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"It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it will not be fought on U.S. soil."
-- Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz
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StoryIN IRAQMarine Aviation Excels During River Blitz Troops Help Iraqi Commandos to Communicate IN AFGHANISTANAcquisition Training Graduates Second ClassAfghan Army Trainees Head to SchoolTOP NEWSIN IRAQElections Boosted Security ForcesCoalition Forces Thwart TerroristsYear in Review 2004 Fact Sheets (pdf)Iraq Daily UpdateIraq ReconstructionMapsWeekly Progress Report (pdf)IN AFGHANISTANAfghanistan Daily UpdateMapsWAR ON TERRORISM
Threats Require New ApproachSchool Trains for Dual MissionsWaging and Winning the War on TerrorTerrorism TimelineTerrorism Knowledge BaseMILITARY NEWSNational Guard, Reserve UpdateToday in History1519 - Cortez lands in Mexico.
1777 - Congress orders European envoys to appeal for troops to reinforce the American army.
1814 - At the Battle of Reims, Napoleon routs the Prussian and Russian forces; he does so by taking a position between two armies. Each outnumbers his own forces.
1861 - Jefferson Davis signs authorizes slaves to be used as Confederate soldiers.
1868 - The U.S. Senate begins President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial.
1881 -Czar Alexander II is assassinated when a bomb is thrown at him near his palace.
1915 - German troops repel a British Expeditionary Force attack at the battle of Neuve Chapelle in France.
1940 - Finland capitulates conditionally to Soviet terms, maintaining its independence.
1941 - Hitler calls for the invasion of the Soviet Union.
1942 - Julia Flikke becomes the first woman colonel in the U.S. Army.
1943 - Japanese forces end their attack on American troops on Hill 700, in Bougainville.
1951 - Israel demands German reparations for the cost of caring for war refugees.
1963 - China invites Khrushchev to visit Beijing.
1970 - Cambodia orders Hanoi and Viet Cong troops to leave.
1974 - Arab leaders decide to end the oil embargo on the U.S.
1981 - The United States plans to send 15 Green Berets to El Salvador as advisors.
1985 - Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the new leader of the U.S.S.R., following the death of Konstantin Chernenko.
Birthdays1764 - Charles Earl Grey, British Prime Minister
1798 - Abigail Powers Fillmore, First Lady, wife of Millard Fillmore
1820 - Louis Herbert Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1913 - William J Casey (headed CIA 1981-87)
1933 - Frank H Murkowski (Senator-AK)
1958 - Rick A Lazio (Representative-NY)
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