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A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 115 launches off catapult
two aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. The Lincoln and Carrier Air Wing 14 are conducting combat
operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Philip A. McDaniel |
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House Vote Authorizes
Use of Force Against Iraq |
| By Linda D. Kozaryn / American Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 2002 — "The gathering threat of Iraq must
be confronted fully and finally," U.S. President George W. Bush said today. "The
days of Iraq acting as an outlaw state are coming to an end."
Bush spoke following the House vote approving a resolution
authorizing the use of force against Iraq if it becomes
necessary. He thanked the representatives for their bipartisan
vote of 296 to 133, and said the House has spoken clearly to the
world and to the U.N. Security Council.
The Senate is debating the resolution. Bush said he's pleased
with the progress the resolution is making in the upper house,
and he looks forward to a vote soon.
The House vote sends a clear message to the Iraqi regime to
disarm and to comply with all existing U.N. resolutions, Bush
said, or it will be forced to comply. "There are no other options
for the Iraqi regime," he said. "There can be no negotiations."
The United States "is committed to helping make the world more
peaceful and more just," Bush said. "We are committed to freedom
for all. We're also committed to protecting human dignity and
today's vote is an important step toward fulfilling those great
American commitments."
The president said the House debate was conducted in the best
traditions of the Congress. "It was spirited, civil, and it was
informed," he said. "This is a debate and a decision that all
Americans can be proud of."
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Southern Watch Aircraft
Counter Iraqi Threats |
| By Jim Garamone /American Forces
Press Service |
WASHINGTON,
Oct. 10, 2002 — U.S. aircraft patrolling the Southern
No-fly Zone over Iraq struck air defense sites today in response
to Iraqi provocations.
U.S. Central Command
officials announced that U.S. aircraft dropped precision-guided
bombs on an air defense radar site near al Basrah. Other coalition
forces struck a surface-to- air missile site near Tallil. They
said battle-damage assessment continues.
This
is the fourth time this month coalition forces hit targets
in Iraq. Operation Southern Watch aircraft struck sites on Oct.
1 and Oct. 3. Operation Northern Watch aircraft struck Oct.
9. More |
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Marine Guards Adapt
to Deal
With International Terrorism |
| By Kathleen T. Rhem / American
Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON,
Oct. 10, 2002 -- International terrorism is forcing the U.S.
State Department to put more emphasis on how it secures its
overseas facilities and, in turn, causing DoD to re-evaluate
how it trains Marine embassy guards.
In testimony this morning before the House Armed Services
Committee's Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism, a senior
State Department official explained how changes in the world
are affecting U.S. missions outside the United States. More |
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AF Task
Force Looks Into
Biological Warfare Defense |
By Tech. Sgt.
Scott Elliot
Air Force Print News |
WASHINGTON
— The ability to not just survive a biological
attack, but to quickly rebound and take the fight
back to the enemy, is the focus of a multifunctional
task force directed by the U.S. Air Force chief
of staff.
Headed by the air and
space operations directorate in the Pentagon, the
Bio-Defense Task Force is chartered to identify
biological warfare threats and defense capabilities
and shortfalls. It also develops strategies and
tactics for use both overseas and in homeland defense.
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Outreach
Program Shows
Educators Best of Defense |
By Kathleen T. Rhem
American Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON, Oct.
9, 2002 — Most educators never get to visit the
Pentagon's command center, build bridges with military
equipment, fly in helicopters, and eat lunch with sailors
and breakfast with Marines. But occasionally, some do.
Thirteen college, university and public-school
administrators are spending this week being shown the
best the Defense Department has to offer. They're up at
5 a.m. and busy till taps plays at whatever base they're
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Sgt. Eric Smeed holds the SMEED medevac device
he invented.
U.S. Army Photo by Edward Rivera |
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DETRICK, Md. — A device invented by an Army
staff sergeant during a mass casualty exercise is
now patented, licensed and in production for military
medicine.
The Special Medical
Emergency Evacuation Device, or SMEED, is a platform
for fastening medical equipment to litters. It eliminates
the need to fasten uncomfortable equipment directly
to burn victims or other patients.
"It was a right-place, right-people,
right-time thing," said Staff Sgt. Eric Smeed,
an Army physical therapist. Story
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War
Diary
DefendAmerica
offers a glimpse of what one week in the war on terrorism
is like for one American service member. Meet
U.S. Marine Cpl.
Jonathan B. Kirchner |
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| Day Five |
| We have been practicing our insertion techniques lately. Today we had practical application classes on SPIE (Special Purpose Insertion/Extraction system) rigging. Like I mentioned in a previous e-mail, during SPIE rigging we securely attach to a rope hanging from the bottom of a helicopter and hang from it as the helicopter flies. So today we practiced attaching our safety line and chest harness around our bodies, then connecting them to the SPIE rig line. This is where knot tying becomes critical and important. Everyone checks each other to make sure we have the correct knots tied. More |
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Since Oct.
7, 2001, 53 Americans have died supporting the war
on terrorism. On the one-year anniversary of the
start of Operation Enduring Freedom, we honor their
sacrifice.
American
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