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| ARMY BOSS — U.S. Army Central Command Commander Gen. Tommy Franks speaks during the flag raising ceremony at the Afghan National Army training site in Kabul, Afghanistan. U.S. Special Forces are helping train and equip the new army. Photo by Sgt. Kevin P. Bell, USA |
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Ahead |
| By Linda D. Kozaryn / American
Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON
— The United States is in the midst of a war against a
determined and fierce enemy, U.S. President George W. Bush said
Friday at the White House.
"Had I known that the enemy was going
to use airplanes to kill on that fateful (Sept. 11) morning,
I would have done everything in my power to protect the American
people," the president told U.S. Air Force Academy cadets
and other guests gathered on the South Lawn.
During a ceremony to present the Commander
in Chief's Trophy to the Air Force Academy Falcons football
team, Bush responded to reports that he'd received advance warning
of a possible terrorist attack. "Second-guessing,"
he noted, seems to have become "second nature" in
the nation's capital.
The president said he wanted the troops to
know that he takes his job as commander in chief seriously and
that his most important job is to protect the American homeland.
"I'll do whatever it takes - and I know you'll join me
in doing whatever it takes - to prevent the enemy from attacking
America again like they did and causing thousands to suffer
and to mourn and to grieve," he vowed. "We will use
the might of America to protect the American people."
The nation is in for a long struggle, Bush
said. "This is a tough war. This is an enemy that's not
going to quit." The enemy thought America's people would
"just roll over," or "file a couple of lawsuits."
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Coalition Forces Fight
Terrorists
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| By Linda D. Kozaryn / American
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WASHINGTON — British forces launched
Operation Condor on Friday to support an Australian Special
Air Service patrol engaged in combat with Al Qaeda and Taliban
forces in the mountains of southeast Afghanistan.
"I can confirm that the coalition has
made contact with the enemy and that some have been killed,"
Royal Marines Brigadier R.G.T. Lane said at a press conference
Friday morning. "A number of attacks by air have been
conducted."
Australian, British and American ground
and air forces are involved in the operation, intended to
destroy enemy forces in the area and eliminate any terrorist
infrastructure that may be found, British defense officials
said. More
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May 19, 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 note
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Crusader Replacements
'Are Aimed at the Future' |
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON —
Killing the Crusader artillery system is the correct choice
for the U.S. military to be prepared for the wars of the
future, said U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.
"There is no question our proposals
are aimed at the future," he told the American Forces
Information Service on Friday. "We believe the approach
we've taken better fits the world we live in and the world
we're going to live in."
Under the proposal, the Defense Department
would kill the Army's Crusader program and speed up development
of the Excalibur family of precision munitions and the
Army's Future Combat System. The Army would also look
at other indirect-fire systems such as the Guided Multiple-Launch
Rocket System, the High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System
and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Net
Fires System.
The Army has already spent $2 billion
on Crusader research and development work and would need
another $9 billion to complete the project. Rumsfeld
said the money already spent on Crusader will not go to
waste. He said the Army could "migrate" some
of Crusader's technologies to refit its current M-109
Paladin 155 mm self-propelled howitzer. Similarly, the
technologies can be migrated forward into the Future Combat
System. More |
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| Profile |
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Master Sgt. Michael Buckley |
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| "I
consider myself to be about the most lucky person
in all of the Air Force," says Michael Buckley.
"I've been to a lot of different countries
and met a lot of wonderful people. If you were to
ask me 19 years ago, would I have had the opportunity
to have met a president or worked for a secretary
of defense, I would have laughed." His
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| A Choice to
Transform |
| "Our enemies are
transforming. Will we?" That's the question U.S. Defense
Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld asks in an article for the
Washington Post where he explains the decision to terminate
the Crusader artillery system. He writes: "We must forgo
a system originally designed for a different strategic
context to make room for more promising technologies that
can accelerate the transformation of future warfare on
terms the United States must dictate." Complete
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| Michael Allen
Noeth |
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Navy Petty Officer (2d class) Michael Allen
Noeth, 30, was working in the Pentagon as a
Navy illustrator and draftsman.
He joined the Navy as a deck
seaman in 1994. The next year he drew a cover
for "All Hands," a Navy magazine where he worked.
While stationed on the amphibious assault ship
USS Wasp, he had a showing of his paintings
in New York. "I paint sailors to show the world
that we don't just ride ships to see some really
cool foreign countries," he told the Navy News
Service. "I want people to realize that their
freedom and protection comes from the sweat
of the sailors on board."
We will not forget him.
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