Quote of the Day
"From the time I was twelve years old until I retired last year
at the age of fifty-seven, the Army was my life.
I loved commanding soldiers and being around people
who had made a serious commitment to serve their country."
-- General Norman Schwarzkopf,
Commander of U.S. / Allied forces in Desert Storm
News of NoteOperation Iraqi FreedomGrisly Find in IraqNavy SEAL Saves Comrades By Falling on GrenadeShiites push for British troops to leaveIraqi police force facing reshuffleOperation Enduring Freedom
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VideoNobel award gives impetus to poverty battle: YunusAsbestos kept off global list of toxic substancesMexican archeologists find largest Aztec figureOnline brokerage account scams worry SECMicrosoft eyes another chance to be a TV playerHomeowners eyeing mortgage rate escape hatchE. coli link promising find but source uncertainNew test identifies mystery New York virusesJolie guard involved in scuffle in IndiaStocks gain as Dow hits another record high -
VideoS&P 3rd-qtr profit views inch up: Reuters EstimatesEuropean stocks in 8-day winning run, Lloyds jumpsOil rises on Norway field outages -
VideoDollar rallies, buoyed by strong sentiment surveyOn the radar: Rush EnterprisesRisk-taking pays off in junk bondsGerman development bank KfW to take EADS stake: reportVW to make bid recommendations Sunday: unionOPEC to meet on October 19 to work out oil cutFalling gasoline price bolsters U.S. consumersAP World News
Diabetics warned about fake test stripsAnalysts expect further commodities dropEvans divorce papers cite adultery, pornSuper subs help Cards tie Mets in NLCSBritish Airways worker sues over crossArbitrator: Supermax prison understaffedArrest made in Ariz. reservation rapesDuff, boyfriend seek restraining ordersTigers close in on World Series dreamMandrell happy with Rimes' tribute albumObituaries in the newsMilitary.comCongress Pushing Hypersonics ResearchCENTCOM: News Releases
HILLAH IP CHIEF, DEPUTY KILLED IN EXPLOSIONCITIZEN’S TIP LEADS IPS TO UNEXPLODED VBIEDIRAQI SECURITY FORCES SPOIL TERRORIST ATTACKMND-B SOLDIERS DETAIN TERRORISTS, SEIZE MUNITIONSTEAM PROVIDES REBUILDING SUPPLIES, ‘HOPE’ TO PAKISTAN VILLAGERSIA CONDUCTS RAIDS AGAINST INSURGENTS IN BAGHDADINSURGENT MORTAR TEAM DESTROYEDUSJFCOMUSJFCOM exhibits Joint Force Projection ACTD -
podcast Top DoD readiness officials tour commandJoint Systems Baseline Assessment 2006 comes to successful close -
podcastMore about the Joint Systems Integration CommandUSJFCOM commander discusses reserve force issues -
podcast Department of DefenseNEWS UPDATESNew Iraqi Government Takes Steps To Move Country Toward Peace -
StoryFor Top News Visit DefenseLinkON THE GROUNDLeaders' Infantry Training Reinforces Combat Skills -
Story'IED Hunters' Work to Clear, Safeguard Roadways -
StoryRenovated Schools Set Standard in Kirkuk Area -
StoryArmy Interpreter Pays for Mosque Supplies -
StoryIN IRAQCSI: National Forensics Academy Opens in BaghdadCivil Affairs Soldiers Distribute Supplies to SchoolSaab al Bour Opens Refurbished Primary SchoolSoldiers Patrol the Liquid Highways of IraqSoldiers Work to Eliminate Terrorist ThreatsIN AFGHANISTANTask Force Grizzly Soldiers Eliminate InsurgentsAfghan NCOs Complete Drill Sergeant Course BACKGROUNDIRAQ Renewal In IraqIraq: Security, StabilityFact Sheet: Progress and Work AheadReport: Strategy for Victory in Iraq Iraq Daily UpdateThis Week in Iraq Multinational Force IraqState Dept. Weekly Iraq Report (PDF)'Boots on the Ground' Audio ArchiveWeekly Reconstruction Report (PDF) Iraq ReconstructionMapsAFGHANISTAN Afghanistan UpdateMapsWAR ON TERRORISMFact Sheet: Budget RequestFact Sheet: War on TerrorFact Sheet: Terror Plots DisruptedWaging and Winning the War on TerrorTerrorism TimelineTerrorism Knowledge BaseCASUALTIESOfficials Identify Marine Casualties -
StoryWeatherIraqAl Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al KutAn Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall KayfAfghanistanBost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul QandaharGitmoNational Hurricane CenterToday in History1066 - At the Battle of Hastings, William the Conqueror wins England.
1586 - Mary Queen of Scots goes on trial for conspiracy against Queen Elizabeth.
1774 - The First Continental Congress is the first to declare colonial rights.
1806 - The French beat the Prussians at the Battle of Auerstadt.
1834 - Henry Blair becomes the first African-American to be granted a U.S. patent, for a corn planter.
1843 - The British arrest Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell for conspiracy.
1862 - Baseball player James Creighton ruptures his bladder hitting a HR (he dies 10/18).
1867 - In Japan, the 15th and last Tokugawa Shogun resigns.
1884 - George Eastman patents his paper-strip photographic film.
1912 - Teddy Roosevelt is shot while campaigning in Milwaukee.
1920 - The Soviet Union cedes part of Petsamo province to Finland.
1922 - In NYC, the Pennsylvania exchange receives the first automated telephones.
1933 - Nazi Germany announces its withdrawal from the League of Nations.
1944 - German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel commits suicide, rather than face trial for his part in an attempt to overthrow Hitler.
1947 - Pilot Chuck Yeager makes the first supersonic flight (Mach 1.015), in a Bell XS-1.
1949 - 14 U.S. Communist Party leaders are convicted of sedition.
1950 - Reverend Sun Young Moon is liberated from Hung Nam prison.
1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower promises to fire (as a Communist) any federal worker taking the 5th Amendment.
1958 - The Malagasy Republic becomes an autonomous republic in the French Community.
1960 - JFK first suggests the Peace Corps.
1964 - Martin Luther King, Jr., wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
1965 - Joe Engle reaches 80 km in the X-15.
1968 - Apollo-7 is the subject of the first live telecast from a manned U.S. spacecraft; in the Bahamas, Americans Gruener and Watson set a scuba depth record of 133 meters.
1975 - President Ford escapes injury when his limousine is broadsided.
1976 - Soyuz-23 carries two cosmonauts to Salyut-6, but returns without docking.
1980 - Presidential nominee Ronald Reagan promises to name a woman to the Supreme Court.
1983 - In Beirut, U.S. Marine peacekeeper Sgt. Allen Soifert is killed by a sniper.
1985 - On Monday Night football, the Jets retire Joe Namath's #12 before beating Miami 23-7.
1986 - Concentration camp survivor Elie Wiesel wins the Nobel Peace Prize; the IOC decides to stagger the Winter and Summer Olympic schedule.
Birthdays1633 - King James II of England (1685-88)
1644 - William Penn, English Quaker, founder of PA
1712 - George Grenville, British PM (1763-65)
1857 - Elwood Haynes, auto pioneer (built one of the first American autos)
1882 - Eamon DeValera, President of Ireland (1937-48, 51-54, 57-59)
1890 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th U.S. President (1953-1961)
1894 - e. e. cummings, poet
1896 - Lillian Gish, silent film/stage actress (Birth of a Nation)
1916 - C. Everett Koop, U.S. Surgeon General (1981-89)
1938 - John Dean III, former White House counsel, Watergate figure
1939 - Ralph Lauren, fashion designer
---- - Grover, muppet (Sesame Street)
Passings
1944 - Erwin Rommel, German Field Marshall (WWII-Africa), suicide
1959 - Errol Flynn, actor
1977 - Bing Crosby, singer, of a heart attack in Madrid, Spain
1990 - Leonard Bernstein, composer (West Side Story)
Reported Missing in Action1966
Thomas, Darwin Joel,
USN (CA); A1H shot down; KIA, body not recovered
1967
Conoway, Gary Lee,
USN (IL); remains returned August, 1984
Vaughan, Robert Reddington,
USN (CA); RA3B shot down, KIA, body not recovered
1977Dellenbaugh, Cornelia,
Civilian; released from Saigon January, 1978
Dickerman, Leeland,
Civilian; released from Saigon January, 1978
Affel, Charles,
Civilian; released January, 1978
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