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'Troop' Helps Soothe Children During Deployments

'Troop' Helps Soothe Children During Deployments

Update: 2019-04-22

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One Army veteran's idea is soothing children as relatives deploy. Homefront host Craig McKee sits down with Blake Wayman to discuss the inspiration behind 'Troop on the Stoop' and how his idea is supporting another veteran centered group tied to a soldier kidnapped and killed in the Iraq War.

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'Troop' Helps Soothe Children During Deployments

'Troop' Helps Soothe Children During Deployments

Craig McKee