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  • Maryland head coach Ralph Friedgen celebrates with his players after Maryland's 51-20 win over East Carolina in the Military Bowl on Wednesday in Washington. (Associated Press)

    Military Bowl moving from RFK to Navy-Marine Corps Stadium in Annapolis

    The Military Bowl will match a team from the Atlantic Coast Conference against one from Conference USA and will be played Dec. 27. ESPN will broadcast the afternoon game.

  • Ross Detwiler takes pride in representing U.S.

    Ross Detwiler turned in a superb four-inning relief outing Saturday night to help Team USA beat Italy in the first round of the World Baseball Classic. "It's a dream come true to play for your country," he said.

  • Wounded warrior Charles Eggleston (left), Wes Armstrong with Full Swing Golf and Kathleen Causey watch as her husband, Sgt. 1st Class Aaron Causey tries out a golf simulator in the sports lounge at the USO center at Fort Belvoir on Monday. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

    USO builds 'a safe environment'

    The country's largest USO center — 20,000 square feet, painted, polished and primed for active-duty soldiers and their families — is set to open Tuesday at Fort Belvoir.

  • Hendricks, Detwiler, Stammen bring holiday cheer for troops abroad

    Growing up as the son of a Marine, Matt Hendricks heard about the value of living in a free country from his father, Doug. The Washington Capitals forward listened and believed it.

  • Inside the Beltway: Mr. Fix-It

    Some Republicans fret he could siphon crucial votes away from Mitt Romney, but Libertarian presidential hopeful Gary E. Johnson is still charging down the campaign trail as a third-party candidate and raising enough money — more than $400,000 this week — to produce a slick new campaign video that paints him as a down-to-earth hero.

  • Mitt Romney shakes hands with Kid Rock after the rocker performed at a campaign rally in Royal Oak, Mich., during the primaries in February. (Associated Press)

    Kid Rock in tune with Romney

    Kid Rock, the rare pop star that has found success at the four-way intersection of patriotism, rap, rock, and the Deep South, has supplied the Romney campaign's theme song and is appearing in Tampa at an invite-only party. In many ways, Mitt Romney can look at Kid Rock and see not just a surrogate with white working-class appeal, but also a protege.

  • Actor Charlie Sheen gives $1M to troops, USO

    Charlie Sheen's anger issues will soon be helping soldiers.

  • Brad Paisley (AP photo)

    Taking Names: Paisley to perform at White House military salute

    Country star Brad Paisley will be joining the president and first lady in saluting the military on the Fourth of July at the White House.

  • Brad Paisley to join Obamas in saluting military

    Country star Brad Paisley will be joining the president and first lady in saluting the military on the Fourth of July at the White House.

  • The Washington Times

    SINATRA: Why Rolling Thunder?

    For many years following my USO tour, I was looking for some way to continue to help our troops and veterans, and I needed to share with someone the profound feelings I came away with after seeing war firsthand.

  • Illustration by John Camejo for The Washington Times

    NUGENT: God bless America's warriors

    Freedom isn't free. Never has been, never will be. Very special warriors have provided freedom at supreme sacrifice since time immemorial. Good people will never forget, and we celebrate Memorial Day with a hard-charging spirit in appreciation for hard-charging warriors.

  • Tony Blankley (The Washington Times)

    Tony Blankley, former editorial page editor of The Times, dies at 63

    Tony Blankley, a noted conservative author and commentator and former editorial page editor of The Washington Times, died late Saturday, according to family sources. He was 63 and had been battling stomach cancer.

  • SGT. SHAFT: Where can a veteran go to replace lost medals?

    Dear Sgt Shaft: Where can I receive the military medals that I received while serving on active duty.

  • USO volunteer Pat Solomon of Sandy Springs, Ga., greets Army Pfc. Damien Snow, 20, of Rochester, N.Y., as he returns to his base at Fort Benning, Ga., at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on Tuesday. "I want to tell them how I feel, and how the USO feels. It's amazing, what they do for the world," Mrs. Solomon says. (Associated Press)

    USO volunteers greet Atlanta flights

    As often as she can, Pat Solomon spends a few hours with the throng at the top of the escalator where all arriving passengers emerge at the Atlanta airport.

  • Kim Kardashian (Associated Press)

    Tuning in to TV

    "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" will salute military families in a Veterans Day fundraising special featuring stars including Jewel, Whoopi Goldberg and Robin Williams, the Associated Press reports.

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