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— U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Beach, from the 438th
Expeditionary Civil Engineering flight, cuts two-by-four's to make braces
for the trusses being installed during the construction of a new Base Exchange
facility at a forward deployed location supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
The new facility is being built in a central location within service members'
tent city
U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. William Greer |
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Rocket Attacks
Launched
On U.S. Bases in Afghanistan |
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| By Jim Garamone / American
Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON,
Nov. 1, 2002 – Opposition groups launched
two hit-and-run rocket attacks against U.S.
forward operating bases in Khowst and Gardez
today.
Pentagon
officials said there were no casualties in
either of the attacks.
In
the first incident, opposition groups launched
two rockets at the U.S. forward operating
base near Khowst at about 4 a.m. Soldiers
of the Combined Task Force-82 observed the
rounds, which impacted several kilometers
away.
In
the second incident, three rockets were fired
at a U.S. Special Forces base near Gardez
between midnight and 1 a.m. The rounds impacted
about a kilometer short of the airfield. U.S.
soldiers alerted A-10 Thunderbolt II attack
aircraft at Bagram air base. The jets arrived
but observed no activity at the presumed launching
site.
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VFW Phone Cards
Say 'Thanks'
to Service Members, Veterans |
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| By Gerry J. Gilmore / American
Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON,
Oct. 31, 2002 — In time for the holidays,
the Veterans of Foreign Wars' annual free
phone card program is gearing up for active-duty,
Guard and Reserve military members serving
overseas, and for hospitalized veterans.
Both corporate
and individual contributors fund the program,
which began in the mid-1990s, noted Ron Browning,
assistant adjutant general for development
at VFW headquarters in Kansas City, Mo.
He said the
prepaid phone card program kicks off during
the Veterans' Day (Nov. 11) weekend. The cards,
he added, will be offered in increments of
at least 10 minutes of calling time, up to
30 minutes. The paper cards feature directions
for use and include space for user comments,
Browning said.
"It's
a way of saying 'thank you,' not only from
the VFW, but from the donors who promote the
cards and provide the cards to these people
who are really doing so much for America —
especially today," he emphasized. More |
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| U.S. Helps Rebuild Afghan
Girls' School |
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| By Kathleen T. Rhem / American
Forces Press Service |
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WASHINGTON,
Oct. 31, 2002 — U.S. military officials are
lauding the reconstruction of an Afghan girls school
destroyed by U.S. bombs in fighting with the Taliban.
The repressive Taliban
regime had closed the Sultan Rasia School in Mazar-e
Sharif and used the facility as a military barracks.
It was the scene of heavy fighting between Northern
Alliance forces and Taliban fighters during the
pitched battle for the town last November. More |
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| Afghan workers
refurbish a girls school in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan. |
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USS Constellation
Set
To Support OEF |
| SAN DIEGO
(NNS) — More than 8,000 Pacific Fleet Sailors will
commence a six-month deployment in support of Operation
Enduring Freedom when Naval forces of the USS Constellation
(CV 64) Carrier Battle Group depart San Diego tomorrow,
Nov. 2. More |
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Air Force Recruiters
Receiving Raptors |
| WASHINGTON (AFPN) — U.S. Air
Force Tech. Sgt. Rick Seward gives data collection functions
of the Raptor a dry-run during a demonstration of the
vehicle's capabilities in the Pentagon courtyard Oct.
31. The Raptor is the newest tool for Air Force recruiters.
The entire ensemble consists of a sport utility vehicle
with a high-tech sound and video system, a data collection
system and a pull-behind interactive trailer which serves
as a mobile recruiting office and houses a scaled down
model of the YF-22 Raptor fighter. One Raptor will go
to each of the Air Force's 28 recruiting squadrons. Seward
is a recruiter with the 317th Recruiting Squadron in Oxon
Hill, Md. |
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| Transformation |
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| Marine Gen.
Peter Pace |
Leadership
Enhanced by
Global Communication |
| Marine Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has watched the military
evolve over the past 35 years. During a recent interview
with the American Forces Press Service, Pace talked of
the changes he's seen and of the changes yet to come.
Here is the third in a three-part series on the general's
views. |
By
Linda D. Kozaryn
American Forces Press Service |
 WASHINGTON,
Oct. 31, 2002 -- Many things in the military have changed
over the past 35 years, but leadership is not one of them,
according to Marine Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
"Leadership
is still leadership, but the tools that you have available
to exercise that leadership have changed," Pace said.
Leadership principles have remained constant from Roman
times through World Wars I and II to today, he said. "Now
we have the opportunity to get our message out much faster
and to many more people." More |
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| U.S.
Marine Sgt. Alan Poe |
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NASSAU (Underway) — In the tough world that
is Marine Reconnaissance, one Marine currently deployed
with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special
Operations Capable) attributes his success to the
support of his father.
Sgt.
Alan Poe, Reconnaissance and Surveillance Platoon,
Reconnaissance Battalion Detachment, says his father,
a retired Marine sergeant major has played a big
part in making him what he is today.
"My dad treated
the Marine Corps like a regular job," said
Poe. "So when the time came I just knew I wanted
to go and he was very supportive of that."
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| Sept.
11, 2001, marked the beginning of the war on terrorism
and brought a tragic end to thousands of lives.
Here we honor those who died in the attack on the
Pentagon. |
| Pentagon
Attack |
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| Since
Oct. 7, 2001, 53 Americans have died supporting
the war on terrorism. Here we honor those who died
while serving their country. |
| Fallen
Warriors |
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