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HONOR, ENCOURAGE, RESPECT, OVERCOME

Click this image to share words of encouragement with soldiers and their families from right
here in the Ozarks. These neighbors continue to sacrifice for YOU...

Let them KNOW they are appreciated!

KTTS WALL OF HEROES

View the names of your family and neighbors honorably serving during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom / Noble Eagle...
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688th MAC leaves Harrison for Ft. McCoy, then Baghdad

Soldiers with the 688th MAC (Mobile Augmentation Company) said goodbye to family and friends Wednesday (4/16/08) in the parking lot at the U.S. Army Reserve headquarters on West Sherman in Harrison
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Kosovo Force 10 (KFOR-10) deploys

This is largest deployment of citizen soldiers from the Missouri National Guard since World War I...with nearly 70 families affected right here in Southwest Missouri. One thousand citizen soldiers with the Missouri National Guard are deploying in support of peacekeeping operations in Kosovo. Click here for pictures and audio of their deployment ceremony in Columbia on March 22nd...
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Special Agricultural Business Development Team deploys to Afghanistan from Southwest Missouri!

48 National Guard soldiers from Southwest Missouri are heading to Afghanistan for a "first of its kind" mission - they're directly assisting Afghan farmers, with the help of the University of Missouri, Lincoln University and College of the Ozarks...
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Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 15

After seven-months in Iraq, on his second-deployment, David Lane and everyone with NMCB-15 made it home safely. Read excerpts from their entire deployment here...
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KTTS HOLIDAY GREETINGS FROM SOLDIERS AND FAMILIES ABROAD

Did you hear a friend or family-member in the military on KTTS over the holidays? Click here, and you can download their greeting - some even provided videos this year!
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Military Families: Check out the new, bigger Flat Rate Boxes!

Great news for military families, the U.S. Postal Service has a new "Flat Rate" box 50% LARGER than the previous boxes we've used to ship a "piece of home" to our soldiers serving abroad. Here's the best part, typical postage runs $12.95 on these boxes domestically, but because you're sending to an APO or FPO - it will only cost you $10.95...no matter the weight! Click on the image above for more information from the USPS website...
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LETTERS FROM HOME AND FROM ABROAD - Post your letters of thanks...

To the families: please know we stand side-by-side with your anxiety, commitment, and pride. Though it gets lonely, know that you're never alone...
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Poetry You Submitted in support of Operation HERO over the years...

Many who've emailed Operation H.E.R.O. have submitted original poetry as an expression of their patriotism...
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FROM CAMP ARIFJAN, KUWAIT: Looks like CW2 Shawn Pearce has been busy with the Dignitaries!

Chief Pearce, like so many, has been all over Southwest Asia over the past year - but he's also had the oppotunity to meet some well-known Americans. Click here to see more photos...
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Letters From The Front: Operation Iraqi Freedom

- Sgt. Elliott with the 735th Medical Detachment - She writes about her "Shock and Awe" experience with Operation Iraqi Freedom: "Today I watched in awe as rockets blared overhead and listened to the ominous sound of aircraft taking off. A million thoughts raced through my mind as I wondered how I got to this place...
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Letter From An Ozark Soldier's Mom

As many other Americans, I have been listening to the news about the recent elections in Iraq. As I watch, read and listen my eyes well up with tears and my heart bursts with pride...
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Stan The Man Foundation

This foundation was created in the memory of a great man, a decorated soldier, and a good friend to all he touched: Chief Warrant Officer Stanley L. Harriman, who was killed in action March 2nd 2002, while fighting in Operation Anaconda in Afganistan...
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