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HORNET MAINTENANCE— U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Rodger Lagrange, assigned to the "Silver Eagles" of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115, cleans the canopy of an F/A-18A+ Hornet on the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the Persian Gulf, Feb. 14, 2005. The Truman Carrier Strike Group is currently on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the war on terror. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Philip V. Morrill Hi-Res Photo |
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| Coast Guard Protects 'Gitmo' Waterways |
U.S. NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, Feb. 18, 2005 — U.S. Coast Guardsmen are helping their Defense Department brethren by working to protect the coasts and waterways of this American military outpost in the Caribbean. Story
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| Iraqi Forces Cornerstone of Security |
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17, 2005 — Training and equipping Iraqi security forces will speed up, and is the cornerstone of coalition policy in the country, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said during testimony before the Senate Armed Service Committee today. Story
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| Iraq Certifies Jan. 30 Election Results |
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 17, 2005 — It's official: the Shiite-dominated United Iraqi Alliance carried Iraq's Jan. 30 elections and will claim the most seats in Iraq's new national assembly. Story |
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| Rumsfeld, Myers Describe Enemy in Iraq |
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 17, 2005 — The enemy in Iraq is made up of many different groups, defense leaders said here Feb. 16. Intelligence professionals "have differing assessments … at different times," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said today during testimony before the House Armed Services Committee. Story |
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| System Helps Guards Track Detainees |
| NAVAL BASE GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, Feb. 17, 2005 — An automated system helps guards at the U.S. detention facility here keep track of terror war detainees and has cut down exponentially on paperwork. Story |
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| Future Military Doctors Hone Field Skills |
| CAMP BULLIS, Texas, Feb. 17, 2005 — Fourth-year medical students at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences were called in to treat patients during a 72-hour training exercise. Story |
| • Camp Provides Example in Joint, Cooperative Training |
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| Post Flips Switch on New Power Milestone |
| BALAD, Iraq, Feb. 17, 2005 — Logistics Support Area Anaconda slid into the second phase of the power production project with the opening of the roughly 24 megawatt power plant Feb. 12. Story |
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| Tiger Soldiers Provide Construction Security |
| FORWARD OPERATING BASE TIGER, Afghanistan, Feb. 17, 2005 — Troops ensure engineers working on the Tarin Kowt road in southern Afghanistan are able to do their jobs.
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| Combat Postal Unit Helps Redeploying Troops |
| KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Feb. 17, 2005 — Redeploying servicemembers rely on soldiers from the 841st Adjutant General Company (Postal), U.S. Army Reserve, to help them send their personal items home. Story |
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| IN IRAQ |
| • Marines Visit Farming Village, Harvest Goodwill |
| • Battalion Marines Open Doors in Fallujah |
| • Marines' KC-130J Joins Mission in Iraq |
| • Bavarian Chancellery Hosts Soldiers' Families |
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| WHY I SERVE |
| Soldier Extends to Stay in Iraq With New Unit |
| ASAD, Iraq, Feb. 17, 2005 — What's a police officer from Marietta, Ga., doing in the dusty desert regions of the Middle East? Extending her tour. "I wanted to be in the thick of it," said Army Sgt. Beth A. Bedore, a native of Saginaw, Mich. Story |
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| Bed Bath & Beyond, USO Team Up |
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 17, 2005 — Bed Bath & Beyond has teamed with United Service Organizations to show that it, too, supports U.S. troops. Story |
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| Officials Identify Army Casualties |
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 2005 — Defense Department officials announced the identities of three soldiers who were killed supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Story |
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| PHOTO ESSAY |
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JOINT PATROL — U.S. Army Pfc. Zachary Morrison, a U.S. Army paratrooper assigned to Company B, 3rd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, patrols Baghdad’s Haifa Street area with soldiers from the 303rd Iraqi Army Battalion during joint maneuvers, Feb. 9, 2005. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Mike Pryor
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