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| FINAL CHECK — Air Force Reserve crew chiefs from the 926th Fighter Wing at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, New Orleans, La., perform final checks on an A-10 Thunderbolt II before it flies a close air support mission from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Photo by Staff Sgt. Ricky A. Bloom, USAF |
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President Planning to Send
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| Tensions growing in disputed Kashmir region |
| By Sgt. 1st Class Kathleen T. Rhem, USA / American Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON, May 30, 2002 — U.S. President George W. Bush announced Thursday that he plans to send Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to India and Pakistan "early next week."
Tensions have been growing in the disputed Kashmir region between the two countries as both nuclear powers have amassed hundreds of thousands of troops along the border.
The president told reporters in the White House Cabinet Room that the United States is "part of an international coalition applying pressure to both parties, particularly (Pakistani) President (Pervez) Musharraf."
Bush explained that Musharraf had pledged to stop sending incursions into the Indian-controlled part of the disputed territory, but he has yet to do so. "We and others are making it clear to him that he must live up to his word," Bush said.
Speaking a short time later at the Pentagon, Rumsfeld declined to elaborate on his intentions during the upcoming trip. "I think I'd probably prefer to visit with the people in Pakistan and India (in person) rather than do it through the press," he told reporters. More |
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| Pentagon Seeks More Funding for Reserves |
| By Rudi Williams / American Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military reserve components' fiscal 2003 budget request for $30.8 billion for personnel, operations, equipment procurement and facilities is 12 percent more than last year's funding, according to Jennifer Buck, the reserve components' top resource manager.
"Most of this increase is going toward the defense health program's anticipated expenses, across-the-board and targeted pay raises, bonuses, operations tempo increases and recruiting," said Buck, deputy assistant secretary of defense for reserve affairs resources. More |
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| Building an Army: Firing Range |
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| U.S. soldiers teach marksmanship to Afghan National Army recruits |
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May 30, 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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New Afghan Army Troops
Now Have a New Patch |
 U.S. troops are helping train and equip the new Afghan National Army, but when it came time to create a new unit insignia patch, the Afghans did that themselves. At the centerpiece of their new patch: a fountain pen, signifying the rewriting of Afghanistan's history and the value of education. Story |
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Troop Protection Is New
Health Official's Top Job |
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON — As the war against global terrorism continues, the U.S. Defense Department is putting added emphasis on service members' health and medical needs before, during and after deployments.
The department's force health protection program "focuses on the full continuum of care for our service members from the time they are brought into the service until the time they retire or leave the service," said Ellen P. Embrey, chief of the recently established Deployment Health Support Directorate. More |
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U.S. Troops Helping Train,
Equip Georgian Military |
By Sgt. 1st Class Kathleen T. Rhem, USA
American Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON — Improving the Georgian military will ultimately aid the American war on global terrorism, the Georgia Train and Equip Program commander said Thursday.
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Robert Waltemeyer spoke to Pentagon reporters in a telephone interview from the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. He said 70 American service members, most of them noncommissioned officers, are in the former Soviet republic on a 21-month mission.
"We are here to help the Georgian armed forces improve their ability to maintain stability and sovereignty in this region, which would obviously deny safe haven to any of those types of terrorist organizations that would seek safe haven or transit through this region," he said.
Georgia has been the focus of international attention because of persistent reports of Al Qaeda terrorists hiding in the country's Pankisi Gorge. More Transcript |
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| Robert R. Ploger III |
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 Robert
Riis Ploger III, 59, was director of enterprise
engineering at Lockheed Martin. He was a passenger
on American Airlines flight 77, leaving for
his honeymoon with Zandra Cooper Ploger.
He served in the U.S. Army from 1960-1962 and graduated from the University of Denver in 1965. He helped develop the ARPANET. He retired from IBM in 1996 with two patents. He was a skilled woodworker and enjoyed playing tennis and fixing things. His friends and family will miss his intensity, sense of humor, and sharp mind.
Survivors include two children, Wendy Ploger Chamberlain and Robert Riis Ploger IV; father Maj. Gen. Robert R. Ploger, USA (ret.); brothers Wayne, Daniel and Gregory; sisters Marianne Ploger Hill and Marguerite Ploger; and first wife Sheila Wagner Ploger.
We will not forget him.
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