Quote of the Day
"The Army’s character in service to the nation is defined by Soldiers, who demonstrate daily their commitment … to live by the ideals contained in the Warrior Ethos and Army Values. I could not be more proud of our Soldiers and the professionalism, courage and competence that they demonstrate every day."
"The Army’s character in service to the nation is defined by Soldiers, who demonstrate daily their commitment … to live by the ideals contained in the Warrior Ethos and Army Values. I could not be more proud of our Soldiers and the professionalism, courage and competence that they demonstrate every day."
-- General Peter J. Schoomaker
News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Mosque Bombing
10 dead, 18 wounded in attack
House GOP to Set up Pullout Vote
Japan May Pull Troops Early
Linking Saddam to Taliban (this you've got to read. It might shut up the 'unjust war' cries....then again...naaaaaah)
Congress rebuffs bid to recall troops from Iraq
Homeland Security / War on Terror
AP Enterprise: 9/11 thefts not prosecuted
U.S. military shows Al-Zarqawi's successor
Other Military News
Data Theft Not Linked to Other Crimes
Vets Housing and Benefits Bill Becomes Law
NSA / CIA
Specter Threatens to Subpoena Wiretapping Docs
Worldwide Wackos
Iran considering nuclear package
Politics / Government
Jefferson Stripped (Bravo to the Dems on this one - seriously)
Fed bribery probe continues
Endangered Republicans play down party label
Bush signs $94.5 bln war, hurricane funding bill
In the Courts
Supreme Court Backs No-Knock Police Searches
Hurricane Season
New Orleans seen a boom town as storm aid arrives
Oddities
75-Year-Old Jewel Thief Sentenced to Prison
Colorado Court Allows Young Teens to Get Married
Man Carrying Wife's Severed Head Crashes Car, Kills 2
Art gallery loses its head, displays plinth
New dogs learn old tricks -- in Dutch
DNA test to clear up Confucius confusion
Whale carcass mystifies Alaska scientists
Fox News
Interest Rates May Rise with Escalating Inflation
U.S. Bishops Approve New Mass Translation
Gates Stepping Down From Microsoft in 2008
Video: Microsoft Changes
Stocks to Watch: Adobe
Men Found Dead in Indonesian Volcano Shelter
Experts: Missing Link in Bird Evolution Found
Bush Protects Large Marine Area in Hawaii
Tiger Starts Slow at U.S. Open
U.S. Open Leaderboard
Ecuador, England Advance
FULL WORLD CUP COVERAGE
Reuters: Top News
US must show more leadership on poverty: Wolfensohn - Video
Peres says ceasefire in everyone's interests
Gates focusing on charity to "give back" wealth
Japan unsure of pro-whaling majority at meeting
Ozzie takes top Microsoft software job
Wheat farmers celebrate harvest but many giving up
Watching World Cup is stressful business
Obesity tied to hepatitis C treatment failure
Cruise tops Forbes' celebrity power list
Britney Spears says "I'm an emotional wreck"
Fed will respond to persistent inflation: Poole
Wall Street's "fear gauge" falls as anxiety eases
EADS boss first knew of Airbus hitch in April
Microsoft's Gates says to reduce role in 2008
TeliaSonera says can buy Turkcell, MegaFon -paper
De Mol may team with Mediaset to buy Endemol
Stock futures slip; Oracle, Microsoft in focus
Soft start tipped for Wall Street - Video
Oracle says results to top forecast, shares up - Video
Nikkei books first weekly gain in six weeks - Video
California Micro shares fall on lowered outlook
A case for homebuilders
Lionsgate a pricey ticket
Commodities as inflation key
AP World News
Sunscreens faulted on cancer protection
'Idol' winner Studdard awarded $2M in suit
Wade's 36 help Heat tie NBA finals
Amid deaths, Heroin addicts keep using
Country Weekly names Urban sexiest man
Happy return for Monty, not so for Tiger
Roethlisberger contrite, says he's lucky
Stock futures point to profit-taking
Military.com
MCPO of the Navy Selected
Basic Pay Table Redesign
U.S., U.K. Joint Strike Fighter Stall
CENTCOM: News Releases
COALITION SOLDIER DIES OF A POSSIBLE HEART ATTACK
INVESTIGATION ORDERED INTO DEATH OF THREE MALES IN COALITION CUSTODY
AFGHAN, COALTION FORCES ENGAGED IN OPERATIONS MOUNTAIN THRUST
IRAQI GOVERNMENT KICKS OFF OPERATION TOGETHER FORWARD
TERRORISTS BOMB BUS OF AFGHAN CIVILIANS
COALITION FORCES FOIL KIDNAPPING
AFGHAN, COALITION PATROL REPELS AMBUSH
EXTREMIST TARGET AFGHAN CIVILIANS
COALITION CONDUCTS MOUNTAIN THRUST STRIKE IN PAKTIKA PROVINCE
IRAQI SECURITY FORCES CAPTURE TERRORIST LEADER IN KARBALA
Department of Defense
Darkhorse Marines Secure Road to Ramadi - Story
Troops Deliver Water to Bedranri Village - Story
Engineer Reflects on Second Deployment - Story
IN IRAQ
'Rocket Man' Rocks Insurgents in Ramadi
IN AFGHANISTAN
U.S. General Speaks to Afghan Cadets
French Military Starts Second Phase of Ops
BACKGROUND
IRAQ
Renewal In Iraq
Iraq: Security, Stability
Fact Sheet: Progress and Work Ahead
Report: Strategy for Victory in Iraq
Iraq Daily Update
This Week in Iraq (PDF)
Multinational Force Iraq
State Dept. Weekly Iraq Report (PDF)
'Boots on the Ground' Audio Archive
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Update
Maps
WAR ON TERRORISM
Fact Sheet: Budget Request
Fact Sheet: War on Terror
Fact Sheet: Terror Plots Disrupted
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base
CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Casualty - Story
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
Today in History
1567 - Mary, Queen of Scots, is imprisoned in Lochleven Castle.
1671 - In Moscow, Cossack rebel leader Stenka Razin is tortured and executed.
1832 - Battle of Kellogg's Grove, IL.
1858 - Abraham Lincoln says "A house divided against itself cannot stand."
1864 - The siege of Petersburg and Richmond begins.
1909 - The first US airplane sold commercially (by Glenn Curtiss) goes for $5,000.
1917 - The first Congress of Soviets convenes in Russia.
1922 - Henry Berliner shows off his helicopter to the U.S. Bureau of Aeronautics.
1933 - The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is created.
1940 - A Commuinist government takes power in Lithuania.
1941 - The first Federally owned airport opens in Washington, DC.
1961 - Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to the West in Paris.
1975 - Randy Farland finds a 14-leaf clover near Sioux Falls, SD.
1977 - Leonid Brezhnev is named president of the U.S.S.R.
1991 - Boris Yeltsin is elected president of Russia.
Birthdays:
1899 - Nelson Doubleday, publisher (Doubleday)
1902 - Barbara McClintock, cytogeneticist, Nobel Prize winner
Passings:
1686BC - Hammurabi the Great dies in Babylon
1216 - Pope Innocent III dies at 54
1671 - Stenka Razin Cossack rebel leader, tortured, executed in Moscow
1976 - Francis E. Meloy, Jr., US ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped & killed
Reported Missing in Action:
1965
Schumann, John R., US Army (MN); Ambushed, captured, died in captivity
1968
Bowman, Frank, USN (SC); PCF19 sunk, KIA, body not recovered
AP World News
Sunscreens faulted on cancer protection
'Idol' winner Studdard awarded $2M in suit
Wade's 36 help Heat tie NBA finals
Amid deaths, Heroin addicts keep using
Country Weekly names Urban sexiest man
Happy return for Monty, not so for Tiger
Roethlisberger contrite, says he's lucky
Stock futures point to profit-taking
Military.com
MCPO of the Navy Selected
Basic Pay Table Redesign
U.S., U.K. Joint Strike Fighter Stall
CENTCOM: News Releases
COALITION SOLDIER DIES OF A POSSIBLE HEART ATTACK
INVESTIGATION ORDERED INTO DEATH OF THREE MALES IN COALITION CUSTODY
AFGHAN, COALTION FORCES ENGAGED IN OPERATIONS MOUNTAIN THRUST
IRAQI GOVERNMENT KICKS OFF OPERATION TOGETHER FORWARD
TERRORISTS BOMB BUS OF AFGHAN CIVILIANS
COALITION FORCES FOIL KIDNAPPING
AFGHAN, COALITION PATROL REPELS AMBUSH
EXTREMIST TARGET AFGHAN CIVILIANS
COALITION CONDUCTS MOUNTAIN THRUST STRIKE IN PAKTIKA PROVINCE
IRAQI SECURITY FORCES CAPTURE TERRORIST LEADER IN KARBALA
Department of Defense
Darkhorse Marines Secure Road to Ramadi - Story
Troops Deliver Water to Bedranri Village - Story
Engineer Reflects on Second Deployment - Story
IN IRAQ
'Rocket Man' Rocks Insurgents in Ramadi
IN AFGHANISTAN
U.S. General Speaks to Afghan Cadets
French Military Starts Second Phase of Ops
BACKGROUND
IRAQ
Renewal In Iraq
Iraq: Security, Stability
Fact Sheet: Progress and Work Ahead
Report: Strategy for Victory in Iraq
Iraq Daily Update
This Week in Iraq (PDF)
Multinational Force Iraq
State Dept. Weekly Iraq Report (PDF)
'Boots on the Ground' Audio Archive
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Update
Maps
WAR ON TERRORISM
Fact Sheet: Budget Request
Fact Sheet: War on Terror
Fact Sheet: Terror Plots Disrupted
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base
CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Casualty - Story
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
Today in History
1567 - Mary, Queen of Scots, is imprisoned in Lochleven Castle.
1671 - In Moscow, Cossack rebel leader Stenka Razin is tortured and executed.
1832 - Battle of Kellogg's Grove, IL.
1858 - Abraham Lincoln says "A house divided against itself cannot stand."
1864 - The siege of Petersburg and Richmond begins.
1909 - The first US airplane sold commercially (by Glenn Curtiss) goes for $5,000.
1917 - The first Congress of Soviets convenes in Russia.
1922 - Henry Berliner shows off his helicopter to the U.S. Bureau of Aeronautics.
1933 - The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is created.
1940 - A Commuinist government takes power in Lithuania.
1941 - The first Federally owned airport opens in Washington, DC.
1961 - Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to the West in Paris.
1975 - Randy Farland finds a 14-leaf clover near Sioux Falls, SD.
1977 - Leonid Brezhnev is named president of the U.S.S.R.
1991 - Boris Yeltsin is elected president of Russia.
Birthdays:
1899 - Nelson Doubleday, publisher (Doubleday)
1902 - Barbara McClintock, cytogeneticist, Nobel Prize winner
Passings:
1686BC - Hammurabi the Great dies in Babylon
1216 - Pope Innocent III dies at 54
1671 - Stenka Razin Cossack rebel leader, tortured, executed in Moscow
1976 - Francis E. Meloy, Jr., US ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped & killed
Reported Missing in Action:
1965
Schumann, John R., US Army (MN); Ambushed, captured, died in captivity
1968
Bowman, Frank, USN (SC); PCF19 sunk, KIA, body not recovered
Chandler, Anthony Gordon Warner, USN (GA); remains returned 2001
Rupinski, Bernard Francis, USN (PA); F4J shot down, presumed killed
Wilber, Walter Eugene, USN (PA); Released by DRV February, 1973 (injured), later accused of mutiny while in captivity
1973
Cornelius, Samuel B., USAF(TX); F4E shot down, survival unlikely
Smallwood, John J., USAF (GA); F4E shot down, survival unlikely
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