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Retired Master Sergeant Debra Mendez has released Soldiers Cook: Recipe for Resilience, a memoir drawn from nearly 30 years in the Army and National Guard.

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Laith Yousif has released a memoir, From Baghdad to Brooklyn: An Ordinary Journey Through Extraordinary Times, about leaving Iraq, surviving 9/11 and navigating asylum in the U.S. The book aims to recast refugees as full human beings shaped by…

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Influential Women is spotlighting Veronica Van Doran, an Account Services Manager at Butler/Till in Rochester, for her work spanning marketing, public relations and Army Reserve public affairs.

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Third Act Georgia and Indivisible Cobb will host a public forum in Marietta on Aug. 27 where veterans, immigrants, civil servants and others will share how recent government actions have altered their lives.

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The Dwyer Coalition for Military Veterans & Families will launch a 200-plus-mile bicycle ride from Albany County to Suffolk County on Oct. 23-24, 2026, to spotlight peer support, connection and holistic wellness for New York’s military-connected…

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Aaron Chase’s new autobiography, How to Be a Witness In The Wilderness, recounts childhood struggles, combat deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a Christian testimony built around perseverance and spiritual growth.

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Forensic document examiner Laurie Hoeltzel was featured in a two-part Close Up Radio interview about her work spotting forged signatures and handwritten documents.

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Speed International Logistics says it is expanding its air, ocean, railway and express freight network as cross-border trade grows more complex.

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The South Carolina Military Veterans Hall of Fame held its first induction dinner Saturday at Fort Jackson’s 1917 Club in Columbia, bringing together more than 380 guests and honoring 14 living veterans and 27 posthumous inductees.

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Kayeh AI has named Dana Eyre, PhD, a former UN policy advisor and Hoover Institution visiting scholar, as an advisor to help civic and international groups use its consensus platform in polarized settings.

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Author Rene Reid’s Peace Amidst Conflict blends a fictional romance with the historical backdrop of 9/11, the Iraq War debate and the War on Terror.

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A new visual case-study series built from Pedro Israel Orta’s memoir looks at how CIA leadership, culture, and oversight shaped performance in Baghdad, Afghanistan, and internal whistleblower cases.

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Roberts & Ryan has named Al Kirton as senior director in New York, expanding the broker-dealer’s leadership with a veteran of CAVU Securities, Academy Securities, Wells Fargo Securities and Goldman Sachs.

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IAOTP selected Jason Johnson for its Top 50 Fearless Leaders list and will honor him at its annual awards gala in New York City in December 2026. The recognition spotlights Johnson’s work leading Project K-9 Hero and his broader career in…

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Larisa B. Miller’s career spans Pennsylvania state government, Abu Dhabi royal-family advisory work, and leadership of Phoenix Global and Provenance Family Advisory.

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Sierra Delta founder BJ Ganem, a Marine veteran who lost his leg in Iraq, is in Connecticut Sept. 20-21 to spotlight the nonprofit’s approach to helping veterans through dogs.

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MEED has named 73 national winners across nine Middle East and North Africa markets in the MEED Projects Awards 2026, advancing them to the regional finals in Dubai.

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New research from the University of Sharjah details how Syrian archaeologists moved about 30,000 museum objects out of the Deir ez-Zor Museum in 2014 and 2015 as ISIS threatened to overrun the city.

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Former CIA officer Pedro Israel Orta is promoting a new book and media campaign around whistleblower protections, oversight and executive power as the 2026 midterms sharpen debate over government accountability.

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Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott has received a permanent name-recognition brick at Fort Jackson’s developing Centennial Park in Columbia.