Posts Tagged ‘military’
ANA Engineer Officers
http://www.youtube.com/v/CefNQKxpLrM?f=videos&app=youtube_gdata Video: Afghan National Army Engineer Officers completed internships with the US Army Corps of Engineers to train cadets at the National Military Academy-Afghanistan and rebuild their country. Source
A walk in Kandahar
http://www.youtube.com/v/1sk9EPt4734?f=videos&app=youtube_gdata Video: Pvt. David Austen, MP, is a member of a team helping the Afghanistan National Police get to know the citizens in Kandahar. Gail McCabe reports from Afghanistan. Source
Military aiding Mexico in fighting drug cartels
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is strengthening its ties with Mexico’s armed forces and using its experience in fighting insurgencies in Afghanistan and Iraq to assist in Mexico’s war on increasingly violent drug cartels. “We’ve learned and grown a great deal as we’ve conducted operations against networks of [...]
CentCom unable to find copy of shooting video
WASHINGTON — The military said Tuesday it can’t find its copy of a video that shows two employees of the Reuters news agency being killed by Army helicopters in 2007, after a leaked version circulated the Internet and renewed questions about the attack. Capt. Jack Henzlik, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command, said that forces in Iraq [...]
Troops question impact if gay ban is lifted
WASHINGTON — Troops attending the first meeting of its kind on ending the ban on gays in the military said Tuesday they want to know what changes were in store for them if gays were allowed to serve openly. Picked at random and assembled in the Pentagon auditorium, about 350 rank-and-file troops asked the leaders of a new working group [...]
Snyder-Phelps fight has many twists, turns
YORK, Pa. — Albert Snyder’s eyes well up with tears when recalling his son’s funeral. More than 1,200 people packed St. John Catholic Church in Westminster, Md., on March 10, 2006, to pay their respects to 20-year-old Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder , who died when his Humvee rolled over in Iraq’s Anbar province while he manned [...]
Face of Defense: Soldier, 79, Continues to Serve
With four military retirements behind him, 79-year-old Army Col. (Dr.) William Bernhard volunteered for duty and is in Germany caring for soldiers on flight status. Read more: Face of Defense: Soldier, 79, Continues to Serve
Obama Throws Pitch, Greets Children at Nationals Game
President Barack Obama threw the ceremonial first pitch at the Washington Nationals' home opener, which also featured a special event in honor of Month of the Military Child. Read more here: Obama Throws Pitch, Greets Children at Nationals Game
Big towelettes used in war zone are space-bound
TEA, S.D. — Oversized moist towelettes that have been helping overseas soldiers freshen up in battlefields devoid of showers are about to embark on a more celestial mission. A shipment of specially compressed and dehydrated Klenz towels is scheduled to hitch a ride aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on Monday for use by U.S. astronauts aboard [...]
Virginia: NASA, Navy will have say on drilling
RICHMOND, Va. — Gov. Bob McDonnell’s push to drill for gas and oil off Virginia’s coast faces two formidable obstacles: the Navy and NASA. Naval Station Norfolk, the world’s largest naval base, and NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the Eastern Shore have activities — some potentially hazardous — throughout [...]
