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10/19/2004 :  Pace Discusses Allies, Supplies at Mississippi Speech  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2004 – The United States is thankful for the 30 allies contributing to security in Iraq, and Americans should not measure allied contributions to the war on terror solely on the number of troops involved, the vice chairman...

10/19/2004 :  Second New Generator Comes On Line at North Baghdad Power Station  
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 19, 2004 -- For the second time in two days, Iraqi and U.S. engineers have commissioned a new generator near the capital city. The commissioning of the 96-megawatt generator marks the largest two-day increase in electricity generation since...

10/19/2004 :  U.S. Commander: Afghan Elections Significant Milestone  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2004 –-–The Afghan presidential election on Oct. 9 represented a significant milestone on the country's road to a brighter future, the U.S. general in charge of coalition forces there said. The first election in 40 years and the...

10/19/2004 :  Injured in Iraq, Sergeant Sets Sights on Paralympics, Duty  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2004 -- Army Sgt. Brian Wilhelm was near Balad, Iraq, on a logistics mission in early October 2003 when his unit was ambushed by "a fairly large element" and engaged in a 31-minute firefight. He was struck by...

10/19/2004 :  Study Finds Little Risk From Depleted-Uranium Particles  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2004 -- A new study finds the health risks from inhaling airborne particles of depleted uranium are very low. The Capstone Study found that even soldiers in armored vehicles hit by depleted-uranium munitions would still not suffer health...

10/19/2004 :  Mortar Attack Kills Iraqi Soldiers; Safe Houses Destroyed  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2004 -- Four Iraqi soldiers were killed and some 80 others injured today in a mortar attack on an Iraqi National Guard base in Taji, according to Multinational Force Iraq officials in Baghdad. The attack happened around 9:45...

10/19/2004 :  Afghan Outreach Effort Snowballs Into Community Project  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2004 -- David Buchanan said he knew he'd get a strong response when the Dale City (Va.) Volunteer Fire Department put out the word that one of its former members — now a career fireman deployed with his...

10/18/2004 :  Raid Nabs Enemy Recruiter, Mortar-Team Leader  
CAMP TAJI, Iraq, Oct. 18, 2004 -- A raid launched today by Company C, 3rd Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment of the Army's 39th Brigade Combat Team netted a suspected cell leader and recruiter for anti-Iraqi mortar teams in eastern Baghdad. Staff...

10/18/2004 :  Alleged Troop Mutiny Was 'Isolated Incident,' General Says  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2004 -- The commanding general of a group of soldiers that allegedly refused to take part in a recent convoy operation in Iraq told reporters the event was an "isolated incident." Army Brig. Gen. Jim Chambers, commanding general...

10/18/2004 :  Security Operations Continue in Fallujah  
FALLUJAH, Iraq, Oct. 18, 2004 -- Troops from Multinational Force Iraq continued increased security operations Oct. 17 to isolate anti-Iraqi forces in Fallujah. Officials said the operations were designed to disrupt the enemy fighters' ability to "plan, coordinate and execute criminal...

10/18/2004 :  Roadside Bomb Wounds Three Task Force Baghdad Soldiers  
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 18, 2004 -- An improvised explosive device detonated at about 4:30 p.m. in western Baghdad today, wounding three Task Force Baghdad soldiers. The soldiers were taken to a military treatment facility. No word was immediately available on their...

10/18/2004 :  Combined Operation Nets Massive Cache  
TAJI, Iraq, Oct. 18, 2004 -- More than 400 57 mm rockets, 7,275 rounds of 14.5 mm anti-aircraft ammunition, and one U.S. tube-launched optically tracked wire- guided missile were just the tip of the iceberg during a recent weapons cache discovery...

10/18/2004 :  U.S., Iraqi Engineers Bring New Baghdad Generator On Line  
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 18, 2004 -- A new generator came on line here today, bringing enough new electricity to the energy-thirsty country to fuel more than 275,000 Iraqi homes. The new 96-megawatt generator is the second new generator to come on...

10/17/2004 :  Helicopters Crash; Attacks on Zarqawi Network Continue  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, 2004 – Two U.S. Army pilots were killed when two cargo helicopters crashed Oct. 16 in southwest Baghdad, Iraq, Multinational Force Iraq officials reported. The pilots were assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. Two other soldiers were injured...

10/16/2004 :  Steakhouse Marks Year Honoring Troops With Weekly Dinners  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2004 -- They've been gathering at Fran O'Brien's Stadium Steakhouse in the Capital Hilton here on Friday nights for a year now, but this week was different. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz presents Hal Koster, left, co-owner of...

10/16/2004 :  Bayji Power Plant Breathes Life into Iraq  
BAYJI, Iraq, Oct. 16, 2004 -- As part of its efforts to bolster security and the economy in northern Iraq, the 1st Infantry Division joined with civilian companies and the Army Corp of Engineers to repair the Bayji Power Plant complex...

10/16/2004 :  Attack Kills Soldier; Informant's Tip Foils Another Bomber  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2004 -- A Task Force Olympia soldier died Oct. 15 following a car-bomb attack on a Multinational Force Iraq convoy in east- central Mosul, military officials reported today. Meanwhile, an Iraqi informant's tip probably prevented a similar attack....

10/15/2004 :  Iraq Police Graduate 32 from Specialty Training Course  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2004 -- The International Zone training facility in Baghdad, Iraq, graduated 32 Iraqi Police Service officers from the Basic Criminal Investigation course and another 85 from the Election Security Course on Oct. 14. The Basic Criminal Investigation course...

10/15/2004 :  Thrift Savings Plan Kicks Off Open Season  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2004 – The federal government's Thrift Savings Plan kicked off its 2004 "open season" today with slogans to remind members of the uniformed services and civilian government employees that they can increase their retirement coffers substantially by investing...

10/15/2004 :  Afghan Election 'Remarkable Event,' Ambassador Says  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2004 – The Afghan presidential election held Oct. 9 was "a remarkable event," U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad said at the Pentagon today. Following a meeting with Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, the ambassador told the press...

10/15/2004 :  NFL to Donate $250,000 for Pat Tillman USO Center  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2004 -- The National Football League will donate $250,000 to the United Service Organizations in memory of former Arizona Cardinals player and Army Ranger Cpl. Pat Tillman, the league announced at the annual USO gala here Oct. 14....

10/15/2004 :  USO Honors Military Heroes at Gala Event  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2004 -- Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alan P. Dementer, a hospital corpsman, does not consider himself a hero. He says he was just "doing his job" when he treated 31 Marines wounded during an attack on their...

10/15/2004 :  Car Bomb in Southern Baghdad Kills 10 Iraqis  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2004 -- A vehicle-borne explosive device detonated on a busy city street at about 11 a.m. today, killing 10 Iraqi bystanders in the southern portion of Baghdad, according to a Multinational Force Iraq news release. The car bomb...

10/14/2004 :  Global Posture Part and Parcel of Transformation  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2004 -- The global posture of American troops is part and parcel of the transformation of the U.S. military, said the Joint Staff's deputy director for strategy and policy. Navy Rear Adm. Richard Hunt said a global readjustment...

10/14/2004 :  DoD Allowing More Wounded Troops to Remain on Duty  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2004 -- The Defense Department has long been a leader in providing employment opportunities to people with disabilities -- but it's taken a major step forward by allowing disabled veterans to remain in the military if they want...

10/14/2004 :  Iraqi Soldiers Seize Weapons, Explosives  
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 14, 2004 -- The Iraqi Intervention Force's 1st Battalion arrested six people and seized two vehicles loaded with weapons and explosives Oct. 13 at a traffic control point here. The vehicles were stopped during routine searches at the...

10/14/2004 :  Iraqi Police Take Down Kirkuk 'Hostage House'  
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 14, 2004 -- Police in the northern Iraq city of Kirkuk captured seven suspected kidnappers Oct. 12 after intercepting two kidnap victims fleeing from four armed men. Officers moved to the home in the Wahid Huzayray area after...

10/14/2004 :  Muslim Holy Month Begins This Weekend  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2004 -- Ramadan, the holy month of fasting for 1.2 billion Muslims worldwide, begins this weekend. The observance, with its emphasis on inner reflection, fasting and prayer, takes on special significance to U.S. servicemembers deployed to Southwest Asia,...

10/14/2004 :  Baghdad Blasts Kill U.S. Civilians; Other Attacks Kill Soldiers  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2004 -- Two explosions within seconds of each other rocked Baghdad's International Zone today, killing three U.S. civilians and wounding two servicemembers. Four U.S. soldiers have been killed in other incidents since Oct. 13. Military officials said two...

10/14/2004 :  Why I Serve: Military Family Leads Hispanic Woman to AF Academy  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2004 -- "It's the long blue line and lot of prestige. But you don't go to academies just because of the prestige or what people might think of you because you went to the academy,' said Air Force...

10/14/2004 :  Tax Relief Act Works for Low-Income Troops in Combat Zones  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2004 -- Troops in combat zones stand to reap tax benefits from provisions in the Working Families Relief Tax Act of 2004, which President Bush signed into law Oct. 4. Income earned in combat zones is not taxed....

10/14/2004 :  Corps of Engineers Builds Toward Terror-Free Afghanistan  
KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 14, 2004 -- Remnants of former Soviet bases -- with the shells of their buildings, near bombed-out tanks, minefields and leftover munitions -- are scattered over the mountainous landscape in Afghanistan. For a country that has been at...

10/14/2004 :  AAFES Calling-Card Best Value for Troops in Southwest Asia  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2004 -- Looking to buy a prepaid phone card for a servicemember deployed to Southwest Asia, but confused about which one to buy? Take comfort in knowing you're not alone. With so many competing companies offering different calling...

10/13/2004 :  Rumsfeld 'Feels Good' About NATO Defense Meetings  
POIANA BRASOV, Romania, Oct. 13, 2004 – Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld "feels very good about the results of today's meetings," according to U.S. Ambassador to NATO Nicholas Burns, who attended today's informal meetings of NATO defense ministers here with the...

10/13/2004 :  NATO: Integrate Afghan Missions, Speed Trainers to Iraq  
POIANA BRASOV, Romania, Oct. 13, 2004 – Most NATO-member defense ministers assembled here today agreed to examine how to integrate alliance and U.S.- coalition missions in Afghanistan and to send more military trainers to Iraq as quickly as possible. Near the...

10/13/2004 :  DoD Promotes Job Opportunities for Disabled People  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2004 — The Defense Department is making steady progress in recruiting and hiring people with disabilities, the Pentagon's disability program manager said today during an interview with the Pentagon Channel and the American Forces Press Service. Judy Gilliom...

10/13/2004 :  Why I Serve: Instructor Pilot Discovered Talent Early  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2004 – "I take great pride in knowing that I am doing my duty as an American protecting our freedoms," Marine Corps Maj. Brent Camron Reiffer said. "I have had the opportunity to travel to multiple countries and...

10/13/2004 :  Iraqi Air Force Set to Receive Additional Aircraft  
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 13, 2004 – The Iraqi air force's 70th Squadron will take possession of the first two SAMA CH2000 light air surveillance aircraft Oct. 29, in Basrah, as the first delivery of an addition to the force that will...

10/13/2004 :  Why I Serve: Injured Soldier Vows to Return to Full Duty  
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 13, 2004 — "As long as you have heart, there's nothing to stop you," said Army Sgt. Joshua Forbess, one of just five soldiers who survived a fiery Black Hawk helicopter collision over Mosul, Iraq, last...

10/13/2004 :  Hispanic Former Combat Pilot Talks About POW Experiences  
MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 13, 2004 – Reflecting on the times his North Vietnamese captors threatened to put him on trial and punish him for his crimes with a possible death sentence, Everett Alvarez Jr., 67, said, "There wasn't anything I could...

10/13/2004 :  Relationship, Money Issues Face Some Returning Combatants  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2004 -- Money, intimacy and re-establishing their relationship as a couple and with their children are some of the challenging issues facing families when servicemembers return after months away on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. A team...

10/13/2004 :  Flu Shots Set for Servicemembers, High-Risk Populations  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2004 – Deployed and deploying servicemembers are among the priority groups for receiving the flu vaccine, Defense Department officials said here today. While the department is affected by the British rejection of Chiron flu vaccine, all high-risk beneficiaries...

10/13/2004 :  Romania 'Steadfast' Ally In Anti-Terror War, Rumsfeld Says  
POIANA BRASOV, Romania, Oct. 13, 2004 – Arriving today at this Transylvanian resort town to participate in NATO talks over the next two days, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld already knew America could count on Romania as a reliable ally. Romania...

10/13/2004 :  Rumsfeld: Transformation Moving NATO Into 21st Century  
POIANA BRASOV, Romania, Oct. 13, 2004 –- Initiatives designed to expand NATO's capabilities are helping the alliance to better confront 21st-century challenges such as global terrorism, the U.S. military's top civilian said here today. For example, NATO's recently established rapid response...

10/13/2004 :  Peaceful Afghan Elections a 'Milestone' for Country  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2004 – The presidential elections in Afghanistan Oct. 9 were a "milestone" in the history of the troubled country, said a coalition spokesman in Kabul today. Army Maj. Scott Nelson said Afghans "demonstrated to all on Saturday their...

10/13/2004 :  Roadside Bombs Kill Four U.S. Soldiers in Baghdad  
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2004 – Improvised explosive devices killed four Task Force Baghdad soldiers Oct. 12 and today, and an operation in Mosul netted 23 suspects and foiled another bomb attack, according to 1st Cavalry Division news releases. Three soldiers died...

10/13/2004 :  Multinational Forces Continue Iraqi Armament Efforts  
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 13, 2004 -- Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq's continuing mission to help arm and equip Iraq's security forces has, since Oct. 1, seen the distribution of what officials described as "massive quantities" of weapons, armor and vehicles. The...

10/13/2004 :  Internet Coupons Stretch Commissary Customers' Savings  
FORT LEE, Va., Oct. 13, 2004 -- Commissary shoppers are among the top coupon clippers in the world, but the "clipping" part may someday be history. The Defense Commissary Agency is helping customers increase their savings by making Internet coupon links...

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