FORT MYER, Va. — Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace was sworn in Friday as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, becoming the first Marine to hold the nation's highest military post.
Pace succeeded Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, who retired after 40 years of military service, including two years as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs and four years as the chairman.

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Ukrainian immigrant soars to Army's top competition
Las Vegas Sun
Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:59 AM PDT
Summerlin resident and hospital medical assistant Viktoriya Panova and her son, Karen, (pronounced Kareenia by Ukrainians) Antonyan immigrated to Las Vegas from the Ukraine in 2002.

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U.S. Army soldiers, assigned to Charlie Troop, 4th Battalion, 14th Cavalry, 2nd Platoon from Fort Wainwright, Alaska, search a haystack for a weapons cache outside Rawah, Iraq, Sept. 27, 2005. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway


U.S. Army soldiers search rooms for a weapons cache outside Rawah, Iraq, Sept. 27, 2005. The soldiers are assigned to Charlie Troop, 4th Battalion, 14th Cavalry, 2nd Platoon from Fort Wainwright, Alaska. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway


U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Bill Hatzman, assigned to Charlie Troop, 4th Battalion, 14th Cavalry, 2nd Platoon from Fort Wainwright, Alaska, looks over the demolition equipment inside a cave outside Rawah, Iraq, Sept. 27, 2005. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway


U.S. Army soldiers, assigned to Charlie Troop, 4th Battalion, 14th Cavalry, 2nd Platoon from Fort Wainwright, Alaska, detonate caves that could be used for weapons caches outside Rawah, Iraq, Sept. 27, 2005. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway


A U.S. Army soldier watches over an AK-47 weapon that was found in a house during a search for a weapons cache outside Rawah, Iraq, Sept. 27,2005. The soldier is assigned to Charlie Troop, 4th Battalion, 14th Cavalry, 2nd Platoon from Fort Wainwright, Alaska. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway


U.S. Army soldiers, assigned to Charlie Troop, 4th Battalion, 14th Cavalry, 2nd Platoon from Fort Wainwright, Alaska, detonate caves that could be used for weapons caches outside Rawah, Iraq, Sept. 27, 2005. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway


U.S. Army Spc. Lionel Lare searches a house for a weapons cache outside Rawah, Iraq, Sept. 27, 2005. Lare is assigned to Charlie Troop, 4th Battalion, 14th Cavalry, 2nd Platoon from Fort Wainwright, Alaska. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway


U.S. Army Spc. Lionel Lare, assigned to Charlie Troop, 4th Battalion, 14th Cavalry, 2nd Platoon from Fort Wainwright, Alaska, looks out the hatch of the Stryker vehicle on the way back to the command outpost in Rawah, Iraq, Sept. 27, 2005. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway


U.S. Army soldiers walk to a local Iraqi house to conduct a search for a weapons cache, outside Rawah, Iraq, Sept. 27, 2005. The soldiers are assigned to Charlie Troop, 4th Battalion, 14th Cavalry, 2nd Platoon from Fort Wainwright, Alaska. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway


U.S. Army Staff Sgts. Chuck Hipple and Bill Hatzman fill in the entrance to a cave that could be used for weapons caches outside Rawah, Iraq, Sept. 27, 2005. The soldiers are assigned to Charlie Troop, 4th Battalion, 14th Cavalry, 2nd Platoon from Fort Wainwright, Alaska. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway

News of Note
Milblogging in the News
Military tightens use of electronic media
(unfortunately, it looks like milbloggers are going to pay the price for the unauthorized release of photos reported in the news lately)

Operation Iraqi Freedom
No charges in Web site of war dead
'Black Three' Gun Truck Marines Ride Again
Inside the Trial of Saddam

Homeland Security / War on Terror
U.S. seeks more cooperation to fight terrorism
Experts Say IRA Has Criminal Empire
Emirates: al-Qaida Threat to Gulf Nations
Pakistan Says Arrest Prevented New Attacks

Hurricane Season
Texas Rita Victims Waiting
New Orleans Back in Business
Police Face Looting Probe
Bus Operator Faced Complaints
New Orleans seeks repopulation
Indian Center Handles Hurricane Rita Calls
(I've heard of outsourcing, but this is beyond ridiculous)

Supreme Court
Chief Justice Roberts

Other News of Note
Ukraine Marks Anniversary of Nazi Killings

Fox News
Terrorists Kill 60 in Iraq
NYT Reporter Miller Agrees to Testify in CIA Leak Probe
Judge: Release Abuse Photos
Darfur Camp Attack Kills 29
Dems Use DeLay as Ammo
Frist Stock Sale Investigated
WorldCom Conviction Appeal
Calif. Gay Nups Bill Vetoed
Air Traffic Controller Loses Job After Near Miss in Vegas
Pentagon Analyst Charged With Spying to Plead Guilty
West Bank Raids Kill Three
California Blazes Rage On
Wildfires burning 17,000 acres

Reuters: Top News
US pressing Abbas to act now on Gaza: official
Iran warns UN watchdog over Security Council referral
Bush poll numbers improve in Rita aftermath
Actor Blake testifies on wife death
Next space station crew, tourist set for launch
Wild gorillas seen using tools for first time
Tsunami victims get training, await tourists

AP World News
Palestinians Enforce Weapons Display Ban
U.S. Envoy Denies Plan to Invade Venezuela
Wave of Africans Rush Spanish Border
China Differs on N.Korea Nuke Issues
Venezuela's Chavez Expands Oil Initiative
Turkey Accused of Abusing Mental Patients
S. Korea to Continue Food Aid to N. Korea
Blair Apologizes for Heckler's Ejection

The Seattle Times
Boeing Machinists vote to end strike
FAA to probe Alaskajet-safety complaint
Ethics charges filed against Seattle mayor
House proposal to drill in ANWAR advances

Chicago Sun-Times
White Sox clinch title
Bush sends Iraq commanders to hearings

Boston Globe: World
Prominent entrepreneur fatally shot in S. Africa
Department of Defense
Will, Resolve Key to Fighting Terrorism — Story
General: Iraqi Determination Will Win War
Abizaid Details al Qaeda's Long-Term Goals — Story

ON THE GROUND
U.S. Builds Water Treatment Plant in Iraq — Story
Afghan Army Builds on Engineering Skills — Story

IN GEORGIA
Marines Issue Equipment to Georgian Soldiers

FACE OF DEFENSE
Marine's Career Soars, Keeps Birds in the Sky — Story

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
'Voices' to Tour Military Bases — Story

TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Hurricane Coverage
Iraq Transition of Power

IN IRAQ
Casey Talks Troop Levels
Forces Detain 10 Suspects
Bush Discusses Iraq Remarks
Suicide Bombing Kills Civilians
U.S. Soldier Killed in Ramadi
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Eye on Iraq Update (pdf)
Iraq Progress Fact Sheet (pdf)
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)
'Boots on the Ground' Audio Archive

IN AFGHANISTAN
Forces Ensured Secure Elections
Soldier, Marine Killed in Attacks
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Mobilized Navy Reservists Deploy
Leaders: Collaborative Efforts Vital
Myers: Reviews Years as Chairman
Myers: Resolve Key in Terror War
Ceremony Marks Unit Deployment
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
1452 - Johann Guttenberg's Bible becomes the first book published.
1630 - J. Billington is the first person executed in America (by hanging, in Plymouth, MA).
1659 - Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Defoe).
1846 - Dr. William Morton uses Ether as an anaesthetic for the first time during a tooth extraction.
1857 - The U.S. occupies Sand, Baker, Howland, and Jarvis Islands, south of Hawaii.
1867 - The Midway Islands are formally declared a U.S. possession.
1895 - France proclaims Madagascar a protectorate.
1898 - The City of NY is established.
1929 - Auto maker Fritz von Opel makes the first manned rocket plane flight.
1934 - FDR dedicates Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam).
1938 - In the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia is forced to give territory to Germany.
1939 - Germany and Russia agree to partition Poland.
1941 - 3,721 Jews are buried alive at Babi Yar ravine, in the Ukraine.
1944 - Calais is reoccupied by Allies.
1946 - 22 Nazi leaders are found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg -- Von Ribbentrop and Goering are sentenced to death.
1949 - After 277,000 flights, the Berlin Airlift ends.
1954 - The submarine Nautilus, the first atomic-powered vessel, is launched.
1966 - Botswana (Bechuanaland) gains independence from Britain.
1967 - The U.S.S.R.'s Kosmos-186 and -188 complete the first automatic docking.
1968 - The first Boeing-747 rolls out.
1980 - Iran rejects a truce call from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
1986 - The U.S. releases soviet spy Gennadiy Zakharov.
1988 - IBM announces the shipment of the three-millionth PS-2 personal computer .
1991 - Haitian President Jean-Bertand Aristide is ousted.

Birthdays
1627 - Robinson Crusoe, according to Daniel Defoe
1870 - Jean Perrin, physicist (studied Brownian motion, Nobel Prize winner (1926)
1915 - Lester Garfield Maddox (Gov-GA), restaurant owner
1917 - Chung Hee Park, general/president of South Korea (1961-79), assassinated
1928 - Elie Wiesel, author (Souls on Fire) / Nazi hunter / Nobel Prize winner (1986)
1935 - Johnny Mathis, singer (Chances are, 12th of Never)
1936 - Jim Sasser (Sen-TN)

Passings:
1955 - James Dean, killed in a car accident
1988 - Joachim Prinz, author/Rabbi of Berlin (1926-37)

Reported Missing in Action:
1965
Chesnutt, Chambless M., USAF (AR); F4C shot down (w/Chwan), remains recovered March, 1985

Chwan, Michael Daniel, USAF (NJ); F4C shot down (w/Chesnutt), remains recovered March, 1985

Killian, Melvin Joseph, USAF (IA); F105D shot down (pilot), remains recovered March, 1985

1968
Fieszel, Clifford W., USAF (TX); F105F shot down (co-pilot, w/Smith)

Smith, Howard H., USAF (OK); F105F shot down (pilot, w/Fieszel)

Spinelli, Domenick A., USN (WA); A6A shot down (bombardier / navigator, w/Van Renselaar)

Van Renselaar, Larry J., USN (NV); A6A shot down (pilot, w/Spinelli), complete remains returned 1989 - family accepted ID July, 1990

1971
Bond, Ronald L., USAF (NJ); F4E shot down (navigator, w/Donovan)

Donovan, Michael L., USAF (KS); F4E shot down (pilot, w/Bond)