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Thursday, July 31, 2008
DVIDS News - 07-31-2008
(07.31.2008) The non-commissioned officer in charge of force protection here stood amid a crew of smiling Iraqi faces huddled around a large table covered with polka-dotted gift bags and boxes full of toys.
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Face of Defense: Soldier Bonds With Iraqis Duri...
(07.31.2008) The non-commissioned officer in charge of force protection here stood amid a crew of smiling Iraqi faces huddled around a large table covered with polka-dotted gift bags and boxes full of toys.
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Iraqi Police Officers Graduate First ‘train-the...
(07.31.2008) The room was dark and quiet as the insurgents were planning their next attack, surrounded by weapons and explosives, when the door is kicked open and members of the Iraqi police flood into the room, “Get down on ...
Story by Dustin Weidman
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Top Enlisted Sailor Urges Continued Progress in...
(07.31.2008) Though 60 years have passed since an executive order ended segregation in the U.S. military, today's service members still have work to do to make the most of diversity in the ranks, the Navy's top enlisted Sailo...
Story by Staff Sgt. Michael J Carden
Alabama National Guard Says Goodbye to the 142n...
(07.31.2008) The 142nd Signal Brigade in Decatur will leave the force structure of the Alabama Army National Guard at the end of August 2008.
Story by Norman Arnold
Grim Troop Clears Insurgents in Diyala Province
(07.31.2008) Flying just above the horizon hours before sunrise, Soldiers are prepared for an air assault mission.
Story by Sgt. Kyle Richardson
New York State Agencies, Vet Centers Team Up to...
(07.31.2008) The New York State Division of Veterans Affairs and New York State Office of Mental Health are teaming up with the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs to provide mental health screening to citiz...
Story by Eric Durr
Memorandum Ensures Redeploying Troops Get Acces...
(07.31.2008) The Defense Department, the Transportation Security Administration and the Federal Aviation Administration have signed a memorandum of understanding that will give service members access to commercial airports as...
Story by Jim Garamone
USCG Headquarters NewsBreak - 07-31-2008
Ships moving despite new oil leak on Mississippi
Portion of Mississippi River closed due barge leak: USCG
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* US Coast Guard scour ocean for Rockefeller 'kidnapping' yacht
Clark Rockefeller's web of lies unravels
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* Coast Guard responding to boat fire
Captain of burned Miss Calabash II talks to News13 about the rescue
* Coast Guard Searches For Missing Diver
Searchers find diver's body near Andrea Doria site
* Coast Guard transports whale carcass to Oahu
* Missing Lobster Divers Found Safe
* Crews set to raise sunken barge today
Crane Cleanup Continues In Titusville
* Yacht drifting off Navarre Beach
* CG, Navy Promote Unity Through Goodwill
* Congress Torpedoes Drug Submarines Carrying Cocaine From Colombia
* Singlehanded Transpac - Rescue at Sea
* EADS MTAD delivers the fifth HC-144A aircraft included in the US ...
* Man rescued from raft on Lake Michigan
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
DVIDS News - 07-30-2008
(07.30.2008) Staff Sgt. Frank Pflieger, the non-commissioned officer-in-charge of force protection, stood amidst a crew of smiling Iraqi faces huddled around a large worktable covered with polka-dotted gift bags and boxes ful...
Story by Staff Sgt. Michel Sauret
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Traveling Medic Ensures Quality of Life
(07.30.2008) One Vanguard Soldier spends more than half of every month traveling throughout the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division area of operation to ensure Soldiers have the highest possible quality of life.
Story by 1st Lt. Allis Gilbert
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Wolfhound Joined Army for Excitement
(07.30.2008) Pfc. Tommy Smith, a Rome, Ga., native, joined the U.S. Army in 2006.He said he joined the Infantry looking for excitement and adventure, because that is “where all the fun is at.”
Story by Sgt. Brad Willeford
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Active, Guard Members Give Back to Disabled Vets
(07.30.2008) As disabled veterans tested their limits during the National Disabled Veterans Wheelchair Games, which wrapped up yesterday, nearly 400 military volunteers provided the behind the scenes support that officials sa...
Story by Donna Miles
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Veterans Assist Indigenous Survivors
(07.30.2008) In 1986, several hundred natives of Vietnam, called either DeGas or Montagnards, and their families were relocated to the United States as refugees. In the latter part of 1992, close to 400 additional DeGas were ...
Story by Pfc. Benjamin Watson
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Project Captures Newer As Well As Older Veteran...
(07.30.2008) As competitors were hurrying from one competition to the next at the 28th National Disabled Veterans Wheelchair Games, some paused between venues to commit to history their accounts of their military service and ...
Story by Donna Miles
America Supports You: Unusual Fundraiser Helps ...
(07.30.2008) "The Gigantic Garage Sale" at the South Florida Fairgrounds in Palm Beach County, July 26, proved to be not only fun for shoppers, but also was lucrative for "Forgotten Soldier Outreach," a care package organizat...
Story by Samantha Quigley
Commander Maps Careful Route for Gun Crew’s Return
(07.30.2008) Capt. Mathew Haywood has an obvious disdain for idleness that may grow out of only a passing acquaintance with rest. As commander of A Battery, 163rd Field Artillery Battalion, Haywood, Carmi, Ill., has a precise...
Story by Staff Sgt. Les Newport
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'Noble Resolve' Experiment Tests Emergency-Resp...
(07.30.2008) Defense Department agencies as well as state and local emergency-preparedness organizations in Virginia, Oregon, Colorado and Indiana are honing their communication and coordination capabilities as part of the cu...
Story by Gerry Gilmore
Vets Wrap Up Wheelchair Games With Inspiration,...
(07.30.2008) Nearly 500 disabled veterans closed the 28th National Veterans Wheelchair Games last night celebrating new friendships made, new pride in what they've accomplished, and confidence in their abilities.
Story by Donna Miles
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USCG Headquarters NewsBreak - 07/30/2008
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* High-ranking official shoots stepson
* Detroit Coast Guard office pulls out of search for 2 near Toledo
* Coast Guard finds body of missing boater
* Coast Guard Signals Lobster Mini-Season Concerns
Coast Guard to use volunteer-based auxiliary flotillas to help ...
* Coast Guard Prevents Further Oil Spills From Sunken Tugboats
Oil leak cleanup from sunken tugs in Schuylkill continues
* UPDATE 1-Deepwater traffic near normal on Miss. River-USCG
Corps halts river dredging as oil found in mud; could effect shipping
Ship traffic largely back to normal on Mississippi
* Coast Guard still searching for Bay City bridge jumper
* Beaked whale washes up on Moloka'i
* Academy tops in sobriety, bad food
* Nude swimmer taken into custody
* Here are the latest Pentagon Channel clips.
http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=337419
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
USCG Headquarters NewsBreak - 07-29-2008
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* US Coast Guard allows 60 ships on Miss. River
Coast Guard: Accident that caused oil spill was company's second ...
Coast Guard expects Mississippi to be fully open by Tuesday
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* USCG, CBP data still not shared in New England
* Coast Guard Searches For Missing Girl Swept Out To Sea
* Crane Collapses, Spills 100 Gallons Of Diesel
* Parade of Ships join Coast Guard Festival
* Coast Guard: Truck, Driver Fall In Water Off Near Jones Island
* Coast Guard defends 'dumping' practice
* Coast Guard performs two medical evacuations
* Boat goes up in flames at Follies (w/video, photos)
* 2 pulled from rip current in Lake Michigan
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Copyright law prohibits further reproduction of this document outside the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Transportation. This publication is prepared by the Coast Guard Public Affairs staff to apprise personnel of emerging policy issues as they appear in the news media. We attempt to use articles covering subject matter of broad interest to the widest Coast Guard audience possible, and are not able to include all regional articles that may surface. Questions, concerns and comments about the Headquarters NewsBreak should be directed to PA1 David Mosley at 202-372-4613 or David.B.Mosley@uscg.mil.
You can now view HQ NewsBreak at: http://cgls.uscg.mil/pipermail/coast_guard_e-newsletter/.
Monday, July 28, 2008
DVIDS News - 07-28-2008
(07.28.2008) “History has proven that Soldiers will follow good leaders in dangerous situations,” said Command Sgt. Maj. Kevin J. Thompson, Headquarters and Headquarters Company 160th Signal Brigade, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.
Story by Pfc. Alicia Torbush
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Battlefield Promotions Pilot Program Goes Into ...
(07.26.2008) JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq – Are you an Army private, specialist or sergeant deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom, working in a position of higher authority and looking for a w...
Story by Spc. Michael Behlin
Mahmudiyah Qada Poultry Association Celebrates ...
(07.28.2008) Leaders gathered at the home of Moayad Al-Shibelym, the former mayor of Mahmudiyah, to celebrate the success of the Mahmudiyah Qada Poultry Association, July 20, 2008.
Story by Spc. Justin Snyder
LITCON 10 Heads Home, Mission Complete
(07.28.2008) It all seemed familiar to soldiers of Lithuanian Contingent 10, Iron Wolf Brigade: packing to leave Iraq. They did it two months ago. That time, with just a week left in their tour, they were given a choice – vol...
Story by Sgt. Daniel West
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Officials Strive to Reduce Preventable MRAP Acc...
(07.28.2008) Emphasizing that the mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles known as MRAPs are the best protection available against roadside bombs and other underbelly explosions, defense safety officials are promoting enhan...
Story by Donna Miles
Marines Relax With Sports
(07.28.2008) The stresses of a constant operational tempo give Marines the need for something to balance out the tension. Some Marines have found a way to relax by participating in outdoor sporting activities.
Story by Cpl. Ryan Tomlinson
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End of the Trail for Top Ironhorse Trooper - Co...
(07.28.2008) Looking out of the window with a smile on his face Command Sergeant Major (ret) Stanley D. Small, previous command sergeant major for 1st “Ironhorse” Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, reminisced about mo...
Story by Spc. Shejal Pulivarti
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157th QM 'slicker' With New Equipment
(07.28.2008) “We’ve got the dirtiest job in the Army!” said acting First Sergeant, Sgt. 1st Class Aaron Finley, 157th Quartermaster Company, 15th Special Troops Battalion, 15th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command.
Story by Sgt. Matthew Cooley
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CSTC-A Team Contributes to Development of Trust...
(07.27.2008) More than 200 students processed into the Regional Training Center by Afghan national police and Afghan civilians, with the help of Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan mentors.
Story by Staff Sgt. Beth Del Vecchio
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Iron Caisson Accepted Into Green-to-Gold
(07.27.2008) Sgt. Danielle Kuehn didn’t know anything about the military in the summer of 2004 except that she had always wanted to be a part of it.
Story by Spc. Allison Churchill
Big Red One Takes Command in Northeastern Afgha...
(07.27.2008) When the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team paratroopers set foot on Afghanistan soil 15 months ago, the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division “Big Red One” was just re-activating at Fort Hood, Texas. Th...
Story by Staff Sgt. Adora Medina
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Journalism Conference Held in Al Kut
(07.27.2008) Iraqi journalists gathered at the al Kut Hotel to discuss problems, challenges and possible solutions facing their profession in southern Iraq at a conference held from July 21- 23.
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Joe Thompson
A Soldier’s Faith
(07.27.2008) Every Sunday morning at 9:15 a.m., without fail, you can hear a gospel song emanating down the hall of the 1st Sustainment Brigade headquarters building. For those faithful Sunday school members making their way ...
Story by Staff Sgt. Bryant Maude
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Literacy Key to Helping Rebuild Iraq
(07.27.2008) Iraq is targeting the more than 6 million illiterate Iraqi adults through a national literacy campaign. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural organization estimates more than 60 percent of the a...
Story by Spc. Tiffany Evans
USCG Headquarters NewsBreak - 07-28-2008
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* More ships slowly navigate spill zone
USCG opens two post-spill decontamination sites
Dozens of ships still stranded by oil spill
Workers struggle to clean up oil spill on Mississippi
Impact on wildlife limited in Miss. River spill
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* 3 missing, 4 dead after weekend of riptides in NY
3 missing after weekend of drownings in NY
Four Drown at New York City-Area Beaches; Three Others Missing
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* Photo Release -- Northrop Grumman-built Waesche Will `Directly ...
The Coast Guard's new ship
Coast Guard Cutter Waesche Christened At Ingalls Shipyard
* Coast Guard Responds To Small Oil Spill On SF Bay
* Boat loaded with pot seized off coast
Boat Containing 1000 lbs. of Pot Caught off Point Loma
* Coast Guard rescues 2 boaters from Ship Channel
* Coast Guard Searches For Missing 73-Year-Old Man
* Wilmington Recognized as Coast Guard City
* Coast Guard stops search for missing fisherman
* Coast Guard evacuates 19-year-old woman
* Blimp surveys for smugglers in Florida Straits
* Here are the latest Pentagon Channel clips.
Update of LA oil spill efforts-Feat. Capt. Stroh
http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=334906
Update 2 of LA oil spill efforts-feat. CWO3 Brandon Brewer
http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=335096
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Copyright law prohibits further reproduction of this document outside the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Transportation. This publication is prepared by the Coast Guard Public Affairs staff to apprise personnel of emerging policy issues as they appear in the news media. We attempt to use articles covering subject matter of broad interest to the widest Coast Guard audience possible, and are not able to include all regional articles that may surface. Questions, concerns and comments about the Headquarters NewsBreak should be directed to PA1 David Mosley at 202-372-4613 or David.B.Mosley@uscg.mil.
You can now view HQ NewsBreak at: http://cgls.uscg.mil/pipermail/coast_guard_e-newsletter/.
Friday, July 25, 2008
DVIDS News - 07-25-2008
(07.25.2008) As daybreak arrives, a Solider unfastens his protective gear in the sweltering heat of the morning. His clothes drenched of sweat, his brow beaten by the burden of his Kevlar.
Story by Capt. Marc Anthony Gomez
Why Teaching, Coaching, Mentoring Is More Criti...
(07.25.2008) Most senior non-commissioned officers in our Army had the benefit of being raised during the Cold War. The reason I say ‘benefit’ is due in large part of the opportunity they had to learn how to care for and coun...
Story by Command Sgt. Maj. John Gioia
Best in Baghdad Battle to Death for Title of ‘M...
(07.25.2008) It was a battle to the death. Only one man would survive and he would be declared greatest of all the land.
Story by Sgt. Jason Thompson
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Commander Maps Careful Route for Gun Crew’s Return
(07.25.2008) Capt. Mathew Haywood has an obvious disdain for idleness that may grow out of only a passing acquaintance with rest. As commander of A Battery, 163rd Field Artillery Bn., Haywood, from Carmi, Ill., has a precisel...
Story by Staff Sgt. Lesley Newport
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Government of Iraq Renews Bridge of Ruins
(07.25.2008) Engineers with 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team “Warrior,” 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, journeyed to the Grand Canal Bridge in Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad July 22, 2008, to monito...
Story by Pfc. Lyndsey Dransfield
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Soldiers Interrogate Streets of Baghdad: Route...
(07.25.2008) Every job that Soldiers do in Iraq is essentially one gear in the mammoth machine that is the U.S. Army. Those jobs, often unheralded, sometimes strenuous and possibly perilous, work in unison toward reaching the...
Story by Staff Sgt. Brock Jones
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Rusafa Leaders Give People Power
(07.25.2008) Rusafa district area leaders gave power to the people when they conducted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to turn on micro-power generators in Muhalla 125 of eastern Baghdad, July 24.
Story by Staff Sgt. Matthew Meadows
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America Supports You: Organization Addresses Ve...
(07.25.2008) Veterans transitioning from war to peace may need a place to call home, whether it's for the long or short term, the executive director of a North Carolina-based program that offers them that and a good bit more ...
Story by Samantha Quigley
Sky High in the Army
(07.25.2008) When Warrant Officer Werner Menchu, 15th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), airdrop systems technician, joined the Army as an enlisted Soldier 10 years ago, he wasn’t satisfied with th...
Story by Sgt. Matthew Cooley
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Sergeant Major of the Army Visits U.S. Troops i...
(07.25.2008) Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth O. Preston met and spoke with U.S. troops in eastern Afghanistan this week and visited International Security Assistance Forces and Combined Joint Task Force 101 leaders to talk abou...
Story by Pfc. Christina N. Sinders
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Army Chief of Staff Visits Fort Hood
(07.25.2008) The Army’s highest ranking general took the opportunity July 25 to meet with Soldiers and senior leaders here.
Story by Staff Sgt. Jon Cupp
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Iraqi Counterterrorism Capabilities Expanding
(07.25.2008) An Iraqi organization tasked with consolidating and coordinating that country's counterterrorism effort is now capable of conducting unilateral missions, a U.S. military official said yesterday.
Story by Seaman William Selby
Thursday, July 24, 2008
DVIDS News - 07-24-2008
(07.24.2008) The U.S Army Air Traffic Command and 164th Theater Airfield Operation Group conducted a transfer of authority for the Udairi Army Airfield and welcomed a new commander July 15 during a change of command ceremony ...
Story by Spc. Giancarlo Casem
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Marine Corps Martial Arts Program Comes to Kuwait
(07.24.2008) Marine Corps Martial Arts Program instructors are a rarity among the relatively few Marines at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. When the opportunity to train with one presented itself, the Marines and Airmen took notice.
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Combined Effort
(07.24.2008) The Iraqi army has several functioning battalions, but its Sabbatine Battalion has worked with other Iraqi security forces and with Marines to go above and beyond since its inauguration March 15, 2007.
Story by Pfc. Jerry Murphy
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Commander Maps Careful Route for Gun Crew’s Return
(07.24.2008) Capt. Mathew Haywood has an obvious disdain for idleness that may grow out of only a passing acquaintance with rest. As commander of A Battery, 163rd Field Artillery Bn., Haywood, Carmi, Ill., has a precisely def...
Story by Staff Sgt. Les Newport
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Private Trucking Companies Improve Iraqi Economy
(07.24.2008) In another sign of progress in Iraq, 62 tribes and 68 sheiks have organized four private trucking companies to form the Iraqi Transportation Network.
Story by Master Sgt. Veronica Aceveda
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Old Tradition Begins Anew With 1-82 and the Ord...
(07.24.2008) The thermometer read 98 degrees, sweat poured from brows and the ground was as parched and unforgiving as the non-commissioned officers and officers who were yelling instructions. The officers and enlisted endure...
Story by Pvt. Kelly Welch
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‘Steel Dragon’ Troops Fired Up for Training; Ne...
(07.24.2008) “When we get ready to shoot, nothing in the world matters except for what happens inside that gun,” said Spc. Joshua Twaddell, a 155mm canon crewmember with Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment...
Story by Pvt. Sharla Perrin
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Warrant Officer Candidate School
(07.24.2008) The warrant officer rank is rumored to be the best rank in the military. Chief Warrant Officer 5 Thomas E. Gilbert, chief warrant officer for the state of Alabama, agrees with this statement.
Story by Staff Sgt. Katrina Timmons
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America Supports You: Contest Brings Kudos to T...
(07.24.2008) The founder of a Texas-based troop-support group proved volunteer work can be glamorous when she was chosen as one of five winners of a contest to honor women involved in their communities.
Story by Samantha Quigley
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'Warhorse' Takes Training to the Streets
(07.24.2008) A convoy of M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles crashed through a ramshackle barricade built on the village’s barren street. Soldiers dismount from the armored vehicles, each team of men cautiously making their way to o...
Story by Pvt. Sharla Perrin
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USCG Headquarters NewsBreak - 07-24-2008
* Mississippi River may be closed for days-Coast Guard
Ship-barge crash closes Mississippi at New Orleans
No one licensed to pilot tug involved in Mississippi oil spill
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* Air Force says no survivors of B-52 crash off Guam
* Coast Guard searches south Puget Sound after distress call from ...
Coast Guard suspends search after distress call from young girl
* Company That Managed Cosco Busan Indicted On New Charges
SF Bay ship spill company charged with fixing papers
* Bay Area Coast Guards return home on new ship
* Coast Guard rescues sick passenger
* Coast Guard rescues three from sinking boat
* Coast Guard airlifts ill woman from fishing vessel
* Floating tuna pen traps local anglers off Ensenada
* Man Rescued From Portland Harbor
* Investigation Continues at Casino Bridge Collapse
8 construction workers hurt as casino boat ramp collapses
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
DVIDS News - 07-23-2008
(07.23.2008) In the desert water is a critical resource.
Story by Spc. Anthony Hutchins
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Wolfhounds, GoI Work to Rebuild Education
(07.23.2008) The schoolhouse is run down.
Story by Staff Sgt. J.B. Jaso III
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Day in the Life...of a Blackhawk Crew Chief
(07.23.2008) As the sun begins to set beyond the Baghdad horizon, the sound of laughter and conversation emanate from the corrugated steel sleeping trailers of Company C, 3rd Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, Combat Aviation ...
Story by Sgt. Jason Dangel
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Iraqis, Long Knives Partner to Improve Base, In...
(07.23.2008) Soldiers with the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, “Long Knife Brigade,” are teaming with local Iraqi engineers to improve Forward Operating Base Garry Owen.
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Work Continues at Iraq Water Pumping Station
(07.23.2008) Water is a critical resource in the desert, and the water level at Camp Victory has decreased significantly over the past few months, the result of an unseasonably dry winter that saw very little rain.
Story by Spc. Anthony Hutchins
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Military Tracks Hurricane Dolly, Readies Relief...
(07.23.2008)
Story by Donna Miles
Bush Meets With Defense Leaders in Pentagon
(07.23.2008) President Bush met with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff today at the Pentagon.
Story by Jim Garamone
Mullen Discusses Iraq, Afghanistan, Election in...
(07.23.2008) The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff spoke out on the need for additional troops in Afghanistan, potential troop reductions in Iraq, and the upcoming U.S. presidential election during a wide-ranging
Story by Staff Sgt. Michael J Carden
Raider BCT Logistics Leaders Rally With ISF, Ir...
(07.23.2008) Maintenance and supply requisitioning, distribution, supply economy and accountability are just a few of the mission-essential dynamics that keep forces in any army combat ready. Iraqi security fo...
Story by Staff Sgt. Brent Williams
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Alabama Guardsmen Assist With California Wild F...
(07.23.2008) With the California wild fires mostly under control, the aircrews supporting the massive fire fighting operation can finally begin to pause and take a deep breath.
Story by Staff Sgt. Katrina Timmons
Defense Leaders Promise Improved Contracting Ov...
(07.23.2008) The U.S. military depends heavily on the support contractors provide in Iraq and Afghanistan and is stepping up efforts to ensure dollars dedicated to their activities are spent appropriately, Deputy Defense Secr...
Story by Donna Miles
Surge Successful by Any Measure, Pentagon Offic...
(07.23.2008) The surge in Iraq has been a success by any measure, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said during a news conference today.
Story by Jim Garamone
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General Credits Success in Iraq to Various 'Sur...
(07.23.2008) As violence levels maintain a steady decrease across Iraq, coalition forces and the Iraqi government are able to focus their efforts on reconstruction and civil issues, a senior coalition military official in Ira...
Story by Staff Sgt. Michael J Carden
Panjshir Governor Gives Keynote Speech at Grand...
(07.22.2008) More than 600 villagers and students attended the grand opening of the 16 room Obdara high school, Wednesday, in Obdara, Anaba District, Panjshir.
Story by Capt. Jillian Torango
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