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| NEW SCHOOL — U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jay Smith, a Special Forces engineer with the 96th Civil Affairs Battalion from Fort Bragg, N.C., discusses building a new school on the site with local officials in Orgun, Afghanistan. Photo courtesy of Army Sgt. 1st Class Victor Andersen. |
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U.S. Aids Afghan People
In Their 'New Era of Hope' |
| By Jim Garamone / American Forces
Press Service |
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2002 — U.S. President George W. Bush stressed U.S.
accomplishments in providing humanitarian aid to
Afghanistan during a White House ceremony Oct. 11.
Bush said the United States wants to be a participant in
"the new era of hope" for Afghanistan, and said that
America is making good on its pledges to the country.
The president detailed the aid America has delivered to
Afghanistan. He said the basis behind this aid is America's
notion that "everybody counts, everybody has worth,
everybody matters."
U.S. military personnel have played an important role in
the humanitarian efforts. "Our soldiers wear the uniforms
of warriors, but they're also compassionate people," he
said. "And the Afghan people are really beginning to see
the true strength of our country. … Routing out the Taliban
was important, but building a school is equally important." More |
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Iraqi Forces Continue Strikes
Against Coalition Aircraft |
| By Linda D. Kozaryn / American Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2002 – Iraqi forces have fired on U.S.
and coalition aircraft 122 times since Sept. 16, when
Saddam Hussein sent a letter to the United Nations inviting
weapons inspectors back into Iraq.
"Of those 122 firings, 33 were against aircraft flying in
Operation Northern Watch and 89 were against Operation
Southern Watch coalition aircraft," Rear Adm. David Gove,
the Joint Staff's deputy director for global operations,
said Friday. More |
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Bush Says Resolution
Shows
U.S. Speaks with One Voice |
| By Jim Garamone / American Forces
Press Service |
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Bush praised Congress
for passing a resolution giving him the authority to deal with
Iraq. "The Congress has spoken clearly
to the international community and the United Nations Security
Council," Bush
said in a statement released early Friday
morning. More |
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| $588 Million to Rebuild |
Working together, America's private and public sectors have staved off
starvation, immunized children, built schools, restarted agriculture, and
improved health care in Afghanistan over the past year. The United States
Government has provided $588 million to humanitarian assistance and
reconstruction there since October 2001.
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Finalists Selected in
Memorial Competition |
BALTIMORE — Defense officials plan to
announce six finalists in the Pentagon Memorial competition
at a Pentagon press conference Oct. 17, Army Corps of
Engineers officials said, recently.The competition jury reviewed 1,126 entries that met
competition rules.
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WASHINGTON — Commanders use specially minted military coins
to improve morale, foster unit esprit and honor service
members for their hard work.
A new
Combating Terrorism coin does all this and raises funds
for the children of special operations warriors who are
killed in the line of duty. 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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U.S. Army Helps
Sick
Child’s Wish Come True |
FORT BELVOIR, Va.
— Walt Disney eat your heart out. The
Army can help make dreams come true, too.
Elements of Fort Belvoir recently teamed up with the Make-A-Wish
Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic to help make a terminally
ill 10-year-old’s wishes come true.
Justin Bryce’s doctors believe he has just a few
weeks left before the disease that threatens his life
wins. Bryce told the Make-A-Wish Foundation that his desire
before dying was to be a soldier — a real soldier.
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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.
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