Quote of the Day
"Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom."
"Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom."
-- John Adams
News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Please Stay - Japan asked by Iraq to keep troops in country
Key Saddam Witness Dies
Talabani: U.S. Troop Withdrawal Talks to Start in 2006
Operation Enduring Freedom
Security fears emerge as NATO readies Afghan push
Homeland Security / War on Terror
U.S. Expert Expelled From Indonesia, Again
Jordan King Urges PM to Battle Militants
Fox News
American Terror Expert Expelled from Indonesia
EU Says Iran Docs Show How to Make Nukes
Jordan King Calls for All-Out War on Islamic Militancy
Likud Leaders Meet for First Time Without Sharon- Sharon's New Party: 'Forward'
Elton John Plans Civil Union
Toxins Flow Into Chinese City
Colombian Volcano Erupts
Pinochet Freed on $22K Bail
Tropical Storm Delta Picks Up Strength Over Atlantic
Ready, Set, Shop
Holiday retail season underway
Reuters: Top News
Satellites may aid 'secret prisons' probe
China officials tried to hush up toxic spill: newspaper
Gaza-Egypt border crossing opens
Israel returns bodies of Hizbollah fighters
Japan probe trying to land on asteroid
Spectators hurt by Thanksgiving parade balloon
Insurance hinders New Orleans recovery
Another plant blast worries China
Mehlis seen close to giving up on Syria cooperation
Battle intensifies over gay marriage in Massachusetts
AP World News
Indonesia to Make Bird Flu Drug Tamiflu
Iran Weighs Timing of Uranium Restart
Dutch Asks U.S. About CIA Prisoner Flight
Pope Recalls John Paul II's Final Weeks
Aso Seeks Support for US Troop Realignment
Israeli Politicians Court the Downtrodden
Colombia, Venezuela Debate Trade Issues
Serbian President Proposes Dividing Kosovo
No-Confidence Motion Introduced in Canada
Brits Give New Drink Laws Cautious Cheers
Romania Base Focus of Secret Prison Probe
CENTCOM: News Release
OPERATION LIONS CONCLUDES
CITIZEN'S TIP LEADS U.S. SOLDIERS TO WEAPONS CACHE
IRAQI HOMES BENEFIT FROM NEW WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM
IRAQI, U.S. FORCES RESPOND TO CAR BOMB IN MAHMUDIYAH
JAYSH AL-MUJAHIDEEN TERRORIST LIEUTENANT AND PROPOGANDA CHIEF CAPTURED
U.S. PATROLS FIND BOMBS BEFORE THEY CAN DETONATE
Military.com
GIs Celebrate Third Thanksgiving in Iraq
Bush Makes Thanksgiving Calls to GIs
30 Killed in Bombing
Charlie Daniels Sends Music to Iraq
Govs Celebrate Thanksgiving With Troops
DD(X) Gets Go-Ahead
Carrier to Follow Normal Protocol in Japanese Port
FBI Warns of Email Scams
Uzbekistan Closes Bases to NATO Peacekeepers
Al Qaida: Zarqawi Is Alive
Abuse Charges Dropped
Mack McKinney, Service Members' Advocate, Dies
Military Opinions
Oliver North: Courage at Thanksgiving
Peter Brookes: Military Diplomats?
H. Thomas Hayden: French Appeasement Spreads
Today's R&R
What good was coconut milk during WWII?
Cartoon Corner: Sempertoons
Department of Defense
IN IRAQ
Iraqi Crews Receive Electrical Safety Training
New Soldiers in Town Provide Security
U.S. Army Medics Hold Clinic for Iraqis
Iraqi Soldiers Use Insurgents' Weapons
IN AFGHANISTAN
Sky Soldiers Teach Marksmanship Skills
Reconstruction Team Opens in Panjshir
Medical Mission Visits Gardez Orphanage
TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Iraq Transition of Power
IRAQ
Iraq Daily Update
This Week in Iraq (pdf)
Multinational Force Iraq
Eye on Iraq Update (pdf)
State Dept. Weekly Iraq Report (pdf)
'Boots on the Ground' Audio Archive
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
AFGHANISTAN
U.S. Soldier, Interpreter Killed
Joint Patrol Attacks Insurgents
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps
WAR ON TERRORISM
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base
MILITARY NEWS
Innovation Cuts 'Crust and Rust'
Demographics Represent America
Defense Review Addresses Future
Cultures Highlighted at Pentagon
National Guard, Reserve Update
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
National Hurricane Center
Today in History
1357 - Charles IV issues letter of protection of Jews of Strasbourg Alsace
1715 - The first English patent granted to an American, is issued for processing corn.
1758 - Britain captures Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh).
1783 - Britain evacuates NY, their last military position in the U.S.
1817 - The first sword swallower in the U.S performs in NYC.
1841 - 35 Amistad survivors return to Africa.
1863 - Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee.
1864 - The Confederate plot to burn NYC fails.
1867 - Alfred Nobel invents dynamite.
1884 - John B. Meyenberg of St. Louis patents evaporated milk.
1894 - The Greenback (Independent) Party organizes in Indianapolis.
1897 - Spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy.
1930 - 690 earthquake shocks are recorded in one day in Ito, Japan.
1933 - The first Soviet liquid rocket attains an altitude of 261' (80m).
1940 - The Patria steamer sinks, killing 200 outside of Haifa.
1947 - New Zealand accedes to the Statute of Westminster, becoming a dominion.
1948 - Fort Funston's 16-inch coastal guns are removed.
1957 - President Eisenhower suffers a mild stroke which impairs his speech.
1958 - Senegal becomes an autonomous state in the French Community.
1960 - The first atomic reactor for research and development opens in Richland, WA.
1963 - JFK is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery, VA.
1967 - Puerto Rico is placed on Atlantic Standard Time.
1973 - A bloodless military coup ousts Greek President George Papadopoulos.
1975 - The Netherlands grants Surinam independence.
1976 - A Viking-1 radio signal from Mars helps prove the general theory of relativity.
1978 - An American Airlines DC-10 crashes on takeoff from Chicago, killing 275.
1983 - The Soyuz T-9 returns to Earth, 149 days after take-off; Syria and Saudi Arabia announce a cease-fire in the PLO civil war in Tripoli.
1984 - William Schroeder becomes the second to receive the Jarvik-7 artificial heart.
1986 - The Iran-Contra affair erupts, as President Reagan reveals a secret arms deal.
1988 - A widespread earthquake hits the northeastern U.S. and Canada; no damage is reported.
1990 - Lech Walesa wins in Poland's first popular election.
Birthdays
1835 - Andrew Carnegie, steel industrialist / library builder
1881 - John XXIII (Angelo Roncalli), 261st Pope (1958-63)
1893 - Robert Ripley, illustrator (Believe it or Not)
1895 - Anastas I. Mikoyan, member of the Supreme Soviet
1940 - Richard Furrer, astronaut (STS 22)
1960 - John F. Kennedy, Jr., lawyer, son of JFK
Passings
1885 - Thomas A. Hendricks, 21st U.S. VP, 8 months after taking office
1944 - Kenesaw Landis, baseball commisioner
1958 - Charles F. Kettering, inventor of the auto self-starter
1974 - U Thant, U.N. Secretary-General (1961-72)
Reported Missing in Action
1966
Gardner, Glenn V., US Army (CA); jumped overboard (suicide)
Niehouse, Daniel L., Civilian; employee of Ford Motor Company, on PRG DIC list April, 1967
1967
Abrams, Lewis Herbert, USMC (NJ); A6A shot down (w/Holdeman), remains returned June, 1997
Holdeman, Robert Eugene, USMC (IN); A6A shot down (w/Abrams), remains returned June, 1997
Midgett, Dewey A., US Army (VA); AWOL
Searfus, William Henry, USN (CA); A4E shot down, KIA, body not recovered
1968
Francisco, San Dewayne, USAF (WA); F4D shot down (w/Morrison)
Morrison, Joseph C., USAF (KY); F4D shot down (w/Francisco), shown KIA at crash site in pictures released by Vietnamese November, 1992
Stamm, Ernest Albert, USN (OR); RA5C shot down (w/Thum), remains returned March, 1974 (disputed)
Thum, Richard Cobb, USN (OH); RA5C shot down (w/Stamm), remains returned September, 1977
1971
Thomas, James R., USAF (FL); HH53C shot down,
1863 - Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee.
1864 - The Confederate plot to burn NYC fails.
1867 - Alfred Nobel invents dynamite.
1884 - John B. Meyenberg of St. Louis patents evaporated milk.
1894 - The Greenback (Independent) Party organizes in Indianapolis.
1897 - Spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy.
1930 - 690 earthquake shocks are recorded in one day in Ito, Japan.
1933 - The first Soviet liquid rocket attains an altitude of 261' (80m).
1940 - The Patria steamer sinks, killing 200 outside of Haifa.
1947 - New Zealand accedes to the Statute of Westminster, becoming a dominion.
1948 - Fort Funston's 16-inch coastal guns are removed.
1957 - President Eisenhower suffers a mild stroke which impairs his speech.
1958 - Senegal becomes an autonomous state in the French Community.
1960 - The first atomic reactor for research and development opens in Richland, WA.
1963 - JFK is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery, VA.
1967 - Puerto Rico is placed on Atlantic Standard Time.
1973 - A bloodless military coup ousts Greek President George Papadopoulos.
1975 - The Netherlands grants Surinam independence.
1976 - A Viking-1 radio signal from Mars helps prove the general theory of relativity.
1978 - An American Airlines DC-10 crashes on takeoff from Chicago, killing 275.
1983 - The Soyuz T-9 returns to Earth, 149 days after take-off; Syria and Saudi Arabia announce a cease-fire in the PLO civil war in Tripoli.
1984 - William Schroeder becomes the second to receive the Jarvik-7 artificial heart.
1986 - The Iran-Contra affair erupts, as President Reagan reveals a secret arms deal.
1988 - A widespread earthquake hits the northeastern U.S. and Canada; no damage is reported.
1990 - Lech Walesa wins in Poland's first popular election.
Birthdays
1835 - Andrew Carnegie, steel industrialist / library builder
1881 - John XXIII (Angelo Roncalli), 261st Pope (1958-63)
1893 - Robert Ripley, illustrator (Believe it or Not)
1895 - Anastas I. Mikoyan, member of the Supreme Soviet
1940 - Richard Furrer, astronaut (STS 22)
1960 - John F. Kennedy, Jr., lawyer, son of JFK
Passings
1885 - Thomas A. Hendricks, 21st U.S. VP, 8 months after taking office
1944 - Kenesaw Landis, baseball commisioner
1958 - Charles F. Kettering, inventor of the auto self-starter
1974 - U Thant, U.N. Secretary-General (1961-72)
Reported Missing in Action
1966
Gardner, Glenn V., US Army (CA); jumped overboard (suicide)
Niehouse, Daniel L., Civilian; employee of Ford Motor Company, on PRG DIC list April, 1967
1967
Abrams, Lewis Herbert, USMC (NJ); A6A shot down (w/Holdeman), remains returned June, 1997
Holdeman, Robert Eugene, USMC (IN); A6A shot down (w/Abrams), remains returned June, 1997
Midgett, Dewey A., US Army (VA); AWOL
Searfus, William Henry, USN (CA); A4E shot down, KIA, body not recovered
1968
Francisco, San Dewayne, USAF (WA); F4D shot down (w/Morrison)
Morrison, Joseph C., USAF (KY); F4D shot down (w/Francisco), shown KIA at crash site in pictures released by Vietnamese November, 1992
Stamm, Ernest Albert, USN (OR); RA5C shot down (w/Thum), remains returned March, 1974 (disputed)
Thum, Richard Cobb, USN (OH); RA5C shot down (w/Stamm), remains returned September, 1977
1971
Thomas, James R., USAF (FL); HH53C shot down,
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