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set up propeller boundaries during the shutdown
of a C-2A Greyhound aboard the USS George Washington.
Photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Geanine Ortez,
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U.S. Forces Return Enemy
Fire,
Continue Search for Terrorists |
| By Linda D. Kozaryn / American
Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON
— U.S. forces returned fire after coming under rocket attack
Monday in Afghanistan, U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. John A. Rosa
said Tuesday at the Pentagon.
"Some of the forces northeast of Jalalabad
received rocket or mortar fire," Rosa said during a news briefing.
"U.S. forces responded with their own mortar fire and with close
air support by F-18s. There were no U.S. casualties and we're
waiting on the battle damage assessment."
U.S. and coalition forces continue to conduct
surveillance, intelligence and reconnaissance sweeps throughout
Afghanistan. The mission has not changed, Rosa said. It's to
find, locate and destroy Al Qaeda terrorists. "That's what we're
currently doing. We're patrolling all over the country."
Operation Mountain Lion continues throughout eastern
Afghanistan, the general said. Over the last week or so, U.S.
forces have discovered several weapons caches. "Yesterday we
discovered another one with 107 mm rockets, anti-personnel mines
and, this time, even two towed howitzers," he said.
It takes time to screen and sort any enemy fighters
that U.S. and coalition forces take into custody, he noted.
"The ones that we come across and detain ... don't raise their
hand right away and say, 'I'm Al Qaeda.' They're a little craftier
than that."
Pentagon officials have no reports yet on whether
those detained over the last week or two are Taliban or Al Qaeda.
As has happened in the past, Rosa said, many of those detained
will be released.
At present, 564 detainees are at Naval Station
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; 83 in U.S. Central Command's area of operations,
one in Charleston, S.C.; and one in Norfolk, Va.
The number of Al Qaeda and Taliban members
still in Afghanistan remains unknown, Rosa said. The large pockets
of Al Qaeda and Taliban encountered in March are no longer seen,
he said. Enemy fighters are now mixed in with the civilian population.
Finding them, he said, "is a difficult task, as we thought it
would be."
Rosa noted that the Joint Task Force 180 commander
recently said in an interview that 400 to 1,000 Al Qaeda might
be moving in the tribal area near the Afghan border with Pakistan.
Pentagon spokeswoman Victoria Clarke noted that
at this point, operations in Afghanistan are where defense officials
expected them to be. "We're about where we said we'd be, that
the further along you went, the harder it was going to be to
find the remaining pockets," she said. Officials have said all
along that Afghanistan would continue to be a dangerous place
and that finding caches of ammunition and the "little spats
that ensue are indications of that." More |
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Army
Civil Affairs Teams
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globally and locally |
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Army Reserve Capt. Steven McAlpin is a special education
teacher in civilian life. Sgt. 1st Class Juan Morales
works as a state corrections officer. Now the two
men help smooth relations between two contrasting
cultures as members of the U.S. Army civil affairs
team. Says McAlpin: "We've got the best job on base."
Story |
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Next Missile
Defense
May Come in Layers |
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON
— The United States is as vulnerable to ballistic
missile attacks today as it was in the early 1950s, said
U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Ronald Kadish, director of the
Missile Defense Agency.
In a Pentagon briefing, Kadish said
the Agency is working to deploy an integrated, layered
missile defense system that will provide limited defense
against long-range threats and a robust defense against
shorter-range threats. While the whole system is years
away, he said, its individual programs could be pressed
into emergency service to provide some defense from all
ranges of missiles. More
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| Renovation of Veterinary Clinic
- Civil Affairs Team Mazar-e-Sharif completed the
veterinary clinic project, which entailed infrastructure
repairs and purchase of non-medical equipment. The
clinic is a major hub for regional veterinary care
within the Balkh province, serving almost 90,000
residents, and is the sole clinic in the city of
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| School Furnishings - Civil
Affairs Team Bamian conducted final inspection of
the interior furnishings for the Dokani School,
south of Bamian. The team coordinated with the Dokani
Minister of Education and the contractor to ensure
delivery of furniture such as stoves, desks, chairs
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| Charles (Chuck)
Edward Sabin |
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Charles (Chuck) E. Sabin, 54, was the senior
financial resources expert for the Defense Intelligence
Agency (DIA).
He earned a B.S. degree from
Drexel Institute of Technology in 1969 and worked
as an accountant with the U.S. Army Audit Agency.
Commissioned in 1970, he served with the Army
in Belgium and Holland and the U.S. He earned
an MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University and
an Army Commander's Award for Civilian Service.
After joining DIA in 1981 as an accountant he
received Director's Awards for Meritorious Service
in 1984 and Exceptional Service in 1991. His
leadership and incisive analysis led DIA's financial
policy and accounting office through major organizational
changes. He loved life and had many friends.
He also personally mentored many DIA employees.
Survivors include sons Charles
Jr. and Paul, and brothers Martin and Frederick.
We will not forget him.
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