1. "Your Soldier, Your Army: A Parents' Guide" (full text version of the book - provides advice and consolation for parents with deploying children)
2. Air Force Academy
3. American Legion
4. America's Wars (from VA: deaths, casualties, living veterans, total servicemembers)
5. America's Wars and Casualties (numbers of participants, deaths)
6. Armed Forces Day
7. ASVAB Online Course and Practice Tests
8. Blinded Veterans Association
9. Center for Women Veterans (Department of Veterans Affairs)
10. Colorado Department of Military and Veteran Affairs
11. Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade
12. Colorado Veterans Monument
13. DANTES Home Page (Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support)
14. DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (fact sheets and sample questions)
15. Department of Defense POW / Missing Personnel Office
16. Department of Veterans Affairs - Colorado Facilities Locator & Directory
17. Deployment Kids.com (provides activities for children of deployed soldiers, letter writing guides, distance calculators, downloads, journals, and more)
18. DisabilityInfo.gov (the federal government's disability-related information and resources - including information for injured military veterans)
19. Disabled American Veterans (DAV)
20. DoD Organizations and Functions Guide Book (structure and function of Defense Agencies)
21. El Paso County Veteran & Military Affairs (includes link to 2008 Federal Benefits Book, VA Clinics, Veterans Integrated Services Network, and more)
22. Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents - 2009 Edition (from the Department of Veterans Affairs)
23. Fort Carson, Colorado (Army post)
24. Free ASVAB Practice Tests (from Military.com)
25. Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
26. History of Veterans Day (from The History Channel)
27. Iraq (War on Terrorism) - (country info., maps, experts, govt. reports, sanctions, human rights, anti-war, etc.)
28. Jobs / Employment for Military and Veterans (connects to Jobs / Employment category in Web Picks)
29. Medal of Honor Citations (full-text citations listed by war; incl. special awards and additional info.)
30. Military Affairs Division of the Chamber of Commerce
31. Military Homefront - Supporting our Troops and their Families (from DoD)
32. Military One Source (24/7 support, advice and resources for military families)
33. Military Personnel Records (online request form for veterans or surviving next of kin)
34. Military Seals (DoD and Military Seals--in color and black and white)
35. Military Skills Translator (translate your MOS, Rate, AFSC or designator into civilian terms: job title, required civilian training, salaries)
36. Military Spouse Corporate Career Network - A Non-Profit Corporate Direct Hire Program
37. Military.com (resources, news, history, marketplace, finance, careers)
38. MilitaryHusbands.com (Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine, Navy)
39. MilitaryKidz.com (for children of Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine, Navy service members - create a free user account and "code name" to enter site)
40. MilitaryWives.com (Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine, Navy, Reserve wives, kids and husbands)
41. MilSpouse.org (information and links on employment, education, and relocations for military spouses)
42. National Center for PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) (from the U.S. Dept. of Military Affairs)
43. National Coalition for Homeless Veterans
44. National Gravesite Locator (burial locations of veterans + dependents in VA National Cemeteries, state veterans cemeteries and other military cemeteries
45. National Military Appreciation Month (May)
46. National Veterans Organization
47. National Veterans Wheelchair Games
48. NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command)
49. Operation Homelink - free refurbished computers to either parents or spouses of deployed service men and women E1-E5 to enable email communication with their loved one deployed overseas.
50. Operation Uplink - free phone cards for military personnel and hospitalized veterans
51. Operation USO Care Package (delivers needed items to service members overseas)
52. Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA)
53. Peterson Air Force Base
54. Returning from the War Zone: A Guide for Families of Military Members (from the National Center for PTSD)
55. Schriever Air Force Base
56. Society of Military Widows
57. Soldiers Angels (sponsors cards, letters, care packages, and other support for military)
58. Sources for Veterans: Information, Aid and Benefits
59. Stars and Stripes - The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919
60. Support American Troops Overseas
61. U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)
62. U.S. Military Rank Insignia (color illustrations for all services)
63. U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM)
64. U.S. Veterans Resource
65. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Office of Veteran and Military Affairs
66. VA (Department of Veterans Affairs)
67. Veterans Day (history, fact sheet, etc., from Department of Veterans Affairs)
68. Veterans Day 11/11- from Military.com
69. Veterans Day 2008 - Facts for Features from the U.S. Census Bureau
70. Veterans History Project (audio- and video-taped oral histories, letters, diaries, photos, home movies)
71. Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW)
72. Vietnam Veterans of America
73. Wounded Warrior Resource Center (provides wounded service members, their families, and caregivers with information about military facilities, health care services, and benefits)

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