{"id":6920,"date":"2021-07-28T21:25:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T21:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/?p=6920"},"modified":"2021-08-12T21:31:26","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T21:31:26","slug":"from-military-times-all-overseas-dod-school-students-will-get-free-meals-through-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2021\/07\/28\/from-military-times-all-overseas-dod-school-students-will-get-free-meals-through-june\/","title":{"rendered":"From Military Times: All overseas DoD school students will get free meals through June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6921\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2021\/07\/28\/from-military-times-all-overseas-dod-school-students-will-get-free-meals-through-june\/capture-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Capture-e1628803812934.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"928,522\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Hammett, Conner&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1628785723&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DoD School Meals Free Through June\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Capture-e1628803812934.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Capture-e1628803812934.jpg?w=928\" class=\"wp-image-6921 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/Capture-e1628803812934.jpg\" alt=\"Phillip Jackson, military spouse, receives grab-and-go meals from Sonja Gates, Department of Defense Education Activity school meal program manager at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, March 25, 2020, as children attended school from home. 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