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| STAYING IN SHAPE
— U.S. sailors aboard the USS Harry S. Truman
stay in shape at sea by running on treadmills in
one of the ship's three gyms during their off hours.
The Truman was took part in a composite unit training
exercise designed to train the ship, airwing, and
other vessels in the battle group to function as
one fighting force.
U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class
Danny Ewing Jr. |
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Coalition Aircraft Strike
Iraqi Air Defense Site |
| American Forces Press Service |
WASHINGTON,
Oct. 15, 2002 — Coalition aircraft hit a command and control
center near al Kut Oct. 15 in retaliation for Iraqi actions.
U.S. Central Command officials said the
Iraqs fired surface-to-air missiles and anti-aircraft artillery
at the coalition planes. Coalition aircraft dropped precision-
guided munitions on the control center at 6:15 a.m. EDT.
This is the second time this month that aircraft
patrolling the Southern No-fly Zone have attacked al Kut, which
is about 100 miles southeast of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
On Oct. 1, U.S. aircraft bombed a mobile radar operating in
the area.
It is the sixth strike this
month in the Southern area. There was one strike in the Northern
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Afghan People in '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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Security Strategy
Based
On American Values |
WASHINGTON
— The nation's new national security strategy
are based upon the values of America -- "life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The new strategy
says human dignity is "nonnegotiable," and
that its integral elements include the rule of law,
limits on state power, free speech, freedom of religion,
respect for women, ethnic and national tolerance and
respect for private property. Changing threats mean
changing responses, and defense and White House officials
have termed the document the most radical reshaping
of the strategy since the end of the Cold War. Story
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New
Medical Procedure
Patches Holes in Hearts |
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| LACKLAND AIR FORCE
BASE, Texas (AFPN) — Wilford Hall Medical
Center here is part of a select group of U.S. hospitals
offering a revolutionary new heart procedure that
is changing the lives of patients and cardiologists.
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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
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