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| MOTION DETECTORS — Senior Airman Steven Beck and Tech. Sgt. Scott Balderston, reservists from Michigan, are alerted by a sensitive motion detector at a deployed location. Photo by Staff Sgt. Reynaldo Ramon, USAF |
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army threw a very public party to mark the service's meeting its recruitment goals for 2002. And the news is just as good across the other military services.
Army officials held a press conference and swearing-in ceremony in the Pentagon courtyard Thursday to swear in the 79,500th soldier recruited this year. That means the Army met its active duty recruiting goal nearly six weeks before the end of the fiscal year.
Army retention rates are so high that the service announced on Aug. 16 that it had suspended all re-enlistment bonuses for the remainder of the fiscal year.
U.S. Air Force officials said in early May they had enough people contracted to start basic training to more than cover their recruiting goal of 37,283 for this year. That is the earliest that service has met its annual goal since 1986, officials said.
The U.S. Navy and Marines define recruiting goals a little differently. They don't count someone as recruited until that individual "ships" to boot camp. Still, those services say they have more than enough potential recruits identified to meet their recruiting goals by the end of the fiscal year. More
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WASHINGTON — A year ago, the World Trade Center's Twin Towers stood tall on the New York City skyline, people at the Pentagon barely noticed the planes flying low overhead, and a rural field southeast of Pittsburgh was just a field.
A year ago, more than 2,800 people in the World Trade Center, 125 Pentagon personnel, and 220 airline passengers were still alive. A year ago, the nation was not at war against terrorism.
Today, the Twin Towers are gone, people at the Pentagon notice the approach of each low-flying plane, and that farm field in Somerset County, Pa., is now a historical site. Today, the families of those who died in the terrorist attack on America's homeland continue to grieve their losses.
Soon, the nation and the world will commemorate the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the United States. Observances are planned in New York City and Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon. More |
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Have You Seen This Man?
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The FBI
is seeking information about Saud A.S. Al-Rasheed,
a suspected associate of the Sept. 11, 2001,
terrorist hijackers. If you have information
about him, please contact the FBI, a local
law enforcement agency, or the nearest U.S.
Embassy, if you are outside the United States.
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130° Heat? No Problem
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| From checking identification cards to searching vehicles, security forces play a key role in the safety of deployed warfighters. They guard perimeters, man gates and monitor flightlines. At one deployed location, the temperature is so hot the troops' boot soles are melting. But that doesn't deter them. Says a security manager: “History has shown that we must be prepared at all times." Story |
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| Lt. Col. Marvin Benton has plenty of official responsibilities with the Coalition Joint Civil Military Operations Task Force in Afghanistan, but he also has a personal mission: to help the Afghan people. Says he: “I am not doing this for accolades or recognition, I just feel it’s something I have to do.” Story
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BACKLIT — Gunner's Mate Third Class Ed Tolson reads a book while the sun sets behind him on USS Carney. Photo by Chief Journalist (SS) John F. Williams, USN |
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| Vicki Yancey |
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 Vicki Yancey, 43, a former naval electronics technician who worked for Vredenburg, a defense contractor, was a passenger on American Airlines flight 77.
She was an eager worker and an even more eager traveler. She loved politics, figure skating and going to the beach. She once wrote a letter to The Washington Post lamenting the demise of the one-income family, which led to an appearance before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, where she testified about the struggles of middle-class families.
Survivors include her husband David and daughters Michelle and Carolyn.
We will not forget her.
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