorial.org."

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  Sling-load training exercise

  Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, hook a M777A2 Howitzer to a CH-47 Chinook from 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, during elevation sling-load training exercise on Fort Carson, Colo., Aug. 14, 2014.

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  Washington State Wildfires

  Guardsmen with the 1-303rd Cavalry Regiment remove a tree stump while clearing an area recently affected by the Chiwaukum Complex wildfires near Leavenworth, Wash., July 23, 2014. Guardsmen must remove large stumps like this one to ensure there are no remaining embers beneath that could reignite fires.

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