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| DRILL TIME — U.S. soldiers
from 3rd Specail Forces Group run to fighting positions
on Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan during a drill
designed to perfect soldiers' combat skills. Photo
by Spc. Matthew Arnold, USA |
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U.S. Forces Find Arms
Cache;
Three Rockets Fired Near Khost |
| By Sgt. 1st Class Kathleen T.
Rhem, USA / American Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON,
May 6, 2002 — U.S., coalition and friendly Afghan forces
found and confiscated a cache of weapons in eastern Afghanistan
over the weekend, defense officials said.
Fewer than 100 U.S. troops are operating with
British forces as part of Operation Snipe, an ongoing mission
to root out suspected Taliban and al Qaeda holdouts believed
to be hiding in areas along the Pakistani border.
Marine Lt. Col. Dave Lapan, a Pentagon spokesman,
said the confiscated weapons included rockets, mortars and machine
gun ammunition.
Early Monday morning Afghan time, three rockets
were fired near U.S. and coalition forces operating in the vicinity
of Khost, also in eastern Afghanistan. The incident occurred
at about 2 a.m. Afghan time, or 5:30 p.m. EDT May 5.
Lapan said U.S. officials don't know who fired
the rockets or where they came from, but they are looking into
the incident. No injuries or damage were reported, he said.
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U.S. Must Win 'War of
Ideas,'
Encourage Moderate Muslims |
| By Jim Garamone / American Forces
Press Service |
The
United States is fighting back against extremists who are attempting
to hijack a religion for their own purposes, Deputy Defense
Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said in Monterey, Calif., this weekend.
It is not enough to defeat terrorists, he told members of the
World Affairs Council. The United States and the West must win
a larger war of ideas.
"This fight must be fought by all who aspire
to peace and freedom throughout the world — for that aspiration
is what the terrorists wanted to destroy," Wolfowitz said. "And
this fight must be fought most emphatically in the Muslim world
itself, and by Muslims." The West must encourage moderate Muslims
who believe in a vision of Islam that embraces free thought,
free speech and tolerance, he said. Story |
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May 06, 2002
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May is National Military Appreciation Month in
the United States. Send your thanks to the men
and women of the U.S. military by signing this
online thank-you
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| Profile |
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| Pete
Verga |
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since the Vietnam war, when he was an infantry platoon
leader, Pete Verga has answered his country's call
to service. Now he's putting his skills to work
as the U.S. Defense Department's point man for homeland
security. Story
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Sign Up Your GI for Free
Mother's Day Phone Card |
| The USO is teaming up with Wal-Mart and AT&T to provide free 60-minute phone cards to overseas troops so they can say "Hi" to mom on Mother's Day. Wal-Mart purchased 377,577 pre-paid 60-minute phone cards that can be used by troops serving overseas. Story
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| Kandahar Warehouse Doubles
Capacity - Coalition Humanitarian Liaison Cell
Kandahar is upgrading the government provisions
warehouse in Kandahar City. This is the second provincial
warehouse — the first was in Konduz area —
that will be used to store Humanitarian Assistance
food supplies for the World Food Program's Food
for Work projects. The projects support community
building and local government empowerment efforts.
Repairs to this warehouse, funded by Overseas Humanitarian
Disaster Assistance and Civic Aid, include doubling
the storage capacity of the site to 8,000 metric
tons, upgrading the warehouse floor to support vehicular
traffic, replacing the roof and refurbishing doors
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| Rural Areas of Kandahar Receive
Aid - Coalition Joint Civil Military Operations
Task Force Kandahar has identified new, deep well
locations for eight rural villages in southern Kandahar
Province, one of the most severely drought-affected
areas in the country. To improve water services
in these rural areas, the task force is allocating
$133,000 of Overseas Humanitarian Disaster Assistance
and Civic Aid program funds to drill and refurbish
thirty wells, benefiting 14,000 Afghans in the province.
Most existing wells in the area are dry, due to
long periods of drought, or cannot be used for consumption
due to high levels of saline. The new wells, centrally
located in the villages, will provide a minimum
level of self-sustainment and self-reliance for
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| Patricia Mickley |
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 Patty Mickley, 41, worked for more than 19 years for the U.S. Department of Defense.
She graduated from Virginia Tech University. She was a nurturing mother, a loving daughter, a devoted spouse, a loyal sister, a caring aunt, a supportive friend and a dedicated professional. She held a deep belief in God, family and country. She always thought of others first. She believed in America.
Survivors include her husband Joseph, daughter Marie, parents Philip and Jacqueline, sisters Anne and Katherine and brother John.
We will not forget her.
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