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| CARGO UPLOAD
— A loadmaster aboard a U.S. Air Force C-130
Hercules from the 320th Air Expeditionary Wing guides
a forklift operator as they upload cargo at an austere
Afghani landing zone in support of Operation Enduring
Freedom.
U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon
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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."
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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
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| Navy Capt.
Scott Speicher Declared 'Missing/Captured' |
WASHINGTON,
Oct. 11, 2002 — U.S. Secretary of
the Navy Gordon England Friday announced
a revision to the status of Navy Capt. Michael
“Scott” Speicher, the F/A-18 "Hornet"
pilot who has been unaccounted for since
his plane was shot down over Iraq on the
opening night of Operation Desert Storm in 1991.
Secretary England has updated his status
to “Missing-Captured.”
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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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Life Support
Shop
Vital to AF Missions |
| OPERATION
ENDURING FREEDOM (AFPN) — The
people in the 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron
life support shop work hard to maintain their equipment,
but they'll be content if customers never have the
chance to use most of it. That's because most of
the equipment they maintain, including body
armor, global positioning system instruments,
life support vests, flares, parachutes and
life rafts, would only be used in "worst-case
scenarios," such as a crash at sea or
in hostile territory.
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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
Heroes |
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