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TRAFFIC CONTROL — A lieutenant standing watch in the Carrier Air Traffic Control Center aboard USS George Washington uses the aircraft carrier's integrated shipboard information system to monitor aircraft in the area. The Washington is deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Andrew Morrow, USN
SEC. RUMSFELD
'Distinctive' Leaders, Modernized
Force Are Key to Anti-Terror War
By Linda D. Kozaryn / American Forces Press Service
   WASHINGTON — Transforming the U.S. Defense Department is as important to the success of the global war on terrorism as other steps the military is doing to combat the threat, said U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.
   The Defense Department contributes significantly to the world's peace and stability, and without stability, the world economy "tanks," Rumsfeld said during an interview with a group of journalists. When that happens, he said, "none of the hopes and aspirations of people in our country and in the nations with whom we have such extensive economic interaction can be fulfilled."
   People need a reasonably stable world, the secretary stressed. They need to know that when their kids go to school they'll come home safely. They need to know that when they invest money they'll get a decent return. They need to know that they won't be attacked in their workplace or when they travel in other parts of the world. More

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Americans Working Together
Exploring Caves Safely
With Fester the Robot
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Reporting for duty, sir
  Clearing caves in Afghanistan or anywhere else is dangerous work, with booby traps and trip wires a constant hazard. So why not let a robot do the job? Meet "Fester," the Army's "replaceable" enlistee in the war against terrorism. Story
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   Large Area Maintenance Shelters (LAMS), which are quick and easy to set up, were first used a decade ago during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, when troops needed shelter from the sand. Now the units — which everyone calls "clamshells" — are coming in handy in Afghanistan. Story

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We Remember Their Sacrifice.
Ronald James Vauk

Photo of Ronald James Vauk.    Lt. Cmdr. Ronald J. Vauk was assigned to the Naval Command Center on his annual two-week Navy Reserve stint at the Pentagon.
   He attended the U.S. Naval Academy and spent five years in the Navy before joining the reserves. He worked at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in research. One of his sisters described him as a “fabulous human being.”
   Survivors include his wife and a son.
   We will not forget him.

 

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