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Veterans Day Weekend - 20121155 viewsJason Kayla and his friend Don Fell in Baghdad, Iraq 2011.

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Veterans Day Weekend - 20121119 viewsSupporting the Steelers all the way across the globe at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. I am currently a Major serving with Marine Corps Logistics Command (Forward) and have been in country since June and will return in January, 2013. I have been able to watch the Steelers play on AFN and a dedicated Steelers fan I am, waking up at zero dark thirty is well worth it!! -- Semper Fidelis, Sarah Lukes, Major, United States Marine Corps MCLC (FWD)

Veterans Day, 20131107 viewsMembers of Steeler Nation UK salute our American Troops from WWII in a special way:

Andrew Duncan poses with the Terrible Towel during a break from a WWII reenactment he participated in this past October. His group is called "Normandy 44", and they honor the memories of the men who fought and died fighting for their country.

"I've been reenacting WW2 troops in the 29th Infantry and the 2nd Rangers for twelve years now. We've been to Normandy almost every year for D-Day to pay our respects to all who laid their life down. We also do schools talks about the unit and the history of what these heroic men went through during the war." -- Andrew

Normandy 44 on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Normandy44/476435215738629

Veterans Day, 20131100 viewsJake Robinson stops to pose with his Terrible Towel outside of Baghdad. Jake is with the West Virginia National Guard.

Veterans Day Weekend - 20121082 viewsTook my Terrible Towel with me on my last parachute jump before I retired from active duty after 22 years in the US Air Force.

Craig Hillsman

Originally from Nemacolin PA, now living in Clarksville TN...Always a Steelers Fan!

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Veterans Day Weekend - 20121082 viewsA soldier stationed in Afghanistan took this picture of my father, Colonel John Sorensen, a member of the Army Reserve Medical Corps, and a huge Steelers fan.

Even during surgery overseas, he represents. The picture was taken sometime in October (I don't have an exact date).

I had to crop the picture because of the rest of the content. Hopefully, it will still work for the website.

Emily Sorensen

Veterans Day, 20131046 views"This was taken in Kuwait in December 2011. Most of the season I watched the games at 2am (streaming on a computer) waving my towel around a bunch of Kuwaiti air traffic controllers. They just didn't get it! lol. Thanks again Ben for supporting us! Proud to serve my STEELER NATION!" -- SSGT Holly Stene, United States Air Force, hometown: Johnstown, PA.

Veterans Day Weekend - 20121031 viewsThis is a photo of my buddy, Joshua Robert Maurer with my daughter Taylor Heath from a Blue Angels air show in Jacksonville, FL.

We were fortunate enough to gain access to the runway at NAS Jax and snap a pic against the Blue Angels!

Joshua is stationed at NAS Mayport (also in Jacksonville) in the U.S. Navy.

Leslie Heath

December 14, 2013 - Wreaths Across America at Arlington National Cemetery1023 viewsGod bless all the volunteers who arrived at first light on a frosty December morning at Arlington National Cemetery to lay wreaths on the graves of our fallen heroes and all those who fought for our country before being laid to rest here.

Every Memorial Day & Veterans Day we post about the "Wreaths Across America" organization who make this honor possible!

These wreaths are placed on the graves of our fighting men and women every year in many cities across the Unites States!

You can follow them on Twitter here:

@WreathsAcross

You can "like" their Facebook page here:

https://www.facebook.com/WAAHQ

You can check also check out their website here:

http://www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/

Photo credit: US Army at the Arlington National Cemetery

November, 2013: A Thanksgiving Welcome Home - Steelers Style1020 viewsWeâ€™ve been keeping up with Steven since he shared his photo and message for Ben in September of 2013, when he was deployed (you can see it here in this album). This past weekend he sent in a new photo â€“ of the Welcome Home he was greeted with upon his return to the U.S. last week:

â€œI got back from a deployment and surprised my family for Thanksgiving. Not only that, but my brother Mike, his wife Briseida, and their son Maximiliano (who knew I was coming home), welcomed my return with their Steelers jerseys and gear on, ready to support me and our Steelers! They also surprised me with a new Big Ben jersey and a Terrible Towel! GO BIG BEN! GO STEELERS!â€ â€“ Steven

Steven only has a few days to enjoy with his family before reporting to his duty station, but said it was â€œamazing to be backâ€.

Steven, we wish you all the best! Stay safe and God bless!

Steeler Pride far far from home!1017 viewsJake Robinson (in the #7 jersey) sent this photo of his Unit serving in Afghanistan. We used it for an Armed Forces Day post on the website's home page:

http://bigben7.com/today-is-armed-forces-day/

Veterans Day, 2013997 views"I was a Platoon Leader, stationed in Kandahar, Afghanistan from 2012-2013. My Platoon mostly did walking patrols throughout the city, and I made sure my Terrible Towel was tucked in my cargo pocket on every one. By the end of my tour, both my Soldiers and my Afghan counterparts were accustomed to when I pulled a security halt to get a photo of my Terrible Towel in different parts of the city. My Towel has accumulated quite a bit of the Afghanistan desert sand, but it now proudly hangs in my living room and will go with me the next time I get to go home to Pittsburgh and see the Steelers play!" -- 1LT Megan Conroy, 2nd Platoon "Wolfpack" / 563rd MP CO (Fort Drum, NY).

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