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| HARD AT WORK — U.S. Air
Force airmen lay down repair matting near the flightline
at a forward-deployed location in support of Operation
Enduring Freedom. The matting will allow the maintenance
crews to more efficiently service fuel trucks. Photo
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Rumsfeld Meets Italian
Partner;
Says Arms, Ammo No Surprise |
| By Jim Garamone / American Forces
Press Service |
WASHINGTON
— U.S. and coalition forces continue to unearth weapons
and ammunition during patrols in eastern Afghanistan, U.S. Defense
Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Friday.
Rumsfeld and his Italian counterpart Antonio
Martino talked with reporters at the Pentagon after meeting
to discuss U.S.-Italian cooperation in Operation Enduring Freedom,
Iraq and NATO affairs.
Rumsfeld said he's not surprised large arms
caches are turning up in eastern Afghanistan. "We've been finding
them periodically over the months," he told reporters. Coalition
troops have found "many, many truckloads" of artillery, mortars,
rockets, small arms and small arms ammunition.
"It's a useful thing to conduct these sweeps,"
Rumsfeld noted. "I think these sweeps will likely continue,
and I suspect we'll continue to find these types of caches."
U.S. policy and goals in Afghanistan have
not changed, the secretary said. American and coalition troops
will continue to seek out Al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists and
kill them or capture them. The coalition will help set up a
security environment where the interim government "can begin
to find its legs and contribute to a civil society," he said.
U.S. special operations forces will continue
to work with regional political leaders and their forces. These
personnel help create an environment that encourages Afghan
refugees to return to their homes, that encourages schools to
reopen and helps in the distribution of humanitarian aid, he
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| People Just Want to
Say 'Thanks' |
| By Linda D. Kozaryn / American
Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON
— George Grant, of Thornwood, N.Y., came close
to being a widower last Sept. 11 when his wife Shelley
left their home that day as usual and headed for
her job as an attorney in the World Trade Center.
"She always started work
about 9:30," Grant recalled. "She'd gotten
off the subway, turned the corner and saw the flames.
She wound up walking back to Grand Central. She
got home about 1:30 p.m. I never was so happy to
see her in my entire life."
This week, Grant sent his thanks
to the men and women of the U.S. armed forces who
are fighting the war against terrorism. He's one
of thousands who have signed a virtual 'thank
you' note for America's troops.
The troops are "doing their
job and they need recognition," Grant said.
"A lot of times they do all the grunt work,
and they don't think the people at home know that
they're out there. But, we know. We know."
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| These sailors
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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
note
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Minebusters! Engineers
Tackle Any Job at Bagram |
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| The armored D-7 bulldozer moves over the Afghan minefield like a child stomping on snap-pops. Suddenly an explosion covers it with dust and smoke. The D-7 has taken more than 37 direct hits from anti-personnel mines, but the soldier inside says he didn't feel a thing. "You know you're gonna hit it," he says. "You just don't know when!" It's another day on the job for the 92nd Engineer Battalion. Story |
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Getting to Work Faster:
Stryker Armored Vehicle |
| The U.S. Army's new multi-wheeled, armored vehicle can move as fast as a car on paved roads, traverse heavy mud and sand, and take a 50 mm. hit. An Army staff sergeant calls the Stryker "the way of the future." Story |
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| Efforts to Support Afghanistan's
Educational System - Coalition Humanitarian
Liaison Cell-Bamian: Continuing cooperation between
U.S. Civil Affairs teams and the non-governmental
organization (NGO) community resulted in People
in Need Foundation, a Czech Republic NGO, agreeing
to fund repairs to two schools in the Bamian province
northwest of Kabul. This is the eighth project in
the past six weeks that has been transferred by
the U.S. Coalition Joint Civil Military Operations
Task Force to the NGO community for funding. U.S.
Civil Affairs teams continue to assess potential
projects, based on the Afghan Interim Authority's
priorities, and identify NGO implementing partners
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| USAID Partners with Civil
Affairs Team in Herat - Coalition Humanitarian
Liaison Cell (CHLC)-Herat will serve as an implementing
partner in a new Western Region Educational Rehabilitation
and Construction Task Force. The mission will be
to identify and prioritize school rehabilitation
and construction projects. Other representatives
include International Organization for Migration
(IOM), World Food Program, U.N. Children’s
Fund, U.N. Operations and Public Service, Afghan
Transition Initiative, and Afghanistan's Minister
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| Brian Anthony Moss |
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 U.S. Navy Petty Officer (2nd class) Brian A. Moss, 34, worked in the Pentagon as an electronics technician.
He attended Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College and worked as an accountant before enlisting in the Navy in 1990. He was stationed in Alaska and at Bolling Air Force Base before being transferred to the Pentagon in 2001. That year he was named Sailor of the Year for Naval District Washington. "I live by the Navy core values," he told Sea Services Weekly. "You can't talk the talk if you don't walk the walk."
Survivors include his wife MaryLou, children Ashton and Connor, parents Billie and Pat, and two siblings.
We will not forget him.
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