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| PREFLIGHT CHECK — Two Navy pilots assigned to the “Diamond Cutters” of Sea Control Squadron 30 complete preflight checks of their S-3B Viking prior to launch from the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy in the Arabian Gulf, Sept. 19, 2004. The Kennedy and embarked Carrier Air Wing 17 are deployed to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Karsten Hi-Res Image |
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| TOP NEWS |
| Iraqi Control to Increase by Year's End |
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| WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2004 — If the training and equipping of Iraqi security forces continues apace, then most of the country will be under local control by the end of the year, Pentagon officials said today. Story |
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| Precision Strikes Target Insurgents in Fallujah |
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| WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2004 — U.S. forces conducted a successful precision strike Sept. 20 — the second within two days — on construction equipment used by the enemy to build fighting positions outside the Iraqi city of Fallujah, according to a Multinational Force Iraq news release. Story |
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| Indian Nation Raises Healing Totem Poles |
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| WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2004 —Washington state's Lummi Indian Nation presented two totem poles carved out of red cedar trees older than the United States to the Pentagon Sept. 19 as a gesture of unity and support to the families of the 184 people who died there in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Story |
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| CALL TO ACTION |
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| U.S. Army Capt. Cecelia T. Perez |
"I felt very proud to be working with our veterans at the time of the events of Sept 11. Their stories, courage and pride in serving their country in their generation's time of crisis inspired me to investigate the possibility of joining the reserves." Story Archive All Stories
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| HOMECOMING |
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| Wasp Strike Group Returns Home |
| NORFOLK, Va., Sept. 18, 2004 — Nearly 2,500 sailors reunited with family and friends Sept. 18 when the remaining three ships from the USS Wasp Expeditionary Strike Group returned from a seven-month deployment. Story |
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| WHY I SERVE |
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| WASHINGTON, Sept. 17, 2004 — "This is what I wanted to do when I came into the service. I like being a mechanic and I like being around the water," claims Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class David Forrest. Story |
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| CASUALTIES |
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| Officials Identify Marine Casualty |
| WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2004 — Defense Department officials today identified a Marine who was killed while supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Story |
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| PHOTO ESSAY |
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| RQ-1 PREDATOR — A U.S. Air Force crew chief from the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron completes post flight inspections of an RQ-1 Predator, Sept. 15, 2004, at Balad Air Base, Iraq. The Predator is a remotely piloted vehicle that provides real-time surveillance imagery. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Rob Jensen 6 More Photos More Photo Essays |
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| POSTCARDS FROM IRAQ |
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| From High Heels to Combat Boots |
| Why would an executive secretary volunteer to go to Iraq? Story |
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