|
|
| FLY-OVER — Elements from Carrier Air Wing Seven conduct a fly-over above USS John F. Kennedy in the Mediterranean Sea. The Kennedy and her embarked air wing are heading back to their homeport after a deployment supporting combat missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. Photo by Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Jim Hampshire, USN |
|
|
Rumsfeld: 'Mission Complete'
When Afghanistan Is Secure |
| By Linda D. Kozaryn / American Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON Aug. 1, 2002 — Afghanistan is "an untidy place, but it's a lot tidier than it used to be," said U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.
Much has been accomplished in Afghanistan, but the U.S.-led coalition mission won't be complete until security is restored at several levels, Rumsfeld told the Senate Armed Services Committee Wednesday.
There is security of the leaders who were elected by the loya jirga, because it's important for that government to survive and do its job, he said. There's security in the major cities and the ability of humanitarian workers to provide the needs of people.
"There's the problem of border security. They need border guards," he continued. "There's the problem of police. They need police. There's the task ... of dealing with the Al Qaeda and the Taliban to see that they don't come back and attempt to reassert themselves.
"There are also potentially conflicts between factions within the country," he added. "There are also drug lords and people doing drug trafficking. There's also crime, normal crime."
Eventually, Rumsfeld said, the Afghan government would assume all these responsibilities. Right now, however, the transitional government doesn't have the ability to go after terrorist Al Qaeda and Taliban forces without the cooperation of coalition forces.
The transitional government, however, is beginning to have some capability to start dealing with some security issues, Rumsfeld said. It remains to be seen how fast the civil side and the new Afghan National Army can take over some responsibilities. More |
|
Franks: Potential for Terrorist
Action in Afghanistan is ‘Real’ |
|
Despite the successes to date in the war on terror, the Al Qaeda terrorist network "has not lost its will to conceive, to plan and to execute terrorist operations worldwide," U.S. Army Gen. Tommy Franks told senators Wednesday. More
|
|
|
|
| . |
| . |
| . |
| . |
| . |
| . |
|
|
| General Quarters Drill |
 |
| A team practices firefighting techniques on the USS George Washington |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
| . |
. |
| . |
. |
| . |
. |
| . |
. |
| . |
. |
| . |
. |
| . |
. |
| |
|
|
 |
|
|
Aug 01, 2002
|
|
|
|
 |
Girl Scouts Say Aloha
With Gifts to Afghans |
 |
| From the Girl Scouts |
|
| A group of Girl Scouts from Hawaii decided to donate 1,700 pounds of school supplies to an orphanage and school in Afghanistan because they "wanted to make a difference,” said their troop leader. U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. Earl B. Hailston — a former Eagle Scout — was glad to help out. Scouting, he says, teaches people to live by "a selfless code.” Story |
|
|
|
|
Detainees at Camp Delta
Can Send, Receive Mail |
By Rudi Williams
American Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON — One of the first offers detainees receive at Camp Delta, on Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is to send a postcard to family and friends to let them know where they are and that they're safe.
But the mail doesn't stop there, according to U.S. Army Reserve Master Sgt. Debra A. Tart of the 160th Military Police Battalion Adjutant's Office. "Our goal is to keep the communications channels open between the detainees and their family members and friends," said Tart, through whom all incoming and outgoing detainee mail flows. "We ensure the detainees are allowed to write and receive letters. Some don't want to write, but we have to give them that opportunity."
Detainees have sent out more than 1,600 pieces of mail since they started arriving in January, and have received more than 300 pieces back. Camp Delta has 564 detainees. More
|
|
|
 |
| Humanitarian Aid for Rosantun Orphanage
- Civil Affairs Team Bagram continues to provide humanitarian
support to the Rosantun Orphanage in Charikar, Parwan
province, Afghanistan. The team’s efforts have grown
into weekly visits during which food, school supplies,
medicine and toys are provided. The orphanage is home
to about 30 children between the ages of 5 and 12, and
provides primary-level educational instruction. |
|
|
|
|
| . |
| . |
| . |
| |
|
|
| . |
| . |
| . |
| |
 |
| Sandra Carol
Taylor |
|
Sandra Carol Taylor, 50, worked at the Pentagon
for 9 years during a nearly three-decade-long
career of government service.
Her fiancé, Timothy
Dudgeon, said she was "a child of the sixties,
a lover of family, a lover of friends, and a
lover of the less fortunate.” She worked
as a volunteer at the Women’s Center in
Vienna, Va., and at the Hospice of Northern
Virginia. Her main focus in life was her daughter,
for whom she was a constant cheerleader, best
friend and supportive mother.
Survivors include her daughter
Samantha and brother Wayne Fraser.
We will not forget her.
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
