Quote of the Day
"Great has been the Greek, the Latin, the Slav, the Celt, the Teuton, and the Anglo-Saxon, but greater than any of these is the American, in which are blended the virtues of them all."
-- William Jennings Bryant.
"Great has been the Greek, the Latin, the Slav, the Celt, the Teuton, and the Anglo-Saxon, but greater than any of these is the American, in which are blended the virtues of them all."
-- William Jennings Bryant.
News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Two Infantry Battalions to Deploy to Iraq
Marine Squadron Begins Third Tour in Iraq
Iraqi, U.S. Soldiers Keeping Sadr Streets Safe
Pentagon: 1,500 More Troops to Iraq
Iraq Shi'ites clash, parliament to vote on charter
Homeland Security / War on Terror
Army, FBI Lead N.C. Anti-terrorism Exercise
Israel hit by fire from Lebanon
Gaza Withdrawal
Four Palestinians, Jew Killed in Mideast Violence
Israel kills 5 Palestinians in raid after pullout
BRAC News
Panel Spares Two Bases
Other News of Note
Troops Fight for American Ideas, Ideals
Fox News
Robertson Apologizes for Chavez Remark
'Save the Blood'
Shiite cleric asks for unity
Bush: U.S. 'Bringing Justice'
Iraqi Court: Saddam Fires Lawyers
Video
Bush On Iraq
Baghdad Violence
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Iran calls for broader nuke negotiations
Japan scrubs Iraq marshland donor meeting
Iraqi marshes show signs of rebirth
Text of the draft Iraqi Constitution
U.S. challenges fence outside Jerusalem
Israelis, Palestinians back demolitions
Facts and figures about the Iraq Wetlands
Al-Sadr allies to boycott gov't duties
Security concerns leaders at Sudan camp
Groups round up pets abandoned in Gaza
Key issues in dispute for Iraq treaty
Talks between Sudan, rebel groups delayed
Israel group removes trees in settlements
3 dead, 10 hurt in Iraq police attacks
Reuters: Top News
Oil hits record $68 on storm, gas draw
North Korea talks next week, some reports say
Bush: Terrorists converging on Iraq, US must stay
US urges quick negotiations, changes on UN reform
JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Panel to debate Air Force base-closures
Tropical Storm Katrina nears Florida
Groups lining up for or against Roberts
Armstrong goes on the counterattack
Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
'Peace Mom' Returns to Texas War Protest
Pope Meets With Iraqi Foreign Minister
Iraq rebels treated in hostage deal-Italy Red Cross
Bush Says U.S. is Achieving Strategic Objectives in Iraq
Gunfights erupt in Iraqi capital
CENTCOM: News Release
TWO INFANTRY BATTALIONS TO DEPLOY TO IRAQ FOR ELECTION BOARD
COALITION FORCES CAPTURE TERRORIST, DESTROY HIDE-OUT
IRAQI ARMY TAKES OVER COALITION CAMP
Department of Defense
U.S. Forces Will Stay Until Fight is Won — Story Remarks
ON THE GROUND
Medics Provide Aid and Election Information — Story
Security Forces Airmen Get Frozen Treats — Story
IN IRAQ
Iraqi Engineer Regiment Focuses on Training
IN AFGHANISTAN
Military Doctor Gives Afghan Girl Gift of Life
Team Builds Up Remote Corner of Afghanistan
FACE OF DEFENSE
Chaplain Helps Troops Deal with Deployment — Story
AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Santa Barbara Welcomes Sailors — Story
TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Rumsfeld: Delays Part of Process
Bombing Kills Americans, Iraqis
Forces Kill 2 Attacking Insurgents
Canal Work to Benefit Basra Area
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Iraq Progress Fact Sheet (pdf)
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)
IN AFGHANISTAN
Bridge Provides Link to Kandahar
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps
Afghan Reconstruction Group Recruiting
WAR ON TERRORISM
Tripartite Commission Meets
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base
MILITARY NEWS
BRAC Begins Final Deliberations
National Guard, Reserve Update
CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Casualties — Story
Weather
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
Gitmo
Today in History
1580 - In the Battle of Alcantara, Spain defeats Portugal.
1609 - Galileo demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
1689 - The Iroquois take Montreal.
1718 - Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana, founding New Orleans.
1825 - Uruguay declares independence from Brazil.
1830 - Belgium revolts against the Netherlands.
1862 - The U.S. Secretary of War authorizes General Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves.
1864 - Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Ream's Station
1875 - Matthew Webb becomes the first to swim the English Channel - in 21 hours, 45 minutes.
1912 - For the first time, an aircraft recovers from a spin.
1915 - A hurricane kills 275 and causes $50 million in damage in Galveston, TX.
1916 - The National Park Service is established in the Department of the Interior.
1919 - The first scheduled passenger service by airplane occurs (Paris-London).
1920 - Ethelda Bleibtrey becomes the first U.S. woman to win at the Olympics.
1921 - The U.S. signs peace a treaty with Germany.
1929 - The Graf Zeppelin passes over San Francisco, bound for L.A., after its trans-Pacific voyage.
1940 - The first parachute wedding takes place.
1943 - U.S. forces overrun New Georgia in the Solomon Islands.
1944 - Paris is liberated from Nazi occupation.
1945 - Jewish immigrants are permitted to leave Mauritius for Palestine.
1950 - President Truman orders the Army to seize control of the railroad to avert a strike.
1967 - Paraguay accepts its constitution.
1981 - Voyager-2' makes its closest approach to Saturn (63,000 miles/100,000 km).
1983 - The U.S. and U.S.S.R. sign a $10 billion grain pact.
1988 - The Challenger Center opens its classroom doors in Houston; NASA launches space vehicle S-214.
1989 - Voyager-2 makes its closest approach to Neptune.
1990 - The U.N. security council authorizes military action against Iraq.
Birthdays
1530 - Ivan IV (the Terrible), first Czar of Russia (1533-84)
1841 - Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon / thyroid specialist, Nobel Prize winner (1909)
1845 - Ludwig II, mad king of Bavaria (1864-86)
1906 - William J. Brennan, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1957-90)
1912 - Erich Honecker, East German political leader
1919 - George C. Wallace (Gov-AL), Presidential candidate
1930 - Sean Connery, actor (James Bond)
1931 - Regis Philbin, TV host (Live with Regis and Kelly)
1934 - Valery F. Bykovsky, cosmonaut (Vostok V, Soyuz 22 31/39)
1949 - Gene Simmons, rocker (KISS)
1951 - Rob Halford, heavy metal rocker (Judas Priest)
1970 - Claudia Schiffer, super model (Elle, Rolling Stone)
Passings
1789 - Mary Ball Washington (George's mother)
1822 - William Herschel, discoverer of Uranus.
1900 - Friedrich Nietzsche, philosopher
1967 - George Lincoln Rockwell, head of the American Nazi Party, assassinated
1988 - Price Daniel (Gov/Sen-TX)
Reported Missing in Action
1966
Bullard, William H., USN (CA); A4E crashed due to mechanical problems, Killed, body not recovered
1967
Bois, Claire Ronald A., USN (AZ); RA3B shot down (aircrew); KIA, body not recovered
Jacobs, Edward James, Jr., USN (WA); RA3B shot down (pilot); KIA, body not recovered
Zavocky, James John, USN (OH); RA3B shot down (aircrew); KIA, body not recovered
1968
Gregory, Kenneth R., US Army (OK); released May, 1969
Johnson, Bobby L., US Army (MI); released by PRG February, 1973
Jones, Thomas N., US Army (IN); released January, 1969
1972
Doyle, Michael W., USN (PA); F4B shot down (pilot, w/Ensch), POW, remains returned August, 1985
Ensch, John C., USN (IL); F4B shot down (RIO, w/Doyle), released by DRV March, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998
Tropical Storm Katrina nears Florida
Groups lining up for or against Roberts
Armstrong goes on the counterattack
Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
'Peace Mom' Returns to Texas War Protest
Pope Meets With Iraqi Foreign Minister
Iraq rebels treated in hostage deal-Italy Red Cross
Bush Says U.S. is Achieving Strategic Objectives in Iraq
Gunfights erupt in Iraqi capital
CENTCOM: News Release
TWO INFANTRY BATTALIONS TO DEPLOY TO IRAQ FOR ELECTION BOARD
COALITION FORCES CAPTURE TERRORIST, DESTROY HIDE-OUT
IRAQI ARMY TAKES OVER COALITION CAMP
Department of Defense
U.S. Forces Will Stay Until Fight is Won — Story Remarks
ON THE GROUND
Medics Provide Aid and Election Information — Story
Security Forces Airmen Get Frozen Treats — Story
IN IRAQ
Iraqi Engineer Regiment Focuses on Training
IN AFGHANISTAN
Military Doctor Gives Afghan Girl Gift of Life
Team Builds Up Remote Corner of Afghanistan
FACE OF DEFENSE
Chaplain Helps Troops Deal with Deployment — Story
AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Santa Barbara Welcomes Sailors — Story
TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Rumsfeld: Delays Part of Process
Bombing Kills Americans, Iraqis
Forces Kill 2 Attacking Insurgents
Canal Work to Benefit Basra Area
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Iraq Progress Fact Sheet (pdf)
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)
IN AFGHANISTAN
Bridge Provides Link to Kandahar
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps
Afghan Reconstruction Group Recruiting
WAR ON TERRORISM
Tripartite Commission Meets
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base
MILITARY NEWS
BRAC Begins Final Deliberations
National Guard, Reserve Update
CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Casualties — Story
Weather
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
Gitmo
Today in History
1580 - In the Battle of Alcantara, Spain defeats Portugal.
1609 - Galileo demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
1689 - The Iroquois take Montreal.
1718 - Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana, founding New Orleans.
1825 - Uruguay declares independence from Brazil.
1830 - Belgium revolts against the Netherlands.
1862 - The U.S. Secretary of War authorizes General Rufus Saxton to arm 5,000 slaves.
1864 - Petersburg Campaign-Battle of Ream's Station
1875 - Matthew Webb becomes the first to swim the English Channel - in 21 hours, 45 minutes.
1912 - For the first time, an aircraft recovers from a spin.
1915 - A hurricane kills 275 and causes $50 million in damage in Galveston, TX.
1916 - The National Park Service is established in the Department of the Interior.
1919 - The first scheduled passenger service by airplane occurs (Paris-London).
1920 - Ethelda Bleibtrey becomes the first U.S. woman to win at the Olympics.
1921 - The U.S. signs peace a treaty with Germany.
1929 - The Graf Zeppelin passes over San Francisco, bound for L.A., after its trans-Pacific voyage.
1940 - The first parachute wedding takes place.
1943 - U.S. forces overrun New Georgia in the Solomon Islands.
1944 - Paris is liberated from Nazi occupation.
1945 - Jewish immigrants are permitted to leave Mauritius for Palestine.
1950 - President Truman orders the Army to seize control of the railroad to avert a strike.
1967 - Paraguay accepts its constitution.
1981 - Voyager-2' makes its closest approach to Saturn (63,000 miles/100,000 km).
1983 - The U.S. and U.S.S.R. sign a $10 billion grain pact.
1988 - The Challenger Center opens its classroom doors in Houston; NASA launches space vehicle S-214.
1989 - Voyager-2 makes its closest approach to Neptune.
1990 - The U.N. security council authorizes military action against Iraq.
Birthdays
1530 - Ivan IV (the Terrible), first Czar of Russia (1533-84)
1841 - Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon / thyroid specialist, Nobel Prize winner (1909)
1845 - Ludwig II, mad king of Bavaria (1864-86)
1906 - William J. Brennan, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1957-90)
1912 - Erich Honecker, East German political leader
1919 - George C. Wallace (Gov-AL), Presidential candidate
1930 - Sean Connery, actor (James Bond)
1931 - Regis Philbin, TV host (Live with Regis and Kelly)
1934 - Valery F. Bykovsky, cosmonaut (Vostok V, Soyuz 22 31/39)
1949 - Gene Simmons, rocker (KISS)
1951 - Rob Halford, heavy metal rocker (Judas Priest)
1970 - Claudia Schiffer, super model (Elle, Rolling Stone)
Passings
1789 - Mary Ball Washington (George's mother)
1822 - William Herschel, discoverer of Uranus.
1900 - Friedrich Nietzsche, philosopher
1967 - George Lincoln Rockwell, head of the American Nazi Party, assassinated
1988 - Price Daniel (Gov/Sen-TX)
Reported Missing in Action
1966
Bullard, William H., USN (CA); A4E crashed due to mechanical problems, Killed, body not recovered
1967
Bois, Claire Ronald A., USN (AZ); RA3B shot down (aircrew); KIA, body not recovered
Jacobs, Edward James, Jr., USN (WA); RA3B shot down (pilot); KIA, body not recovered
Zavocky, James John, USN (OH); RA3B shot down (aircrew); KIA, body not recovered
1968
Gregory, Kenneth R., US Army (OK); released May, 1969
Johnson, Bobby L., US Army (MI); released by PRG February, 1973
Jones, Thomas N., US Army (IN); released January, 1969
1972
Doyle, Michael W., USN (PA); F4B shot down (pilot, w/Ensch), POW, remains returned August, 1985
Ensch, John C., USN (IL); F4B shot down (RIO, w/Doyle), released by DRV March, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998
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