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CONGRESSIONAL COMPROMISE

Cuts to compensation

and benefits are blunted in the final defense bill 31

GROWING NEED A new foundation helps military families 56

Changing Tunes

Members of the Navy’s B-1 Band made music and history as they helped desegregate the Navy during World War II 52