Quote of the Day
"If I must choose between peace and righteousness, I choose righteousness."
-- Theodore Roosevelt.
News of Note:
V-E Day:
From Fox News:
Leaders Meet at Red Square WWII Parade
WWII March Called Off in Berlin
Hitler's Final Days
Bush Tours Europe, Baltic States
Red Square V-E Day Parade
From The US News: Iraq News:
From The US News: Iraq News:
Firefighter, Colorado Native, Killed In Iraq
Harley-Riding Ark. Fireman Dies in Iraq
Memorial Held For U.S. Ranger Killed In Iraq
From the Department of Defense:
Soldiers Pay Tribute to Fallen MP — Story
JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
U.S. offensive in western Iraq kills 75
Putin praises Soviet sacrifice in WWII
14 killed in fighting in East Afghanistan
Air Force elite troops find ways to adapt
Military confronts reckless air crashes
The US News: Iraq News
New Iraqi defence minister was ex-Saddam officer
Iraqis receive advanced medic training
Iraqi lawmakers approve 6 Cabinet nominees; Sunni candidate ...
Australian Muslim leader joins efforts to free Iraq hostage
Iraqi Oil Minister to Run Critical Sector
Iraq hails new blow to Zarqawi network
Kuwaiti court sentences 18 men for fighting US-led forces in Iraq
Next for young Lebanese: politics
Hamas gains Palestinian political clout
Dressing for Afghan success
Senior Official Gunned Down in Baghdad
Seven U.S. Servicemembers Killed in Iraq
Iraqi PM Says All Cabinet Vacancies Filled
Iraqi claims he was a whistleblower
Fox News
U.S. Kills 75 Terrorists in Iraq Offensive Near Syrian Border
Firefighter, Colorado Native, Killed In Iraq
Harley-Riding Ark. Fireman Dies in Iraq
Memorial Held For U.S. Ranger Killed In Iraq
From the Department of Defense:
Soldiers Pay Tribute to Fallen MP — Story
JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
U.S. offensive in western Iraq kills 75
Putin praises Soviet sacrifice in WWII
14 killed in fighting in East Afghanistan
Air Force elite troops find ways to adapt
Military confronts reckless air crashes
The US News: Iraq News
New Iraqi defence minister was ex-Saddam officer
Iraqis receive advanced medic training
Iraqi lawmakers approve 6 Cabinet nominees; Sunni candidate ...
Australian Muslim leader joins efforts to free Iraq hostage
Iraqi Oil Minister to Run Critical Sector
Iraq hails new blow to Zarqawi network
Kuwaiti court sentences 18 men for fighting US-led forces in Iraq
Next for young Lebanese: politics
Hamas gains Palestinian political clout
Dressing for Afghan success
Senior Official Gunned Down in Baghdad
Seven U.S. Servicemembers Killed in Iraq
Iraqi PM Says All Cabinet Vacancies Filled
Iraqi claims he was a whistleblower
Fox News
U.S. Kills 75 Terrorists in Iraq Offensive Near Syrian Border
Key Zarqawi Aide Captured
U.N. Nuke Watchdog: North Korea Could Make Six Nukes
Afghan Clash Kills Two
Report: Israel Jails Jewish Extremist Without Trial
Ex-White House Counsel Dies
Pastor: Ouster of Nine Dems Was a 'Misunderstanding'
Reckless Pilots Probed
Bush Meets With Putin in Moscow
ON THE GROUND
'Immersion:' Next Best Thing to Being There — Story
U.S. Pilots Train Iraqis to Fly C-130 Hercules — Story
Combat Medics Keeps Soldiers Healthy — Story
IN IRAQ
Mechanic Reunites with Parents on Television
Coalition Helps Rebuild Mosque, Buildings
Joint Force Eliminates Lines at Gas Pumps
Helicopters Move Targets to Firing Range
Intel Specialists Focus on Insurgent Strategy
IN AFGHANISTAN
Medical Logistics Unit Wraps Up Deployment
Radio Team Connects Air to Ground
IN THE PERSIAN GULF
USS Kearsarge on Station in Persian Gulf
FACE OF DEFENSE
Pendleton Sergeant Volunteers to Serve in Iraq — Story
TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Troops Captures Zarqawi Associate
Terrorist Leadership Diminishing
Zarqawi Loses Iraqi Support
U.S. Forces Adapt to Reduce Threat
Soldiers, Marines, Sailor Killed
Marine Killed; Weapons Seized
Soldiers Detain Weapons Dealers
Soldiers Capture 22 Insurgents
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Iraq Reconstruction
IN AFGHANISTAN
Drugs Seized in Ghazni Province
Change of Command for Coalition
Afghan Forces Battle Insurgents
Afghanistan Daily Update
MILITARY NEWS
Military to Improve Training
DoD Committed to Childcare Needs
'Geospatial Intel' Saves Lives
War Game Contemplates 'What If'
Pentagon Honors Award Winners
National Guard, Reserve Update
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
This Day in History
1502 - Columbus sets sail from Spain on his 4th & final trip to New World.
1689 - King William III of England declares war on France.
1753 - King Louis XV disbands the French parliament.
1788 - English parliament accepts abolishment of the slave trade.
1862 - The U.S. Naval Academy is relocated from Annapolis, MD to Newport, RI.
1864 - Battle of Dalton, GA
1901 - Australia opens its first parliament in Melbourne.
1936 - Italy takes Addis Ababa, annexing Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
1941 - The British Army breaks German spy codes.
1943 - The 5th German Panser army surrenders in Tunisia.
1944 - Dutch resistance fighter Gerard Musch is arrested.
1944 - The Russians recapture Crimea, taking Sevastopol.
1945 - Czechoslovakia is liberated from Nazi occupation.
U.N. Nuke Watchdog: North Korea Could Make Six Nukes
Afghan Clash Kills Two
Report: Israel Jails Jewish Extremist Without Trial
Ex-White House Counsel Dies
Pastor: Ouster of Nine Dems Was a 'Misunderstanding'
Reckless Pilots Probed
Bush Meets With Putin in Moscow
Department of Defense
Troops Catch Abu Ghraib Attack Suspect — Story
Forces Net 109 Terrorists, Weapons Caches — Story
20 Insurgents, 9 Afghan Soldiers Killed — Story
Forces Net 109 Terrorists, Weapons Caches — Story
20 Insurgents, 9 Afghan Soldiers Killed — Story
ON THE GROUND
'Immersion:' Next Best Thing to Being There — Story
U.S. Pilots Train Iraqis to Fly C-130 Hercules — Story
Combat Medics Keeps Soldiers Healthy — Story
IN IRAQ
Mechanic Reunites with Parents on Television
Coalition Helps Rebuild Mosque, Buildings
Joint Force Eliminates Lines at Gas Pumps
Helicopters Move Targets to Firing Range
Intel Specialists Focus on Insurgent Strategy
IN AFGHANISTAN
Medical Logistics Unit Wraps Up Deployment
Radio Team Connects Air to Ground
IN THE PERSIAN GULF
USS Kearsarge on Station in Persian Gulf
FACE OF DEFENSE
Pendleton Sergeant Volunteers to Serve in Iraq — Story
TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Troops Captures Zarqawi Associate
Terrorist Leadership Diminishing
Zarqawi Loses Iraqi Support
U.S. Forces Adapt to Reduce Threat
Soldiers, Marines, Sailor Killed
Marine Killed; Weapons Seized
Soldiers Detain Weapons Dealers
Soldiers Capture 22 Insurgents
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Iraq Reconstruction
IN AFGHANISTAN
Drugs Seized in Ghazni Province
Change of Command for Coalition
Afghan Forces Battle Insurgents
Afghanistan Daily Update
MILITARY NEWS
Military to Improve Training
DoD Committed to Childcare Needs
'Geospatial Intel' Saves Lives
War Game Contemplates 'What If'
Pentagon Honors Award Winners
National Guard, Reserve Update
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
This Day in History
1502 - Columbus sets sail from Spain on his 4th & final trip to New World.
1689 - King William III of England declares war on France.
1753 - King Louis XV disbands the French parliament.
1788 - English parliament accepts abolishment of the slave trade.
1862 - The U.S. Naval Academy is relocated from Annapolis, MD to Newport, RI.
1864 - Battle of Dalton, GA
1901 - Australia opens its first parliament in Melbourne.
1936 - Italy takes Addis Ababa, annexing Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
1941 - The British Army breaks German spy codes.
1943 - The 5th German Panser army surrenders in Tunisia.
1944 - Dutch resistance fighter Gerard Musch is arrested.
1944 - The Russians recapture Crimea, taking Sevastopol.
1945 - Czechoslovakia is liberated from Nazi occupation.
1945 - Jersey is liberated from the Nazis.
1945 - Nazi propagandist Max Blokzijl is arrested.
1945 - A victory celebration takes place at Red Square.
1949 - Prince Rainier III becomes the leader of Monaco.
1950 - French Foreign minister Robert Schuman announces the Schuman Plan for European integration.
1955 - The German Federal Republic joins NATO.
1960 - Nigeria becomes a member of the British Commonwealth.
1960 - The U.S. send a U-2 over the USSR.
1962 - A laser beam is successfully bounced off the Moon for the first time.
1964 - Khrushchev visits Egypt.
1967 - The first flight of a Fokker F-28 Fellowship occurs.
1977 - Patty Hearst is released from prison.
1978 - The corpse of kidnapped ex-premier Aldo Moro is found.
1979 - The U.S. & USSR sign the Salt 2 treaty, limiting nuclear weapons.
1989 - Vice President Dan Quayle says in a United Negro College Fund speech: "What a waste it is to lose one's mind" instead of "a mind is terrible thing to waste."
1993 - Paraguay holds its first presidential & parliamentary elections in 50 years.
1995 - Kinshasa, Zaire is placed under quarantine after an outbreak of the Ebola virus.
1997 - The first US ambassador since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam.
Birthdays
1800 - John Brown, abolitionist; leader of Harpers Ferry attack
1824 - William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Confederate Brigadier General
1873 - Howard Carter British archaeologist/Egyptologist, discoverer of King Tut's tomb
1907 - Baldur von Schirach German writer/Nazi politician
1945 - Nazi propagandist Max Blokzijl is arrested.
1945 - A victory celebration takes place at Red Square.
1949 - Prince Rainier III becomes the leader of Monaco.
1950 - French Foreign minister Robert Schuman announces the Schuman Plan for European integration.
1955 - The German Federal Republic joins NATO.
1960 - Nigeria becomes a member of the British Commonwealth.
1960 - The U.S. send a U-2 over the USSR.
1962 - A laser beam is successfully bounced off the Moon for the first time.
1964 - Khrushchev visits Egypt.
1967 - The first flight of a Fokker F-28 Fellowship occurs.
1977 - Patty Hearst is released from prison.
1978 - The corpse of kidnapped ex-premier Aldo Moro is found.
1979 - The U.S. & USSR sign the Salt 2 treaty, limiting nuclear weapons.
1989 - Vice President Dan Quayle says in a United Negro College Fund speech: "What a waste it is to lose one's mind" instead of "a mind is terrible thing to waste."
1993 - Paraguay holds its first presidential & parliamentary elections in 50 years.
1995 - Kinshasa, Zaire is placed under quarantine after an outbreak of the Ebola virus.
1997 - The first US ambassador since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam.
Birthdays
1800 - John Brown, abolitionist; leader of Harpers Ferry attack
1824 - William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Confederate Brigadier General
1873 - Howard Carter British archaeologist/Egyptologist, discoverer of King Tut's tomb
1907 - Baldur von Schirach German writer/Nazi politician
1913 - John Hayes, Admiral
1915 - Richard Janvrin, British Vice Admiral
1918 - Mike Wallace, newscaster (Biography, 60 Minutes)
1918 - Orville Freeman, (Senator-MN)/Secretary of Agriculture
1915 - Richard Janvrin, British Vice Admiral
1918 - Mike Wallace, newscaster (Biography, 60 Minutes)
1918 - Orville Freeman, (Senator-MN)/Secretary of Agriculture
1927 - Manfred Eigen, German physicist/chemist, 1967 Nobel Prize winner
1931 - Vance DeVoe Brand Longmont, astronaut (Apollo 18, STS-5, 41B, 35)
1932 - J. Alex McMillan (Representative-NC)
1942 - John D. Ashcroft (Governor, MO /Attorney General)
1949 - Oleg Yuriyevich Atkov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-10)
1931 - Vance DeVoe Brand Longmont, astronaut (Apollo 18, STS-5, 41B, 35)
1932 - J. Alex McMillan (Representative-NC)
1942 - John D. Ashcroft (Governor, MO /Attorney General)
1949 - Oleg Yuriyevich Atkov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-10)