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| AN NAJAF DUTY — A U.S. Marine with Company C, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), stands near a hotel where his unit is holding a position in An Najaf, Iraq, Aug. 26, 2004. The 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit is based out of Camp Pendleton, Calif. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew S. Richards
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| Chairman Tells Combat Veterans to 'Walk Tall' |
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| FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. —"Walk tall," Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers told a theater full of combat veterans here Aug. 31. "Your country - and I - couldn't be prouder of your professionalism, courage and dedication." Story |
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| Iraqi Police, Multinational Forces Detain Three |
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| MOSUL — Iraqi Police and Multinational Forces from the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) detained three people wanted for anti-Iraqi activities and foiled two roadside bomb attacks Aug. 31 in northern Iraq. Story |
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| OPERATION TRIBUTE TO FREEDOM |
| Smithsonian Exhibition Honors Service Members
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| WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian Institution will launch a major permanent exhibition honoring American armed forces on Veterans Day. Story |
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| Veteran Advises Cadets on Duty |
| WEST POINT, N.Y. — Great Army leaders not only live up to the values of duty, honor and country — they also demonstrate courage, commitment, compassion and caring, an Iraqi Freedom veteran told West Point cadets. Story |
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| COMMENTARY |
| Deploying with the Afghan Army
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| KABUL, Afghanistan, — If you would exchange their AK-47s for M-16s and give some of them shaves, they would look very much like U.S. Army soldiers in the same situation. Story |
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| Forum Focus: Personnel Recovery |
| ARLINGTON, Va. — The thousands of Americans who put themselves in harm's way as servicemembers and employees of government agencies must be confident they will not be abandoned, a Defense Department official said today. Story |
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| Program Protects Troops' Food |
| FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — The Defense Department's Veterinary Food Analysis and Diagnostic Laboratory here analyzes food bound for troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere around the world. Story |
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| PROFILES |
| U.S. Army Spc. Nathan Thoreson |
| BAGHDAD, Iraq — While American Olympians represented the United States in Athens, Greece, one U.S. Olympic hopeful is representing his country in Iraq. Story |
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| PHOTO ESSAY |
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JOINT PATROL — Members of the Iraqi National Guard and U.S. soldiers of the 82nd Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, scan for improvised explosive devices during a joint day patrol outside the city of Baqubah, Iraq, Aug. 23, 2004. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Elizabeth Erste
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| ON THE GROUND |
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| IN AFGHANISTAN |
| Airmen Give 'Warthogs' Bite |
| BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan — In a war zone, two elements make the A-10 Thunderbolt II, also known as the Warthog, unsurpassed in its close-air support mission. Story |
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