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| IN FORMATION — Three U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet strike fighter aircraft fly in formation after launching from the aircraft carrier USS George Washington. The Washington and her battlegroup are conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Photo by Captain Dana Potts, USN |
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U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan
Come Under Fire in Oruzgan Area |
| No casualties after arms fire, grenade attack |
| By Linda D. Kozaryn / American
Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON,
July 12, 2002 — A U.S. Special Forces training compound near Tarin Kot, Afghanistan, came under fire, but there were no reported casualties, according to U.S. Central Command officials.
At about 10 p.m. Thursday night, the compound received small arms fire and had three hand grenades thrown at it, officials said in a press statement released Friday. Afghan militia forces returned fire.
Tarin Kot is the capital of Oruzgan Province, where U.S. and Afghan investigators have been looking into the alleged July 1 friendly fire incident that reportedly killed and injured an undetermined number of Afghan civilians.
U.S. officials have said coalition forces were in the Oruzgan area that day looking for suspected Taliban members believed to be hiding there. U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers and AC-130 gunships struck several ground targets, including anti-aircraft artillery sites that were engaging the aircraft.
Pentagon officials said the area had been under surveillance for a number of months prior to the air strikes. A Pentagon spokesman stressed it continues to be a dangerous area.
In other developments, CENTCOM officials noted that Combined Task Force 180 explosive ordnance disposal units have destroyed a large weapons cache near Orgun-E. They destroyed about 80 tons of ammunition, mines and rockets, as well as about a million rounds of 12.7 mm and 14.5 mm heavy machine gun ammunition. They said much of the cache was determined to be unstable, unusable and a safety hazard. More
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Rumsfeld Welcomes Homeland
Security Department as 'Partner' |
| The U.S. Defense Department welcomes the
creation of a Homeland Security Department "as a partner
that can bring together critical functions in a new and needed
way," U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said on
Capitol Hill Thursday. More
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Comptroller: Military
Needs Money Now |
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON —
America's war on global terrorism will go broke if $14 billion in fiscal 2002 budget supplemental money earmarked for the Defense Department isn't approved by Congress soon, the department's senior money manager
said Friday.
Defense Department Comptroller Dov S. Zakheim told Pentagon reporters in a briefing that the U.S. military is "burning through" an average of $2 billion a month in prosecution of the war on terrorism at home and overseas.
"We're in a war — we're operating here, we're operating overseas," Zakheim pointed out. "Al Qaeda and the Taliban folks haven't just given up and walked away." Indeed, in a letter to Congress dated July 3, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld acknowledged that the supplemental funds "are needed to sustain our readiness and global operations against terrorism." More |
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The Light is Always On
In OEF Chapel Ministry |
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| A welcome sanctuary |
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| A small tent where religious services are held for U.S. personnel in the Persian Gulf averages about 200 people per service. "Not too bad for a small deployed chapel," observes the senior chaplain. Family counseling is also available. Says the chaplain. "People have to deal with a lot of stressful things out here, and we're here to help." Story |
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| Civil Affairs Team Completes
School Project - Civil Affairs Team Mazar-e-Sharif
completed the Gohar Khaton School project in Mazar-e-Sharif.
The project included roof repair, electrical wiring,
interior and exterior painting, and providing desks
and chairs for teachers and students. The school
serves over 1,500 boys and girls ranging in age
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| George W. Simmons |
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George W. Simmons, a retired sales training
manager for Xerox Corp., was a passenger on
American Airlines flight 77 along with his wife
Diane.
He worked for 32 years at
Xerox and enjoyed playing golf and traveling,
sending postcards from all over the world, and
living life to its fullest. He was a member
of the No Bats Baseball Club.
Survivors include his sons
George and Christopher; daughter Deanna; step-sons
Kevin and Brian Long, and brothers Jeff Simmons
and Michael Finneran.
We will not forget him.
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