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flag flies over "Viper City," one of several
tent areas housing soldiers deployed in support
of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Photo
by Sgt. Roderick Turner, USA |
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'Rolling Thunder' Motorcyclists
Bring Memories of Another War |
| By Linda D. Kozaryn / American
Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON
— Their pony tails and beards are now mostly gray. Their
faces are worn and grizzled. Yet the Vietnam veterans who gather
here each year on Memorial Day weekend remain determined. They
will not let America forget that some of their brothers in arms
never came home.
Starting at noon Sunday, motorcyclists from across the country rolled two-by-two out of the Pentagon's north parking lot for more than three hours. They carried the black and white POW/MIA flag alongside Old Glory. Pentagon security officials estimated the lot held more than 100,000 motorcycles.
"This is veterans for veterans," said Navy veteran Hugh M. Bremner, of New Jersey. "After 9-11, people are starting to realize the military does mean something and we've got to take care of it. There are a lot more people here this year and there are a lot more than just bikers here."
The bikers were back in town for Rolling Thunder, their 15th annual ride to the Vietnam Wall to remind the nation that American prisoners of war and missing in action remain unaccounted for in Southeast Asia. More |
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Rumsfeld: World Must
Oppose
Terrorism 'Wherever it Exists' |
| By Linda D. Kozaryn / American
Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON
— "Terrorism must be vigorously opposed and soundly
defeated wherever it exists," U.S. Defense Secretary Donald
H. Rumsfeld said at the Pentagon Friday.
Whether it's in America, Afghanistan, Europe,
Asia or the Middle East, "we have to end state sponsorship
and support of terrorism," he said. "We have to prevent
authors of mass murder ... from gaining and using weapons of
mass destruction."
The war on terrorism is not America's war
"only" —- it is not just America's problem, Rumsfeld
stressed. "Terrorism has existed for decades as low intensity
conflict," he said. "Its rise in recent years, its
frequency, its intensity and its scope, as well as its use by
terrorist networks with global reach" makes it a problem
for civilized nations everywhere.
The United States, he said, must be prepared
to help other countries stand strong against terrorism. That's
why the U.S. military is now in Afghanistan tracking down Al
Qaeda and Taliban forces. That is also why U.S. forces are helping
to counter terrorism in Yemen, the Republic of Georgia and the
Philippines. More |
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Cheney: U.S. Will Not
Allow
Terrorists to Threaten World |
| By Jim Garamone / American Forces
Press Service |
U.S.
Vice President Dick Cheney said the United States "will
not allow" terrorists to threaten the civilized world.
"Deliverable weapons of mass destruction
in the hands of terrorists would expose this nation and the
civilized world to the worst of wars, and we will not allow
it," he said during Commissioning Day ceremonies Friday
at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. "We will not
live at the mercy of terrorists or terror regimes." More |
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May 26, 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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Battle of Takur
Ghar:
A Story of Courage |
| The battle on an
Afghan mountaintop called Takur Ghar is a story of American
courage and bravery. It's a story of a small band of trained
professionals overcoming the fog of war. It is also, at
heart, a story of American service members’ unwillingness
to leave one of their own behind. Account
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| Memorial Day
Message |
| "This Memorial Day,
we remember all who have fallen fighting oppression and
tyranny, including the tyranny of terrorism." Read
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld's Memorial
Day Message |
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Mothers
Fly 'Blue Star'
Flags to Show Support |
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Star mother |
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Blue Star Mothers was founded 60 years ago to show
support for the military during World War II. Jean
Campbell decided to set up her own chapter when
her son was deployed to the Middle East. But, she
says, "the more involved in it I become, the
more I'm doing it for all the sons and daughters.
I want them to know that we're proud of them."
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| Bagram School Refurbishment
- Coalition Joint Civil Military Operations Task
Force (CJCMOTF) - Bagram delivered school supplies,
tents and lumber as part of the Parwan Schools Project
north of Kabul. Desks, windows and doors are being
made from excess lumber from project "Home Depot".
Four schools serving more than 3,000 students will
benefit from this project, which is 50% complete. |
| Six Bamian School Projects
Are Underway - CJCMOTF has begun six "quick
impact" school projects in the Bamian province that
will benefit more than 1,687 students. These projects
will provide the schools with stoves, desks, chairs,
carpets and blackboards using $21,164 in Overseas
Humanitarian, Disaster and Civic Aid funding. |
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| Jonas Martin
Panik |
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M. Panik, 26, worked in the Pentagon as a flag
intelligence briefer on the staff of the chief
of naval operations intelligence plot (CNO-IP).
He earned a B.S. degree from
the U.S. Naval Academy in 1997 and was commissioned
as an ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve. After
working briefly in the Office of Naval Intelligence,
he was assigned to Patrol Squadron 46 in Whidbey
Island, WA., where he was deployed to the western
Pacific and the Arabian Gulf. He was then assigned
to CNO-IP.
His awards include the Navy/Marine
Corps Achievement Medal, the National Defense
Medal and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.
He loved medieval history, sports and travel.
He was an outstanding officer who cared for
his people, his job and his country.
Survivors include his wife
Jennifer; his parents, Martin and Linda, and
his sister Martina.
We will not forget him.
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