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Sunday, June 05, 2005

Combat Medics Sharpen Skills


U.S. Army Sgt. Roberta H. Minor, a medic with the 547th Area Support Medical Company, extracts a victim from a humvee while Capt. David Hamilton, 550th Area Support Medical Company, observes. Minor, a Tacoma Park, Md., native, was taking her required Semi-Annual Combat Medic Skills Validation Test at Camp Taji, Iraq, May 10, 2005. Refresher instruction prior to the three days of testing had been held twice weekly for six weeks. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Peter Chadwick



U.S. Army Sgt. Michael L. Faux, left, and Spc. Jesse L. Wright, health care specialists with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, perform CPR as part of their required Semi-Annual Combat Medic Skills Validation Test at Camp Taji, Iraq, May 10, 2005. The two medics took refresher instruction, held twice weekly for six weeks, prior to the three days of testing. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Peter Chadwick



U.S. Army Pfc. Darrell W. Gibson, left, stabilizes the victim's neck while Sgt. Roberta H. Minor prepares to open the airway. The two medics with the 547th Area Support Medical Company were taking their required Semi-Annual Combat Medic Skills Validation Test at Camp Taji, Iraq, May 10, 2005. Refresher instruction prior to the three days of testing had been held twice weekly for six weeks. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Peter Chadwick



U.S. Army Sgt. Jennifer L. Viera, a medic with Headquarters Platoon, 550th Area Support Medical Company, describes the next step in treatment to her test facilitator. Viera, from Fayetteville, N.C., was taking her required Semi-Annual Combat Medic Skills Validation Test, at Camp Taji, Iraq, May 9, 2005. Refresher instruction prior to the three days of testing had been held twice weekly for six weeks. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Peter Chadwick

In Today's News - Sunday, June 5, 2005

Quote of the Day
"I have only two men out of my company and 20 out of some other company. We need support, but it is almost suicide to try to get it here as we are swept by machine gun fire and a constant barrage is on us. I have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I will hold."
-- 1st Lt. Clifton B. Cates, USMC- in Belleau Wood, July 19, 1918


News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Lightning Nabs 700
Marines find weapons, huge bunker in Iraq
Iraqi troops seize militant 'prince of princes'

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Elaborate anti-terrorism drill staged at Boston's Logan Airport

Fallen Heroes
Largo Soldier in Iraq Killed by Sniper


JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Saddam will face only 12 charges at trial
White House plays down new Quran reports


Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Group seeks to end Mubarak's rule in Egypt
Hundreds mourn journalist in Lebanon
Hezbollah expects strong showing at polls


The US News: Iraq News
Iraqi, U.S. troops search for insurgent hideouts
Attacks in Iraq, 84 gunmen detained south of Baghdad
Radical Shiite Leader Who Once Battled U.S. Moves Into Iraq's Political Mainstream
Kurdish parliament opens, Iraqi insurgents tracked in Baghdad
Turkish company appeals for release of businessman kidnapped in Iraq


Various Sources
In Prison Duty Training, Military Guards Face Their First Riot at Home
Bahrain women's activist pleads not guilty
June 17 Palestinian elections delayed
Voting under way in south Lebanon


Fox News
Out of The War, Not at Peace
Hezbollah Likely to Win Lebanese Vote
Mars Rover Out of Sand Dune
Thousands Mark Tiananmen Anniversary in Hong Kong
Saddam Trial Expected in Next Two Months
Bush Downplays Koran Issues
Marines Find 'Insurgent Lair'
Sporadic Attacks Kill Eight in Iraq
Court-Martials in Interrogation Death
Operation Lightning Nabs 700


Department of Defense
Rumsfeld: Proliferation Is Greatest Threat — Story Remarks
Contrast Between Koreas 'Profound,' Rumsfeld Says
Rumsfeld: China's Strength 'Important New Reality'
Koran Inquiry Reveals 'Respectful Handling' — Story
Afghan Army Ops Chief to Visit United States — Story

ON THE GROUND
Deployed Airmen Guard Camp, Detainees — Story

IN IRAQ
Marines Train Iraqi Security Forces
Mississippi Guard Troops Handle Varied Duties
Intel Analysts' Work Leads to Capture of Insurgents

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Company Offers Father's Day Deal — Story

TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Base Realignment and Closure 2005
Medal of Honor
Two Years in Iraq

IN IRAQ
Suspects, Ammo, Artifacts Found
Academy Trains Future Leaders
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
Terrorist Killed in Failed Ambush
Governor Discusses Democracy
NATO Expands in Afghanistan
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Gulag Allegation 'Reprehensible'
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Chairman Receives Highest Award
Photos: Chairman Receives Award
Rumsfeld in Singapore for Talks
Photos: Rumsfeld Visits Singapore
Military Tops Public Confidence List
VA Priority: Post-Combat Care
Date Changes for Recruiting Data
Bush Discusses NATO Goals
National Guard, Reserve Update


Weather
from The Weather Channel

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


Today in History
1661 - Isaac Newton is admitted as a student to Trinity College in Cambridge.
1794 - Congress prohibits U.S. citizens from serving in foreign armed forces.
1863 - The raider CSS Alabama captures the clipper Talisman in the Mid Atlantic.
1912 - U.S. marines invade Cuba.
1940 - The Battle of France begins.
1944 - The first B-29 bombing raid occurs; one plane is lost due to engine failure.
1945 - The U.S., Great Britain, France, and the U.S.S.R. declare supreme authority over Germany.
1950 - The U.S. undermines the legal foundations of segregation.
1956 - A federal court rules racial segregation on Montgomery buses unconstitutional.
1968 - Sirhan Sirhan shoots Senator Bobby Kennedy, who dies the next day.
1977 - The Apple II, the first personal computer, goes on sale.
1980 - The Soyuz T-2 is launched, transporting two cosmonauts to the Salyut 6 space station.
1991 - The Space Shuttle STS 40 (Columbia 12) is launched.

Birthdays
1825 - Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry, educator (Rep-AL)
1878 - Francisco (Pancho) Villa, Mexican revolutionary / guerrilla leader

Passings
1864 - Confederate Brigadier General William E. "Grumble" Jones, in battle at Piedmont, WV
1916 - Horatio H. Kitchener, British General
1988 - Clarence M. Pendleton chairman of the Commission on Civil Rights

Reported Missing in Action
1967
Haines, Collins H., USN (NJ); Released by DRV March, 1973 - retired from USN in 1996, alive and well as of 1998
Ibanez, Di Reyes, USMC (CA); KIA, body not recovered

1968
McManus, Truman Joseph, USMC (CT); KIA, body not recovered

1971
Cavaiani, Jon R., US Army SF (CA); Released by PRG March, 1973 - alive as of 1998
Jones, John R.,US Army SF (TX), KIA, body not recovered

1972
Kraner, Davis Stanley, USN (CA); KIA, body not recovered
Payne, Kylis Therod, USN (MD); KIA, body not recovered

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