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157 relations: A Second Knock at the Door, A. J. Hawk, Achievement Medal, Afghan Armed Forces, Afghanistan, Almaden Quicksilver County Park, American football, Anthony Schlegel, Apple Inc., Arizona Cardinals, Arizona State Sun Devils football, Arizona State University, Army Service Ribbon, Arthur Ashe Courage Award, Associated Press, Atheism, Bagram Airfield, Bible, Bob Kalsu, Bobby Carpenter (American football), Body armor, Book of Mormon, Brigadier general (United States), Bulldog, Chris Matthews, Cleveland Indians, College Football Hall of Fame, Combat Infantryman Badge, Corporal, Defensive back, Denver Broncos, Dexter Filkins, ESPN, ESPY Award, Executive privilege, Fort Benning, Fort Lewis, Forward operating base, Forward Operating Base Salerno, Fremont, California, Friendly fire, Fumble, Glendale, Arizona, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Hardball with Chris Matthews, Henry David Thoreau, Henry Waxman, History of the St. Louis Rams, Hoover Dam, ..., Interception, Into the Wild (book), Into Thin Air, IPhone, Iraq, Iraq War, Jake Plummer, Jessica Lynch, John Abizaid, John McCain, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Jon Krakauer, Kevin Tillman, Khost, Khost Province, Leland High School (San Jose, California), Lincoln Law School of San Jose, Linebacker, Los Angeles Times, M16 rifle, M249 light machine gun, Maria Shriver, Marketing, Meritorious Service Medal (United States), Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, Military, National Defense Service Medal, National Football League, New Almaden, Nick Mangold, Noam Chomsky, NPR, Pac-12 Conference, Pac-12 Conference football individual awards, Pakistan, Paktika Province, Parachutist Badge, Pat Tillman, Paul Zimmerman (sportswriter), Pete Geren, Poster child, Presidential Unit Citation (United States), Pro Bowl, Purple Heart, Quarterback sack, Quran, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ranger Assessment and Selection Program, Ranger School, Ranger tab, Roger Goodell, Rookie, Rose Bowl Game, Safety (gridiron football position), San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Seahawks, September 11 attacks, Silver Star, Specialist (rank), Spera, Khost Province, Sports Illustrated, Stanley A. McChrystal, Sun Devil Stadium, Sundance Film Festival, Superior Unit Award, Tackle (football move), Ted Rall, Tempe, Arizona, The Dallas Morning News, The McClatchy Company, The New York Times, The Pentagon, The Tillman Story, The Washington Post, Tom Davis (Virginia politician), Transcendentalism, Truthdig, United Service Organizations, United States Army, United States Army Basic Training, United States Army Special Operations Command, United States Central Command, United States Congress, United States Department of Defense, United States dollar, United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, United States Secretary of the Army, University of Phoenix Stadium, University Place, Washington, USA Today, Vietnam War, VoteVets.org, War in Afghanistan (2001–present), War on Terror, Wesley Clark, Where Men Win Glory, YouTube, 1996 Arizona State Sun Devils football team, 1998 NFL Draft, 1998 NFL season, 2001 NFL season, 2003 invasion of Iraq, 2nd Ranger Battalion (United States), 40 (number), 42 (number), 5.56×45mm NATO, 75th Ranger Regiment (United States). Expand index (107 more) »
A Second Knock at the Door
A Second Knock at the Door is a documentary on friendly fire in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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A. J. Hawk
Aaron James "A.
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Achievement Medal
The Achievement Medal is a military decoration of the United States Armed Forces.
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Afghan Armed Forces
The Afghan Armed Forces are the military forces of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan (Pashto/Dari:, Pashto: Afġānistān, Dari: Afġānestān), officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located within South Asia and Central Asia.
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Almaden Quicksilver County Park
Almaden Quicksilver County Park is a 4,163 acres (17 km²) park that includes the grounds of former mercury ("quicksilver") mines adjacent to south San Jose, California, USA.
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American football
American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.
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Anthony Schlegel
Anthony Schlegel (born March 1, 1981) is a former American Football linebacker.
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Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services.
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Arizona Cardinals
The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football franchise based in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
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Arizona State Sun Devils football
The Arizona State Sun Devils football team represents Arizona State University in the sport of American football.
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Arizona State University
Arizona State University (commonly referred to as ASU or Arizona State) is a public metropolitan research university on five campuses across the Phoenix metropolitan area, and four regional learning centers throughout Arizona.
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Army Service Ribbon
The Army Service Ribbon (ASR) is a military award of the United States Army that was established by the Secretary of the Army on 10 April 1981 as announced in Department of the Army General Order 15, dated 10 October 1990.
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Arthur Ashe Courage Award
The Arthur Ashe Courage Award (sometimes called the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage or Arthur Ashe Courage and Humanitarian Award) is presented as part of the ESPY Awards.
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Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.
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Atheism
Atheism is, in the broadest sense, the absence of belief in the existence of deities.
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Bagram Airfield
Bagram Airfield also known as Bagram Air Base is the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan.
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Bible
The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, tà biblía, "the books") is a collection of sacred texts or scriptures that Jews and Christians consider to be a product of divine inspiration and a record of the relationship between God and humans.
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Bob Kalsu
James Robert "Bob" Kalsu (April 13, 1945 – July 21, 1970) was an All-American tackle at the University of Oklahoma and an eighth-round selection in the 1968 NFL/AFL draft by the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League.
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Bobby Carpenter (American football)
Robert Joseph Carpenter, III (born August 1, 1983) is a former American football linebacker.
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Body armor
Body armor/armour, personal armor/armour, suits of armour or coats of armour all refer to protective clothing, designed to absorb and/or deflect slashing, bludgeoning and penetrating attacks by weapons.
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Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon is a sacred text of the Latter Day Saint movement, which adherents believe contains writings of ancient prophets who lived on the American continent from approximately 2200 BC to AD 421.
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Brigadier general (United States)
In the United States Armed Forces, brigadier general (BG, BGen, or Brig Gen) is a one-star general officer with the pay grade of O-7 in the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Air Force.
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Bulldog
A Bulldog is a medium-sized breed of dog commonly referred to as the English Bulldog or British Bulldog.
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Chris Matthews
Christopher John Matthews (born December 17, 1945) is an American political commentator, talk show host, and author.
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Cleveland Indians
The Cleveland Indians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio.
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College Football Hall of Fame
The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football.
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Combat Infantryman Badge
The Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) is a United States Army military award.
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Corporal
Corporal is a military rank in use in some form by many militaries and by some police forces or other uniformed organizations.
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Defensive back
In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs (DBs) are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of scrimmage.
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Denver Broncos
The Denver Broncos are a professional American football club based in Denver, Colorado.
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Dexter Filkins
Dexter Price Filkins (born May 24, 1961) is an American journalist known primarily for his coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for the New York Times.
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ESPN
ESPN (originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is a U.S.-based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture owned by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%).
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ESPY Award
An ESPY Award (short for Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award) is an accolade currently presented by the American broadcast television network ABC, and previously ESPN (as of the 2017 ESPY Awards, the latter still airs them in the form of replays), to recognize individual and team athletic achievement and other sports-related performance during the calendar year preceding a given annual ceremony.
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Executive privilege
Executive privilege is the power of the President of the United States and other members of the executive branch of the United States Government to resist certain subpoenas and other interventions by the legislative and judicial branches of government in pursuit of information or personnel relating to the executive.
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Fort Benning
Fort Benning is a United States Army base straddling the Alabama-Georgia border next to Columbus, Georgia.
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Fort Lewis
Fort Lewis is a United States military facility located south-southwest of Tacoma, Washington, under the jurisdiction of the United States Army Joint Base Garrison, Joint Base Lewis–McChord.
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Forward operating base
A forward operating base (FOB) is any secured forward military position, commonly a military base, that is used to support tactical operations.
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Forward Operating Base Salerno
Forward Operating Base Salerno is a former forward operating base used by the U.S. military from 2002–2013 during Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Fremont, California
Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California, United States.
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Friendly fire
Friendly fire is an attack by a military force on non-enemy, own, allied or neutral, forces while attempting to attack the enemy, either by misidentifying the target as hostile, or due to errors or inaccuracy.
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Fumble
A fumble in American and Canadian football occurs when a player who has possession and control of the ball loses it before being downed (tackled) or scoring.
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Glendale, Arizona
Glendale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, located about nine miles (14 km) northwest from Downtown Phoenix.
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Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
The Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal (GWOT-EM) is a United States Armed Forces award created by George W. Bush on 12 March 2003, through Executive Order 13289.
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Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
The Global War on Terrorism Service Medal (GWOT-SM) is a military award of the United States Armed Forces which was created through Executive Order 13289 on 12 March 2003, by President George W. Bush.
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Hardball with Chris Matthews
Hardball with Chris Matthews is an American television talk show on MSNBC, broadcast weekdays at 7 PM ET hosted by Chris Matthews.
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Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau (see name pronunciation; July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian.
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Henry Waxman
Henry Arnold Waxman (born September 12, 1939) is an American politician who served as the U.S. Representative for from 1975 until 2015.
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History of the St. Louis Rams
The professional American football franchise now known as the Los Angeles Rams played in St. Louis, Missouri, as the St.
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Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona.
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Interception
In ball-playing competitive team sports, an interception or pick is a move by a player involving a pass of the ball—whether by foot or hand, depending on the rules of the sport—in which the ball is intended for a player of the same team but caught by a player of the opposing team, who thereby usually gains possession of the ball for their team.
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Into the Wild (book)
Into the Wild is a 1996 non-fiction book written by Jon Krakauer.
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Into Thin Air
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt.
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IPhone
iPhone is a line of smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The iPhone line of products use Apple's iOS mobile operating system software.
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Iraq
Iraq (or; العراق; عێراق), officially known as the Republic of Iraq (جُمُهورية العِراق; کۆماری عێراق), is a country in Western Asia, bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the southwest and Syria to the west.
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Iraq War
The Iraq WarThe conflict is also known as the War in Iraq, the Occupation of Iraq, the Second Gulf War, and Gulf War II.
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Jake Plummer
Jason Steven "Jake" Plummer (born December 19, 1974) is a former professional football player, a quarterback for ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL).
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Jessica Lynch
Jessica Dawn Lynch (born April 26, 1983) is a former United States Army soldier who served in the 2003 invasion of Iraq by U.S. and allied forces.
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John Abizaid
John Philip Abizaid (born April 1, 1951) is a retired United States Army general and former U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) commander, overseeing American military operations in a 27-country region, from the Horn of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, to South and Central Asia, covering much of the Middle East.
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John McCain
John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Arizona, a seat he was first elected to in 1986.
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Joint Meritorious Unit Award
The Joint Meritorious Unit Award (JMUA) is a military award that was established on June 4, 1981 by Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and was implemented by Department of Defense Directive 1348.27 dated July 22, 1982.
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Jon Krakauer
Jon Krakauer (born April 12, 1954) is an American writer and mountaineer, primarily known for his writings about the outdoors, especially mountain climbing.
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Kevin Tillman
Kevin Tillman (born January 24, 1978) is a former U.S. Army soldier, an American anti–Iraq War activist, and former Minor League Baseball second baseman.
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Khost
Khost (خوست) is a city in eastern Afghanistan, and the largest city of Loya Paktia.
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Khost Province
Khost (خوست, خوست) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of Afghanistan.
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Leland High School (San Jose, California)
Leland High School is a public high school located in the Almaden Valley in San Jose, California, in the San Jose Unified School District.
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Lincoln Law School of San Jose
Lincoln Law School of San Jose is a private, non-profit law school in San Jose, California.
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Linebacker
A linebacker (LB or backer) is a playing position in American football and Canadian football.
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Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper which has been published in Los Angeles, California since 1881.
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M16 rifle
The M16 rifle, officially designated Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16, is a United States military adaptation of the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle.Kern, Danford Allan (2006).. m-14parts.com. A thesis presented to the Faculty of the US Army Command and General Staff College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree MASTER OF MILITARY ART AND SCIENCE, Military History. Fort Leavenworth, KansasKokalis, Peter G.. Nodakspud.com The original M16 was a selective fire 5.56mm rifle with a 20-round magazine. In 1964, the M16 entered U.S. military service and the following year was deployed for jungle warfare operations during the Vietnam War. In 1969, the M16A1 replaced the M14 rifle to become the U.S. military's standard service rifle.Ezell, Edward Clinton (1983). Small Arms of the World. New York: Stackpole Books. pp. 46–47..Urdang, p. 801. The M16A1 improvements include a bolt-assist, chrome plated bore and a new 30-round magazine. In 1983, the U.S. Marine Corps adopted the M16A2 rifle and the U.S. Army adopted it in 1986. The M16A2 fires the improved 5.56×45mm NATO (M855/SS109) cartridge and has a new adjustable rear sight, case deflector, heavy barrel, improved handguard, pistol grip and buttstock, as well as a semi-auto and three-round burst only fire selector. Adopted in 1998, the M16A4 is the fourth generation of the M16 series.Weapons of the Modern Marines, by Michael Green, MBI Publishing Company, 2004, page 16 It is equipped with a removable carrying handle and Picatinny rail for mounting optics and other ancillary devices. The M16 has also been widely adopted by other militaries around the world. Total worldwide production of M16s has been approximately 8 million, making it the most-produced firearm of its 5.56 mm caliber. The U.S. Military has largely replaced the M16 in combat units with a shorter and lighter version named the M4 carbine.
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M249 light machine gun
The M249 light machine gun (LMG), formerly designated the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) and formally written as Light Machine Gun, 5.56 mm, M249, is the American adaptation of the Belgian FN Minimi, a light machine gun manufactured by the Belgian company FN Herstal (FN).
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Maria Shriver
Maria Owings Shriver (born November 6, 1955) is an American journalist, author, and former First Lady of California.
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Marketing
Marketing is the study and management of exchange relationships.
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Meritorious Service Medal (United States)
The Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) is a military award presented to members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguished themselves by outstanding meritorious achievement or service to the United States subsequent to January 16, 1969.
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Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge
The Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge is an arch bridge in the United States that spans the Colorado River between the states of Arizona and Nevada.
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Military
A military or armed force is a professional organization formally authorized by a sovereign state to use lethal or deadly force and weapons to support the interests of the state.
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National Defense Service Medal
The National Defense Service Medal (NDSM) is a service medal of the United States Armed Forces established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953. The medal was first intended to be a "blanket campaign medal" awarded to service members who served honorably during a designated time period of which a "national emergency" had been declared during a time of war or conflict. It may also be issued to active military members for any other period that the Secretary of Defense designates. Currently, the National Defense Service Medal is the oldest service medal in use by the United States Armed Forces. The oldest continuously issued combat medal is the Medal of Honor.
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National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC).
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New Almaden
The New Almaden quicksilver mine in the Capitancillas range in Santa Clara County, California, United States, is the oldest and most productive quicksilver (i.e., mercury) mine in the U.S. The site was known to the indigenous Ohlone for its cinnabar long before a Mexican settler became aware of the ores in 1820.
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Nick Mangold
Nicholas Allan Mangold (born January 13, 1984) is a former American football center.
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Noam Chomsky
Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic and political activist.
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NPR
National Public Radio (usually shortened to NPR, stylized as npr) is an American privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization based in Washington, D.C. It serves as a national syndicator to a network of over 1,000 public radio stations in the United States.
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Pac-12 Conference
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level.
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Pac-12 Conference football individual awards
Coaches of the Pac-12 Conference bestow the following awards at the end of each football season.
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Pakistan
Pakistan (پاکِستان), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (اِسلامی جمہوریہ پاکِستان), is a country in South Asia.
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Paktika Province
Paktika (پکتیکا) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the southeastern part of the country.
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Parachutist Badge
The Parachutist Badge or Parachutist Brevet is a military badge awarded by the Armed Forces of most countries in the world to soldiers who receive the proper parachute training and accomplish the required number of jumps.
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Pat Tillman
Patrick Daniel Tillman (November 6, 1976 – April 22, 2004) was a professional American football player in the National Football League (NFL) who left his sports career and enlisted in the United States Army in June 2002 in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.
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Paul Zimmerman (sportswriter)
Paul Lionel Zimmerman (born October 23, 1932), known to readers as "Dr.
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Pete Geren
Preston Murdoch Geren, III, known as Pete Geren (born January 29, 1952) served as the 20th United States Secretary of the Army from July 16, 2007 to September 16, 2009.
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Poster child
The term poster child (sometimes poster boy or poster girl) originally referred to a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters or other media as part of a campaign to raise money or enlist volunteers for a cause or organization.
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Presidential Unit Citation (United States)
The Presidential Unit Citation (PUC), originally called the Distinguished Unit Citation, is awarded to units of the Uniformed services of the United States, and those of allied countries, for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy on or after 7 December 1941 (the date of the Attack on Pearl Harbor and the start of American involvement in World War II).
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Pro Bowl
The Pro Bowl is the all-star game of the National Football League (NFL).
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Purple Heart
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the president to those wounded or killed while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the U.S. military.
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Quarterback sack
In American football and Canadian football, a sack occurs when the quarterback (or another offensive player acting as a passer) is tackled behind the line of scrimmage before he can throw a forward pass, when the quarterback is tackled behind the line of scrimmage in the "pocket" and his intent is unclear, or when a passer runs out of bounds behind the line of scrimmage due to defensive pressure.
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Quran
The Quran (القرآن, literally meaning "the recitation"; also romanized Qur'an or Koran) is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be a revelation from God (Allah).
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.
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Ranger Assessment and Selection Program
Ranger Assessment and Selection Program (RASP) is an 8-week course held at Fort Benning, Georgia.
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Ranger School
The United States Army Ranger School is a 61-day combat leadership course oriented toward small-unit tactics.
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Ranger tab
The Ranger Tab is a service school military decoration of the United States Army signifying completion of the 61-day-long Ranger School course in small-unit infantry combat tactics in woodland, mountain, and swamp operations.
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Roger Goodell
Roger Stokoe Goodell (born February 19, 1959) is an American businessman who is currently the Commissioner of the National Football League (NFL).
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Rookie
A rookie is a person in the first year of activity in a sport, or someone new to a profession, training, or activity such as a rookie police officer, rookie pilot, a recruit, or occasionally a freshman.
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Rose Bowl Game
The Rose Bowl Game, officially the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual for sponsorship purposes, and more frequently known as simply the Rose Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game, usually played on January 1 (New Year's Day) at the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California.
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Safety (gridiron football position)
Safety, historically known as a safetyman, is a position in American and Canadian football played by a member of the defense.
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San Francisco Chronicle
The San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California.
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Seattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football franchise based in Seattle, Washington.
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September 11 attacks
The September 11, 2001 attacks (also referred to as 9/11) were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.
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Silver Star
The Silver Star Medal, unofficially the Silver Star, is the United States Armed Forces's third-highest personal decoration for valor in combat.
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Specialist (rank)
Specialist (abbreviated "SPC") is a military rank in some countries' armed forces.
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Spera, Khost Province
Spera (also spelt Sperah and Speyrah) is a village and the district center of Spera District, Khost Province, Afghanistan.
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Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated is an American sports magazine owned by Meredith Corporation.
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Stanley A. McChrystal
Stanley Allen McChrystal (born August 14, 1954) is a retired United States Army general best known for his command of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the mid-2000s.
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Sun Devil Stadium
Sun Devil Stadium is an outdoor football stadium on the campus of Arizona State University, in Tempe, Arizona, United States.
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Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival, a program of the Sundance Institute, takes place annually in Park City, Utah.
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Superior Unit Award
The Superior Unit Award is a decoration of the United States Army which is awarded in peacetime to any unit of the Army which displays outstanding meritorious performance of a difficult and challenging mission carried out under extraordinary circumstances.
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Tackle (football move)
Most forms of football have a move known as a tackle.
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Ted Rall
Frederick Theodore "Ted" Rall III (born August 26, 1963) is an American columnist, syndicated editorial cartoonist, and author.
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Tempe, Arizona
Tempe (Oidbaḍ in Pima), also known as Hayden's Ferry during the territorial times of Arizona, is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2017 population of 185,038.
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The Dallas Morning News
The Dallas Morning News is a daily newspaper serving the Dallas–Fort Worth area of Texas, with an average of 271,900 daily subscribers.
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The McClatchy Company
The McClatchy Company is a publicly traded American publishing company based in Sacramento, California.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
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The Pentagon
The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. As a symbol of the U.S. military, The Pentagon is often used metonymically to refer to the U.S. Department of Defense.
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The Tillman Story
The Tillman Story is a 2010 American documentary film directed by Amir Bar-Lev.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.
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Tom Davis (Virginia politician)
Thomas Milburn Davis III (born January 5, 1949) is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives who represented Virginia's 11th congressional district in Northern Virginia.
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Transcendentalism
Transcendentalism is a philosophical movement that developed in the late 1820s and 1830s in the eastern United States.
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Truthdig
Truthdig is a news website that provides a mix of long-form articles, blog items, curated links, interviews, arts criticism and commentary on current events delivered from a politically progressive, left-leaning point of view.
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United Service Organizations
The United Service Organizations Inc. (USO) is a nonprofit organization that provides live entertainment, such as comedians and musicians, and other programs to members of the United States Armed Forces and their families.
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United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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United States Army Basic Training
United States Army Basic Training (also known as Initial Entry Training, IET) is the recruit training program of physical and mental preparation for service in the United States Army, United States Army Reserve or Army National Guard.
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United States Army Special Operations Command
The United States Army Special Operations Command (Airborne) (USASOC) is the command charged with overseeing the various special operations forces of the United States Army.
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United States Central Command
The United States Central Command (USCENTCOM or CENTCOM) is a theater-level Unified Combatant Command of the U.S. Department of Defense.
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United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States.
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United States Department of Defense
The Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government concerned directly with national security and the United States Armed Forces.
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United States dollar
The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.
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United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is a United States House of Representatives committee that has existed in varying forms since 1816.
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United States Secretary of the Army
The Secretary of the Army (SA, SECARM or SECARMY) is a senior civilian official within the Department of Defense of the United States of America with statutory responsibility for all matters relating to the United States Army: manpower, personnel, reserve affairs, installations, environmental issues, weapons systems and equipment acquisition, communications, and financial management.
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University of Phoenix Stadium
University of Phoenix Stadium is a multi-purpose football stadium located in Glendale, Arizona, west of Phoenix.
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University Place, Washington
University Place is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States.
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USA Today
USA Today is an internationally distributed American daily, middle-market newspaper that serves as the flagship publication of its owner, the Gannett Company.
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
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VoteVets.org
VoteVets.org is organized as a progressive political action committee (PAC) and non-profit 501(c)(4) status in the United States.
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War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
The War in Afghanistan (or the U.S. War in Afghanistan; code named Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan (2001–2014) and Operation Freedom's Sentinel (2015–present)) followed the United States invasion of Afghanistan of October 7, 2001.
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War on Terror
The War on Terror, also known as the Global War on Terrorism, is an international military campaign that was launched by the United States government after the September 11 attacks in the United States in 2001.
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Wesley Clark
Wesley Kanne Clark, Sr. (born December 23, 1944) is a retired General of the United States Army.
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Where Men Win Glory
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman, a 2009 book written by Jon Krakauer, is a biography of Pat Tillman, an American football player who left his professional career and enlisted in the United States Army after the September 11 attacks.
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YouTube
YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California.
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1996 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
The 1996 Arizona State Sun Devils football team represented the Arizona State University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A college football season.
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1998 NFL Draft
The 1998 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players.
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1998 NFL season
The 1998 NFL season was the 79th regular season of the National Football League.
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2001 NFL season
The 2001 NFL season was the 82nd regular season of the National Football League (NFL).
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2003 invasion of Iraq
The 2003 invasion of Iraq was the first stage of the Iraq War (also called Operation Iraqi Freedom).
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2nd Ranger Battalion (United States)
The 2nd Ranger Battalion, currently based at Joint Base Lewis–McChord south of Seattle, Washington, United States, is the second of three ranger battalions belonging to the United States Army's 75th Ranger Regiment.
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40 (number)
40 (forty) is the natural number following 39 and preceding 41.
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42 (number)
42 (forty-two) is the natural number that succeeds 41 and precedes 43.
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5.56×45mm NATO
The 5.56×45mm NATO (official NATO nomenclature 5.56 NATO) is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge family developed in Belgium by FN Herstal.
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75th Ranger Regiment (United States)
The 75th Ranger Regiment, also known as Army Rangers, is a light infantry airborne special operations force that is part of the United States Army Special Operations Command.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Tillman
