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Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, passes out coins to children from the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors organization during Nationals-Giants baseball game in Washington, D.C., July 4, 2012. TAPS provides peer-based emotional support, grief and trauma resources, seminars, case work assistance, and 24/7 crisis intervention care for all those affected by the death of a loved one in military service.

Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, passes out coins to children from the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors organization during Nationals-Giants baseball game in Washington, D.C., July 4, 2012. TAPS provides peer-based emotional support, grief and trauma resources, seminars, case work assistance, and 24/7 crisis intervention care for all those affected by the death of a loved one in military service.

Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, passes out coins to children from the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors organization during Nationals-Giants baseball game in Washington, D.C., July 4, 2012. TAPS provides peer-based emotional support, grief and trauma resources, seminars, case work assistance, and 24/7 crisis intervention care for all those affected by the death of a loved one in military service.

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