An Afghanistan National Police sergeant lines his men up and divides them into two search teams. The Afghanistan National Police are searching houses in the village of Kuz Khadow Kheyl, Afghanistan, as part of Operation Maiwan, a combat operation focused on separating the Taliban from the local population of the Ghazni District of Afghanistan, June 8, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Justin Holley


A soldier assigned to Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment, approaches the entrance to an underground cave system outside the village of Kuz Khadow Kheyl, Afghanistan, June 8, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Justin Holley


During Operation Maiwan, soldiers assigned to Delta Company, 2nd Battallion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment and a member of the Afghanistan National Police search and clear a large cave system outside the village of Kuz Khadow Kheyl, Afghanistan, June 8, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Justin Holley


During Operation Maiwan, U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Hill assigned to Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, searches and clears a large cave system outside the village of Kuz Khadow Kheyl, Afghanistan, June 8, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Justin Holley


An Afghanistan National policeman prepares to enter a house in the village of Kuz Khadow Kheyl. The Afghanistan National Police are searching the houses as part of Operation Maiwan, a combat operation focused on separating the Taliban from the local population of the Ghazni District of Afghanistan, June 8, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Justin Holley


A member of the Afghanistan National Police searches a hole in the village of Kuz Khadow Kheyl for possible weapons caches or anti-coalition forces related contraband as part of Operation Maiwan, June 8, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Justin Holley


U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Hill, a soldier assigned to Delta Company, 2nd Battallion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment enters a small entrance to a large tunnel system near the village of Kuz Khadow Kheyl, Afghanistan, June 8, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Justin Holley


During Operation Maiwan, U.S. Army Spc. William Fowler cleared a small cave just outside the village of Kuz Khadow Kheyl, Afghanistan, June 8, 2007. Operation Maiwan is a combat operation focused on separating the Taliban from the local population of the Ghazni District of Afghanistan. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Justin Holley



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PURPLE HEART CEREMONY
A U.S. Marine from Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan is presented a Purple Heart by U.S. Army Maj. Gen. David Rodriguez, the commander of Combined Joint Task Force-82, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, June 24, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael Zuk

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Operation Enduring Freedom
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Hamas threatens any international force in Gaza

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Mother Nature
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News from My Neck of the Woods
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Oddities
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Reuters: Top News
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Full Coverage: Subprime mortgage fallout
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Commerce Bancorp replaces CEO, fixes governance
Wesfarmers bids for Coles Australia
Boeing gets $2 bln U.S. Air Force contract
Jobs, subprime mess to rule July 4th week
AT&T says to buy Dobson for $2.8 billion

AP World News
Bonds moves within 5 of Aaron's mark
Ohio's laptops often stolen or missing
Bonds hits his 750th HR, but Giants lose
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Tribute Video: Remember Me

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TWO SEPARATE RAIDS NET 17 SUSPECTED SECRET TERRORISTS; APPROXIMATELY 26 KILLED
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USJFCOM
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Multi-National Force-Iraq
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Renovated railway station provides critical link
‘Neighborhood Watch’ turns over cache
Housing for 380 Iraqi soldiers nears completion
Iraqi Army raid terrorist enclaves in Diyala
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Iraqi Forces detain suspected terrorists in Northwestern Iraq

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More Headline News
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War on Terror
Troops Nab Caches, Insurgents
Iraqi Citizens Find Weapons
Coalition Forces Detain Suspects

Transformation
Marines Test Purification System
VTC for Servicemembers
A-10s Get Digital Makeover
Smooth Move into Peru
Face of Defense
Military Roots Run Deep For Top Enlisted Servicemember's Wife
Wounded Air Force Sergeant’s Will to Fly Remains Undaunted
Marine Represents Family
Sailor's Drive Leads to Success

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Former Soldier Spreads Message
Home-front Supporters Honored
Famous Chef to Salute Military
Missouri Shows Generosity

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ON THE GROUND
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IN IRAQ
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Technology Brings Troops Closer to Home
Iraqi Railway Station Provides Critical Link
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Night Air Assault Mission Nets Insurgents
Marines Make Their Presence Known in Rutbah
Multi-National Soldiers Secure Vulnerable Site
Compassionate Soldiers Give Iraqi Child Hope‘
‘Arrowhead Ripper’ Continues Offensive

IN DJIBOUTI
Medical Task Force Educates to Save Lives
Task Force Donates Books to Local University
Music Strengthens Ties Between Djibouti, U.S.
Well Drillers Increase African Water Supply

IN AFGHANISTAN
Workers Up-armor Humvees to Protect Troops
Reconstruction Team Launches Dam Project
Army Battle Company Makes Presence Known
Panjshir Opens Teachers’ Training College

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
Multinational Force Iraq
State Dept. Weekly Iraq Report
'Boots on the Ground' Audio Archive
War on Terror Reconstruction Report
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps

AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Fact Sheet: Budget Request
Fact Sheet: Terror Plots Disrupted
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

Weather
Afghanistan
Bost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul Qandahar

Germany
Ansbach Aschaffenburg Berlin Berlin-Tempelhof Berlin/Schonefeld Bremerhaven
Darmstadt Frankfurt Frankfurt/Main Freiburg/Breisgau Garmisch
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Geilenkirchen Gelnhausen Giessen Kitzingen
Hanau Am Main Heidelberg Mainz Mannheim Nurnberg Stuttgart Trier
Wiesbaden Wurzburg

Gitmo

Guam
Agana Agana Heights Agat Andersen AFB Asan Barrigada

Iraq
Al Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al Kut
An Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall Kayf

Japan
Kadena Air Base Okinawa Tokyo Yokohama

Today in History
0296 - St. Marcellinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1294 - Jews are expelled from Berne, Switzerland
1794 - Battle of Fort Recovery, Ohio
1834 - Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)
1859 - Charles Blondin is 1st to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope
1862 - Day 6 of the 7 Days-Battle of White Oak Swamp
1870 - Ada Kepley becomes 1st female law college graduate
1871 - Guatemala revolts for agarian reforms
1881 - Henry Highland Garnet, named minister to Liberia
1893 - Excelsior diamond (blue-white 995 carats) discovered
1894 - Korea declares independence from China, asks for Japanese aid
1900 - 4 German liners burn at Hobokon Docks NJ, 326 die
1902 - S I Bailey discovers asteroid #504 Cora
1906 - Pure Food & Drug Act & Meat Inspection Act adopted
1908 - Giant fireball impacts in Central Siberia (Tunguska Event)
1911 - US Assay Office in St Louis, Missouri closes
1913 - 2nd Balkan War begins
1914 - Mahatma Gandhi's 1st arrest, campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa
1923 - New Zealand claims Ross Dependency in Antarctica
1927 - Augusto Cesar Sandino issues his Manifesto Politico; US Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota closes
1928 - Radio Service Bulletin lists radio stations call signs that are to be changed to conform with international standards
1930 - 1st round-the-world radio broadcast Schenectady NY
1934 - "Night of the Long Knives," Hitler stages bloody purge of Nazi party; French Equitorial Africa constituted a single administrative unit
1935 - C Jackson discovers asteroid #1784 Benguella
1936 - 40 hour work week law approved (federal)
1940 - US Fish & Wildlife Service established
1942 - US Mint in New Orleans ceases operation
1948 - Transistor as a substitute for Radio tubes announced (Bell Labs)
1950 - Pres Truman orders US troops into Korea
1951 - NAACP begins attack on school segregation & discrimination
1956 - United DC-7 & TWA aircraft collide over Grand Canyon, killing 128
1959 - During a game in Wrigley Field, 2 balls were in play at same time
1960 - Zaire (then Belgian Congo) gains independence from Belgium
1961 - Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit
1962 - Rwanda & Burundi become independent
1963 - Cardinal Montini elected Pope Paul VI, 262nd head of RC Church
1964 - Centaur 3 launch vehicle fails to make Earth orbit
1967 - Maj. Robert H. Lawrence Jr., named 1st Black astronaut
1969 - Spain cedes Ifni to Morocco
1970 - T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2139 Makharadze
1971 - Ohio becomes the 38th state to approve of lower the voting age to 18, thus ratifying the 26th admendment
1972 - 1st leap second day; also 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985
1973 - Observers aboard Concorde jet observe 72-min solar eclipse
1974 - Petty thief Peter Leonard sets fire to cover burglary that torches "Gulliver's" nightclub. 24 die (Port Chester NY)
1977 - Jimmy Carter cans B-1A bomber later "B-1's the B-52"; US Railway Post Office final train run (NY to Wash DC)
1981 - China's Communist Party condemns the late Mao Tse-tung's policy
1982 - Federal Equal Rights Amendment fails 3 states short of ratification
1982 - Orbiter Challenger (OV-099) rolled out at Palmdale
1985 - 39 remaining hostages from Flight 847 are freed in Beirut
1986 - Georgia sodomy law upheld by Supreme Court (5-4)
1989 - Attorney General Thornburgh orders Joseph Doherty deported to the UK; Congressman Lukins found guilty of having sex with a 16 year old girl; NASA closes down tracking stations in Santiago, Chile & Guam; NY State Legislature passes Staten Island seccession bill

Birthdays
1470 - Charles VIII king of France (1483-98), invaded Italy
1768 - Elizabeth Kortright Monroe, U.S. First Lady
1819 - William A. Wheeler (R) 19th VP (1877-81)
1837 - Stephen D. Ramseur, youngest West Pointer to become a Major General
1909 - Juan Bosch, poet/pres of the Dominican Republic (1962-63)
1934 - Harry Blackstone, Jr., magician (Blackstone Book of Magic & Illusion)
1950 - Donna Jean Willmott, FALN member (FBI most wanted)
1951 - Stephen S. Oswald, astronaut (STS 42)

Passings
1961 - Dr. Lee De Forest, radio pioneer, at 87
1971 - 3 cosmonauts die as Soyuz XI depressurizes during reentry
1973 - Elmer Layden, one of Notre Dame's legendary 4-horsemen
1974 - Mrs. Albert King, mother of Martin Luther King, murdered in church

Reported Missing in Action
1967
The following USMC / USN personnel reported Missing when their CH-46A was shot down - all KIA/BNR:

Allen, Merlin R., (WI); passenger

House, John A., (NY); pilot

Judd, Michael B., USN (OH); Corpsman

Killen, John D., (IA); passenger

Runnels, Glyn L., Jr., (AL); passenger

Also reported Missing this day in 1967:
Cole, Legrande O., Jr., USN (CT); A4C shot down - remains returned May, 1989

Howard, Luther H., US Army (NC); disappeared while swimming, presumed Killed/BNR

McGrath, John Michael, USN (CO); A4C shot down - released by DRV March, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998

1970
The following USAF personnel reported missing in the shoot-down of an OV10A and subsequent rescue attempt - all reported KIA - fragmented remains of those inthe HH53A found March, 1995:

OV10A:
Sanders, William S. (ME)

Rescue craft - HH53A:
Bell, Marvin E., (AR)

Dean, Michael F. (CA)

Goeglein, John W. (MO)

Jenkins, Paul L. (AR)

Schaneberg, Leroy C. (IL)

The following personnel reported Missing when their was shot down:

Hill,

Sadler, Mitchell Olen, USAF (CA); F4E shot down (W/Hill) - presumed KIA

Also reported Missing in 1970:
Burgess, John L., US Army (MI); UH1H shot down, KIA/BNR

1971
Bridges, Philip W., US Army (CA); Killed when his 3/4 truck, carrying explosives, blew up

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