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"I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way."
-- John Paul Jones
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StoryPace Speaks on Leadership, Terror WarON THE GROUNDAfghan Forces Seize Heroin Shipment —
StoryTeam Effort Manages Bagram’s Busy Air Ops —
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StoryAfghan Officers Complete Counterintel Course —
StoryIN IRAQRenovations on Fallujah School CompleteAustralians Teach Logistics to Iraqi ArmySeabees Build to Help Docs IN AFGHANISTANUnit Assumes Afghan Border Province DutiesReservists Keep Communications ConnectedSoldiers Use Many Tools in Clearing MinesIN UZBEKISTANTroops Donate Goods to Uzbek Baby Orphanage Humanitarian Efforts Benefit Uzbeks, TroopsSend Free Mother's Day CardsTOP NEWSSPECIAL REPORTS
Medal of HonorTwo Years in Iraq'Gitmo' Detainee CampIN IRAQ
Trained Iraqi Forces Top 155,000Logisticians Tackle Tough MissionAttacks Don't Undermine ProgressAustralia Deploys More TroopsThousands Show Up for Police JobsSuccess in Iraq - DoD Fact SheetYear in Review 2004 Fact Sheets (pdf)Iraq Daily UpdateMapsIraq ReconstructionWeekly Progress Report (pdf)IN AFGHANISTANCoalition, Insurgents ClashOfficer Assigned Liaison DutiesAfghanistan Daily UpdateMapsAfghan Reconstruction Group Recruiting WAR ON TERRORISMCoast Guard Confronts ThreatsU.S. to Begin Training GeorgiansLinguist Program Produces ResultsWaging and Winning the War on TerrorTerrorism TimelineTerrorism Knowledge BaseMILITARY NEWS
3rd Corps Chief Salutes TroopsNavy Fleet Hospital Earns AwardCoastal Warfare Squadron Deploys Soldier Found Guilty in Attack Program Eases Homecoming Stress Wounded Vets Generate LegislationNational Guard, Reserve UpdateToday in History
1014 - In the Battle of Clontarf, the Irish route a large scandinavian invasion force. - Envoys of Montezuma II attend the first Easter mass in Central America.
1752 - Robert Clive and 200 men capture the Covelong fortress from the French.
1778 - In the first American victory over the British navy, John Paul Jones, in the
Ranger, defeats the
HMS Drake at the Battle of Carrickfergus.
1792 - Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle composes "La Marseilles," which will become the national anthem of France.
1800 - The Library of Congress is established.
1805 - U.S. Marines attack and capture the town of Derna in Tripoli from the Barbary pirates.
1877 - Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
1884 - Otto von Bismarck informs Cape Town, South Africa that it is now a German colony.
1898 - Spain declares war on the US, rejecting an ultimatum to leave Cuba.
1915 - Turks of the Ottoman Empire begin massacring Armenians, a minority in the country.
1916 - Irish nationalists launch the Easter Uprising against British occupation.
1940 - In the wake of Greece's surrender to the Axis, forces from Great Britain, Australia, Poland, and New Zealand, begin to withdraw from that country. Over 50,000 troops are evacuated in six days; weapons, aircraft, and other equipment are left behind.
1944 - The first B-29 arrives in China.
1948 - The Berlin airlift begins.
1953 - Winston Churchill is knighted.
1961 - President John Kennedy accepts "sole responsibility" for the failed Bay of Pigs invasion.
1968 - Leftist students take over Columbia University in protest over the Vietnam War.
1980 - In Iran, a plane collides with a helicopter in the desert, leading to the failure of an attempt to rescue U.S. hostages.
1981 - The IBM Personal Computer is introduced.
1989 - In Beijing, thousands of Chinese students continue to protest for more democratic reforms.
Birthdays1769 - Arthur Wellesley, general - Napoleonic Wars / Duke of Wellington.
1856 - Henri Philippe Pétain, French Marshall / WWI hero / Nazi collaborator.
1906 - William Joyce ('Lord Haw-Haw'), Nazi propagandist / British traitor.
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