Quote of the Day
"If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that, too."
-- Somerset Maugham
News of Note:
Iraqi film at Cannes for first time
U.S. NAVY RESCUES 27 IN ARABIAN GULF
Boy Scout Backs U.S. Troops
Scouts Deliver Taste of Home to Safeguard Sailors
JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Iraq car bombings kill 21, injure 90
Violent uprising breaks out in Uzbekistan
Pentagon to recommend U.S. base closures
FBI nabs soldiers, police in drug sting
Officials weighed shooting at errant plane
Panel sends Bolton nomination to Senate
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Insurgents bomb busy market in Baghdad
The US News: Iraq News
U.S.-Iraq battle touches on Syria border
European officials deny Saddam oil link
Four potential Abu Ghraib jurors dismissed
Blair backs U.N. intervention for Iran
Iraqi brigadier general killed in Baghdad
Fox News
Shutting for Savings
Base closings may conserve $48.8B
Process of Sainthood for Pope John Paul II Opened
Bolton to Get Full Senate Vote
Israel Files Complaint After Rocket Attacks
U.N.: Iraq Emerging as Hub for Drug Trafficking
FBI Nabs Troops, Officers in Cocaine Drug Sting
Abu Ghraib Colonel Punished
Second Abuse Trial Opens
Byrd, Frist in Filibuster Clash
Deadly Protests
Uzbekistan police battle masses
Byrd, Frist in Filibuster Clash
Deadly Protests
Uzbekistan police battle masses
Department of Defense
Myers Addresses Violence in Iraq, Afghanistan — Story
Reconstruction Efforts Progress in Iraq — Story
Al-Oubaidy District Improvements Continue
Pilot Confident in Capital Region Security — Story
ON THE GROUND
U.S. Soldiers Build Base in Bermel District — Story
Afghan Colonel Works to Control Borders — Story
Texas Guard Unit Keeps Camp Taqqadum Safe — Story
Texas Soldiers Open Doors to Iraqi Kids' Education
Army Medical Team Trains for Wartime Mission — Story
IN IRAQ
Iraqi Freedom Combat Equipment Returns
'Desert Dogs' Keep Aircraft in the Air
Forward Deployed Medics Save Lives Behind Scenes
Army Chief of Staff Visits Vanguard Troops
Work Begins on New Vehicle Repair Facility
Battle Assessment Reviews Hero's Fight
IN AFGHANISTAN
U.S. Paratroopers Deal Blow to Taliban Forces
IN THE PERSIAN GULF
USS Mustin Rescues 27 in Persian Gulf
Deployed Mustin Sailors Stay In Touch With Home
Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ship Supports Iraqi Navy
TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Base Realignment and Closure 2005
IN IRAQ
Roadside Bombs Kill U.S. Soldiers
2 Marines Killed in Operation
Operation Matador Continues
Operation Cobweb Targets Enemy
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)
IN AFGHANISTAN
Insurgents Killed in May 8 Battle
Villagers Ask for Security Presence
Program Aims to Repatriate
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps
Afghan Reconstruction Group Recruiting
WAR ON TERRORISM
Symposium Focus: War on Terror
Jets Respond to Stray Aircraft
Pakistanis Safeguard Gulf of Oman
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base
MILITARY NEWS
Rumsfeld Recommends BRAC Cuts
Service Leaders Support BRAC
Bush Approves of Funding
Airmen Get Strykers, Prep to Deploy
Top Docs Applaud Care Initiative
Committee Reviews Pay Package
Ohio Guard Engineer Team Deploys
National Guard, Reserve Update
TRANSFORMATION
BRAC: Communities Get Guidance — Story
BRAC Web site
CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Army Casualty — Story
Weather
from The Weather Channel
Iraq
Al Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al Kut An Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall Kayf
Afghanistan
Bost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul Qandahar
Today in History
1110 - Crusaders march into Beirut, causing a bloodbath.
1568 - At the Battle of Langside, the English defeat Mary Queen of Scots.
1607 - English colonists land near James River in Virginia.
1643 - English parliamentary armies beat Royalists at the Battle of Grantham.
1787 - Arthur Phillip and 11 ships of criminals set sail for Botany Bay.
1828 - The U.S. the Tariff of Abominations.
1830 - The Republic of Ecuador is founded.
1846 - After 2 months of fighting, the U.S. finally declares war on Mexico.
1861 - Queen Victoria announces England's neutrality.
1864 - Battle of Resaca, GA.
1865 - In the final Civil War engagement, at South Brownsville, TX (Palmito Ranch), PVT John J. Williams, 34th Indiana, is the last man to be killed.
1888 - Brazil abolishes slavery
1913 - The first four-engine aircraft makes its first flight.
1918 - The first U.S. airmail stamps are issued; they cost 24 cents.
1926 - The German Government of Luther falls.
1927 - "Black Friday" on the Berlin Stock Exchange.
1930 - Hail kills a farmer in Lubbock, TX; the only known hail fatality.
1939 - The SS St Louis leaves Hamburg with 937 fleeing Jews.
1940 - The British bomb a factory at Breda.
- Winston Churchill says, "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."
- Queen Wilhelmina of Holland flees to England.
- Germans break through at Grebbelinie
1941 - Resistance fighter comte d'Estienne d'Orves' trial begins.
1942 - A helicopter makes its first cross-country flight.
1943 - In Africa, German and Italian forces surrender.
1945 - U.S. troops conquer Dakeshi, Okinawa.
1946 - The U.S. sentences 58 Mauthausen camp guards to death.
1949 - The first British-produced jet bomber has its first test flight.
1958 - In Algeria, French settlers riot against the French army.
- Jordan and Iraq form the Arab Federation.
1958 - In Venezuela, Vice President Nixon is attacked by rioters.
1965 - A number of Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it established diplomatic relations with Israel.
1966 - Federal funding is denied to 12 southern school districts due to violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
- The Rolling Stones release "Paint it Black."
1968 - 1,000,000 French demonstrate against De Gaulle and Pompidou.
1979 - In Teheran, Iran, the Shah and his family are sentenced to death.
1981 - In St. Peter's Square, Pope John Paul II is shot and wounded.
1982 - The Soyuz T-5 is launched
1985 - Philadelphia police bomb a house held by the group "Move", killing 11 people.
1989 - Approximately 2,000 Chinese students begin a hunger strike in Tiananmen Square.
1991 - South African activist Winnie Mandela is convicted of abducting four blacks.
1992 - For the last time, three astronauts simultaneous walk in space
1996 - O.J. Simpson appears on British TV to discuss his "not guilty" verdict.
Birthdays:
1769 - Joâo VI, King of Portugal
1795 - Union Navy Commander Joshua Ratoon Sands
1830 - Confederate Governor Zebulon Baird Vance
1857 - Sir Ronald Ross England, pathologist, Nobel Prize winner
1913 - William R. Tolbert, President of Liberia
1930 - Mike Gravel (Senator-AK)
1931 - Jim Jones reverend, orchestrated Jonestown Massacre in Guyana
1933 - Sid Morrison (Representative-WA)
1939 - William W Cobey Jr (Representative-NC)
1942 - Vladimir A Dzhanibekov USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 27, 39, T-6, T-12, T-13)
1952 - John R Kasich (Representative-OH)
1957 - Claudie André-Deshays France, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-24)
Passings:
1390 - Robert II the Steward King of Scotland (1371-90), dies
1864 - Junius Daniel Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 35
Reported Missing in Action
1968 - Donald G. Smith (PA), Released in January, 1969
1969 - Aiken, Larry (NY), Deceased; Recovered from VC Hospital in July, 1969
1969 - Bessor, Bruce C. (VA)
1969 - Brooks, John H. (ME)
1969 - Masuda, Robert S. (CA), Possibly thrown into well
1969 - Munoz, David L. (CA), Possibly thrown into well
1969 - Scott, Mike J. (NJ)
1970 - Huberth, Eric J. (CA), Survival unlikely-SAR
1970 - Trent, Alan R. (OH), Survival unlikely-SAR
Reconstruction Efforts Progress in Iraq — Story
Al-Oubaidy District Improvements Continue
Pilot Confident in Capital Region Security — Story
ON THE GROUND
U.S. Soldiers Build Base in Bermel District — Story
Afghan Colonel Works to Control Borders — Story
Texas Guard Unit Keeps Camp Taqqadum Safe — Story
Texas Soldiers Open Doors to Iraqi Kids' Education
Army Medical Team Trains for Wartime Mission — Story
IN IRAQ
Iraqi Freedom Combat Equipment Returns
'Desert Dogs' Keep Aircraft in the Air
Forward Deployed Medics Save Lives Behind Scenes
Army Chief of Staff Visits Vanguard Troops
Work Begins on New Vehicle Repair Facility
Battle Assessment Reviews Hero's Fight
IN AFGHANISTAN
U.S. Paratroopers Deal Blow to Taliban Forces
IN THE PERSIAN GULF
USS Mustin Rescues 27 in Persian Gulf
Deployed Mustin Sailors Stay In Touch With Home
Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ship Supports Iraqi Navy
TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Base Realignment and Closure 2005
IN IRAQ
Roadside Bombs Kill U.S. Soldiers
2 Marines Killed in Operation
Operation Matador Continues
Operation Cobweb Targets Enemy
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)
IN AFGHANISTAN
Insurgents Killed in May 8 Battle
Villagers Ask for Security Presence
Program Aims to Repatriate
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps
Afghan Reconstruction Group Recruiting
WAR ON TERRORISM
Symposium Focus: War on Terror
Jets Respond to Stray Aircraft
Pakistanis Safeguard Gulf of Oman
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base
MILITARY NEWS
Rumsfeld Recommends BRAC Cuts
Service Leaders Support BRAC
Bush Approves of Funding
Airmen Get Strykers, Prep to Deploy
Top Docs Applaud Care Initiative
Committee Reviews Pay Package
Ohio Guard Engineer Team Deploys
National Guard, Reserve Update
TRANSFORMATION
BRAC: Communities Get Guidance — Story
BRAC Web site
CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Army Casualty — Story
Weather
from The Weather Channel
Iraq
Al Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al Kut An Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall Kayf
Afghanistan
Bost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul Qandahar
Today in History
1110 - Crusaders march into Beirut, causing a bloodbath.
1568 - At the Battle of Langside, the English defeat Mary Queen of Scots.
1607 - English colonists land near James River in Virginia.
1643 - English parliamentary armies beat Royalists at the Battle of Grantham.
1787 - Arthur Phillip and 11 ships of criminals set sail for Botany Bay.
1828 - The U.S. the Tariff of Abominations.
1830 - The Republic of Ecuador is founded.
1846 - After 2 months of fighting, the U.S. finally declares war on Mexico.
1861 - Queen Victoria announces England's neutrality.
1864 - Battle of Resaca, GA.
1865 - In the final Civil War engagement, at South Brownsville, TX (Palmito Ranch), PVT John J. Williams, 34th Indiana, is the last man to be killed.
1888 - Brazil abolishes slavery
1913 - The first four-engine aircraft makes its first flight.
1918 - The first U.S. airmail stamps are issued; they cost 24 cents.
1926 - The German Government of Luther falls.
1927 - "Black Friday" on the Berlin Stock Exchange.
1930 - Hail kills a farmer in Lubbock, TX; the only known hail fatality.
1939 - The SS St Louis leaves Hamburg with 937 fleeing Jews.
1940 - The British bomb a factory at Breda.
- Winston Churchill says, "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."
- Queen Wilhelmina of Holland flees to England.
- Germans break through at Grebbelinie
1941 - Resistance fighter comte d'Estienne d'Orves' trial begins.
1942 - A helicopter makes its first cross-country flight.
1943 - In Africa, German and Italian forces surrender.
1945 - U.S. troops conquer Dakeshi, Okinawa.
1946 - The U.S. sentences 58 Mauthausen camp guards to death.
1949 - The first British-produced jet bomber has its first test flight.
1958 - In Algeria, French settlers riot against the French army.
- Jordan and Iraq form the Arab Federation.
1958 - In Venezuela, Vice President Nixon is attacked by rioters.
1965 - A number of Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it established diplomatic relations with Israel.
1966 - Federal funding is denied to 12 southern school districts due to violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
- The Rolling Stones release "Paint it Black."
1968 - 1,000,000 French demonstrate against De Gaulle and Pompidou.
1979 - In Teheran, Iran, the Shah and his family are sentenced to death.
1981 - In St. Peter's Square, Pope John Paul II is shot and wounded.
1982 - The Soyuz T-5 is launched
1985 - Philadelphia police bomb a house held by the group "Move", killing 11 people.
1989 - Approximately 2,000 Chinese students begin a hunger strike in Tiananmen Square.
1991 - South African activist Winnie Mandela is convicted of abducting four blacks.
1992 - For the last time, three astronauts simultaneous walk in space
1996 - O.J. Simpson appears on British TV to discuss his "not guilty" verdict.
Birthdays:
1769 - Joâo VI, King of Portugal
1795 - Union Navy Commander Joshua Ratoon Sands
1830 - Confederate Governor Zebulon Baird Vance
1857 - Sir Ronald Ross England, pathologist, Nobel Prize winner
1913 - William R. Tolbert, President of Liberia
1930 - Mike Gravel (Senator-AK)
1931 - Jim Jones reverend, orchestrated Jonestown Massacre in Guyana
1933 - Sid Morrison (Representative-WA)
1939 - William W Cobey Jr (Representative-NC)
1942 - Vladimir A Dzhanibekov USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 27, 39, T-6, T-12, T-13)
1952 - John R Kasich (Representative-OH)
1957 - Claudie André-Deshays France, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-24)
Passings:
1390 - Robert II the Steward King of Scotland (1371-90), dies
1864 - Junius Daniel Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 35
Reported Missing in Action
1968 - Donald G. Smith (PA), Released in January, 1969
1969 - Aiken, Larry (NY), Deceased; Recovered from VC Hospital in July, 1969
1969 - Bessor, Bruce C. (VA)
1969 - Brooks, John H. (ME)
1969 - Masuda, Robert S. (CA), Possibly thrown into well
1969 - Munoz, David L. (CA), Possibly thrown into well
1969 - Scott, Mike J. (NJ)
1970 - Huberth, Eric J. (CA), Survival unlikely-SAR
1970 - Trent, Alan R. (OH), Survival unlikely-SAR
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