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| ABOARD THE USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN, April 30, 2006 - Despite political tensions among Iran and other countries, exchanges between the Iranian navy and coalition forces in the northern Arabian Gulf are "fully courteous and professional," said U.S. Navy Capt. Christopher Noble, during an interview here. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 30, 2006 - Recent political progress in Iraq will help defeat the insurgency there, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said today. |
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| SOUTHWEST ASIA, April 30, 2006 - Participants in the Joint Civilian Orientation Course began the last leg of their whirlwind trip through the U.S. Central Command area of operations yesterday by learning about the vast mission the Air Force carries out in support of troops on the ground. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 30, 2006 - Iraqi and coalition forces conducted a series of coordinated raids near Taji and Yusifiyah, Iraq, yesterday, killing two and capturing seven wanted terrorists and detaining more than 50 other suspects. |
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| SOUTHWEST ASIA, April 30, 2006 - It's critical that the American people muster up the will to see the conflict here through to victory, the commander of U.S. Central Command told civilian business, civic and academic leaders visiting here yesterday. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 30, 2006 - Coalition and Afghan forces have found many weapons caches, taken suspected insurgents into custody, and provided medical care to civilians in recent operations in Afghanistan. |
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| MANAMA, Bahrain, April 29, 2006 - The U.S. government has decided to repatriate 10 of 12 Somalis who fired upon two U.S. Navy vessels in an incident that occurred on March 18. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 29, 2006 - A U.S. soldier was injured after his helicopter experienced a hard landing yesterday in Zabul province, Afghanistan, U.S. military officials reported. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 29, 2006 - Coalition forces captured 10 terrorist suspects in Iraq over the past two days, U.S. military officials reported. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 29, 2006 - The establishment of democracy in Iraq will deal a severe blow to terrorism and help spread freedom throughout the region, President Bush said today. |
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| FORWARD OPERATING BASE ASADABAD, Afghanistan, April 28, 2006 - Coalition, Afghan National Army and village leaders discussed regional anti-terror efforts, security and reconstruction at a meeting in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province recently. |
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| MOLEPOLOLE, Botswana, April 28, 2006 - "Joy in our hearts," sang the small group of Bana Ba Keletso preschool children during the dedication ceremonies for the expansion of the Bana Ba Keletso Orphan Care Center here April 22. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 28, 2006 - By standing up the Joint Public Affairs Support Element, the U.S. military is on its way to greatly improving the way it delivers timely, accurate information from combatant commanders to the media. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 28, 2006 - Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England signed a directive to implement the new National Security Personnel System during a roll-out ceremony here today. |
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| CENTRAL PERSIAN GULF, April 28, 2006 - Civilian opinion leaders who visited the USS Ronald Reagan today got a taste of what it's like to be the biggest, toughest guy on the block - one whose presence brings comfort to his friends but fear in his enemies. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 28, 2006 - Diplomacy remains America's choice in dealing with Iran, President Bush said today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 28, 2006 - Mark S. Wrighton, now chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis, was just entering his teen years when the Navy moved his family from Patuxent, Md., to Argentia, Newfoundland. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 28, 2006 - Nearly 1,500 Arizona bikers rolled their Harleys through Glendale, Ariz., recently to honor the nation's servicemembers and back a local troop support organization, an event organizer said. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 28, 2006 - Training Iraqi police forces is the most important job in Iraq today, but it is also the most difficult, a senior military police officer involved in that training said today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 28, 2006 - Dr. Frederic Medway, psychology professor at the University of South Carolina, has been publishing research on family separation issues since 1987. He said his work has shown that while children of different ages have different needs, if parents offer as consistent an environment as possible, their kids tend to fare better. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 28, 2006 - A Multinational Division Baghdad soldier was killed last night when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb north of Baghdad. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 28, 2006 - Coalition forces killed the top al Qaeda terrorist in Samarra today after tracking him to a house north of the city. Elsewhere, U.S. and Iraqi soldiers found weapons caches and detained suspected terrorists. |
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| TIKRIT, Iraq, April 27, 2006 - An Iraqi civilian kidnapped in Samarra was rescued today when soldiers from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, stopped the would-be kidnappers' vehicles and released the citizen. |
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| TIKRIT, Iraq, April 27, 2006 - Iraqi security forces quickly responded to a series of attacks today in Baqubah in eastern Diyala province, leaving 21 enemy dead and capturing 43. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 27, 2006 - A broad coalition of like-minded nations is essential to winning the war on terrorism, the Joint Staff's director for strategic plans and policy said here today. |
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| ABOARD THE USS RONALD REAGAN, April 27, 2006 - All the sailors aboard this floating city understand that what they do helps their brothers and sisters in arms in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 27, 2006 - Clowns and other performers with Ringling Brothers Circus brought a lesson of fitness and support for the military to dozens of children accompanying their Pentagon-based parents today for the National Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day observance. |
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| MANAMA, Bahrain, April 27, 2006 - Civilian leaders got an introduction here today to one of the least-recognized success stories in the Middle East: how the U.S. Coast Guard is helping keep Iraq's offshore oil terminals operating and training Iraq's new marine force. |
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| MANAMA, Bahrain, April 27, 2006 - Maritime operations in the Middle East are all about anti-terrorism activities, the deputy commander of coalition forces serving with Naval Forces Central Command said here. |
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| NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, April 27, 2006 - The chief prosecutor for military commissions here today reaffirmed that the prosecution believes detainees should have the right to self-representation. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 27, 2006 - Military families will soon have a new and secure way to keep in touch with their deployed loved ones. |
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| NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, April 27, 2006 - In his first military commission hearing here, an accused Saudi terrorist rejected his detailed military defense counsel today, saying he didn't want a defense at all and was happy to admit to his charges. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 27, 2006 - Iraq took another step toward forming a national unity government April 22, when it selected its top leaders, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman said today. |
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| NAPLES, Italy, April 27, 2006 - The U.S. cargo ship MV Cape Decision stopped in Szczecin, Poland, last week and returned combat equipment used by Polish military forces in Iraq. |
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| FALLS CHURCH, Va., April 27, 2006 - The Defense Department is seeking ways to foster sweeping changes in its civilian, reserve and active forces, DoD's top personnel official said here April 25. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 27, 2006 - A U.S. military commander met with an Afghan governor in northeastern Afghanistan April 23 to discuss coalition activities in the area, U.S. military officials said. |
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| NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, April 27, 2006 - The presiding officer in the military commissions case of a suspected Algerian terrorist here yesterday denied a defense motion to move the detainee back to a medium-security facility from the maximum-security facility he was moved to a month ago. |
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| BAGHDAD, April 27, 2006 - The United States stands ready to help and support Iraq's new unity government in any way it can, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said here today. |
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| MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va., April 26, 2006 - Volunteerism is at the heart of America, a Defense Department official said while honoring volunteers here yesterday. |
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| FORWARD OPERATING BASE SWORD, Kuwait, April 26, 2006 - Participants in the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference got a taste of what U.S. forces running convoys through Iraq experience every day as they took positions on Humvees and navigated the hazards of a counter-improvised explosive device training course here. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 26, 2006 - Elmo and his red, fuzzy father will star this summer in an effort to teach young military children and their caregivers how best to handle a parent's deployment in a program called "Talk, Listen, Connect: Helping Families Cope with Military Deployment." |
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| MANAMA, Bahrain, April 26, 2006 - The Coalition Intelligence Fusion Cell here seeks to give ships of combined task forces the intelligence they can act upon to keep the sea lanes safe for merchants, travelers and fishermen. |
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| BAGHDAD, April 26, 2006 - After meeting with Iraq's newly selected top leaders, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told reporters here today that they liked what they heard. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 26, 2006 - The first phase of the new National Security Personnel System is ready to launch April 30. "Spiral 1.1" includes 11,000 Defense Department civilian employees throughout the United States. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 26, 2006 - Coalition forces killed 12 terrorists during a raid on a safe house in Yusifiyah, Iraq, yesterday, U.S. officials said. |
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| BAGHDAD, April 26, 2006 - While success in Iraq's march to freedom would mean good things for most of its neighbors, Iran could only view that as a failure, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said here today. |
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| BAGHDAD, April 26, 2006 - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld arrived here this morning on an unannounced visit to meet with his senior military commanders and leaders in Iraq's new unity government. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice also arrived here this afternoon. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 26, 2006 - The United States will move 8,000 Marines from Okinawa, Japan, to Guam by 2012, Defense Department officials said here yesterday. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 25, 2006 - Rick Monday credits six years in the Marine Corps Reserve with his saving an American flag on April 25, 1976, during a game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs. |
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| CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait, April 25, 2006 - Civilian opinion leaders visiting here today got to take a whirl -- literally -- in a new training device that's teaching troops how to survive a rollover in top-heavy up-armored vehicles. |
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| NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, April 25, 2006 - A Saudi man facing trial by military commission today followed the example of several detainees before him and rejected his detailed military defense counsel. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 25, 2006 - Military "brats" are powerfully shaped by the culture they grow up in, and that culture makes a lasting impression, author Mary Edwards Wertsch said. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 25, 2006 - President Bush today congratulated the U.S. Naval Academy football team for its feats on the gridiron, and predicted the young men's real heroics will take place on a field of a different sort -- a battlefield. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 25, 2006 - The makeup of Iraq's new unity government reflects the diversity of its society, President Bush said here today. |
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| FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan, April 25, 2006 - U.S. military officials from the Mehtar Lam Provincial Reconstruction Team met with Ussama Osman, the eastern region head of office for the U.N. World Food Program, on April 20 to discuss cooperative efforts on projects between the two organizations. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 25, 2006 - Unity is at an all-time high in Iraq, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 25, 2006 - Afghan National Police fought a significant Taliban force in Mianashin, near Kandahar City, in Kandahar province, while coalition forces interdicted enemy fighters in Helmand province, both yesterday, U.S. military officials in Afghanistan said today. |
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| MANAMA, Bahrain, April 25, 2006 - Making a coalition work is not an easy job. But the Friendly Forces Coordination Cell at U.S. Naval Forces Central Command here builds on more than 60 years of working with allies. |
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| MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla., April 25, 2006 - A top admiral at U.S. Central Command challenged a group of civilian leaders visiting here yesterday to use the experience to learn all they can about ongoing military operations so they can act on that knowledge when they return home as better informed citizens. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 24, 2006 - The steps taken last week to form a unified Iraqi government were a huge accomplishment, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said here today. |
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| NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, April 24, 2006 - U.S. military commission proceedings will resume this week in the cases of three enemy combatants held here since 2002. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 24, 2006 - A successful democracy in Iraq will be a major tactical and ideological blow to the totalitarian vision of Osama bin Laden and his lieutenants, President Bush said in California today. |
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| DJIBOUTI, April 24, 2006 - The complexity of operations in the Horn of Africa boggles the mind. A person may be tempted to throw his hands up and decide that conditions are too dire, the people are too many, the politics are too tangled to make any changes in the region. But that person would be wrong, said the commander of Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 24, 2006 - Community members welcomed a new playground for the children of the Al Shrooq primary and secondary school in Taji, Iraq, April 19. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 24, 2006 - The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, sparked a fire in Carolyn Blashek to do something to show servicemembers in harm's way that somebody cares. She tried to join the military, but the Army Reserve wouldn't accept her. "I was too old," she said. |
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| BEXLEY, Ohio, April 24, 2006 - In an effort to ease the burden military families face when a loved one is deployed, the first lady of Ohio, Hope Taft, started the "On the Ohio Homefront" initiative. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 24, 2006 - President Bush praised Marine Corps contributions to the war on terror and shared some good political news from Iraq during a visit to the base at Twentynine Palms, Calif., yesterday. |
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| MINA SALMAN, Bahrain, April 24, 2006 - Pakistan today became the first regional country to command a combined task force in the Middle East in the war on terror. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 24, 2006 - Coalition forces sent medical personnel to provide emergency treatment to the victims of a plane crash in Afghanistan's Helmand province today, and Marines in Kunar province are giving villagers free medical treatment, military officials reported. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 24, 2006 - The Pentagon Channel has launched "Pentagon Channel In Flight," a military news and information service that will be aired on military charter flights worldwide. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 23, 2006 - Three Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers and two Iraqi citizens were killed and injured today by roadside bombs near Baghdad, U.S. officials announced. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 23, 2006 - Coalition forces detained a dozen suspected terrorists today and yesterday, and uncovered large weapons caches around Baghdad, officials in Iraq reported today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 23, 2006 - After months of deadlock, Iraq reached an "important milestone" in its journey toward democracy with an agreement on top leadership posts for a national unity government, President Bush said yesterday. |
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| LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 23, 2006 - The biggest-ever "Thunder Over Louisville" festival closed out with a bang here last night, as two "Thunderators" with military ties turned the keys to start the world's largest annual fireworks show. |
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| LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 22, 2006 - Throughout the day here, a steady stream of visitors stopped by the "America Supports You" booth to write messages of support on post cards for U.S. troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
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| GODE, Ethiopia, April 22, 2006 - A team from the 96th Civil Affairs Battalion based here, though, has projects in mind that can help bring about changes, but just need a bit of startup money. |
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| CAMP HURSO, Ethiopia, April 22, 2006 - The 31 Ethiopian soldiers who graduated from border security class here yesterday gave new meaning to "building capacity," buzz words for the Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa's efforts in the region. |
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| GODE, Ethiopia, April 22, 2006 - A U.S. Army civil affairs team from Fort Bragg, N.C., is working here to not only feed people for the moment, but also to allow them to sustain themselves for the long term. The team is part of the Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa effort in the region. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 22, 2006 - Five Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers died in Iraq and four coalition troops died in Afghanistan today, U.S. officials announced. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 22, 2006 - Americans should rest assured there will be a victorious outcome to the war on terror, President Bush said today during his weekly radio address. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 21, 2006 - Afghans reported improvised explosive devices to local officials in two separate incidents today, and Afghan National Army aviators completed their first combat-support mission April 15, military officials in Afghanistan reported today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 21, 2006 - A U.S. servicemember died in Afghanistan today and a Marine died in Iraq yesterday, U.S. officials announced today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 21, 2006 - As it joins in the celebration of Earth Day 2006 tomorrow, the Defense Department is committed to conserving and improving the environment, while still accomplishing its mission of maintaining the nation's military readiness, a DoD official said here today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 21, 2006 - Not far from the city that bears his name, George Washington reposes in his crypt at Mount Vernon, the Virginia estate he retired to after serving as America's first president and commander in chief of the armed forces. |
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| LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 21, 2006 - Kentucky's largest city today formally joined the Defense Department's "America Supports You" program on the eve of "Thunder Over Louisville," an annual air show and festival that culminates with the world's largest fireworks display. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 21, 2006 - As the Army Reserve observes its 98th birthday this weekend, the commander of U.S. Army Reserve Command today took the opportunity to honor the only U.S. soldier who remains listed as captured in Iraq, Army Reserve Sgt. Keith "Matt" Maupin. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 21, 2006 - U.S. soldiers from Task Force Band of Brothers scored successes in two operations this week. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 21, 2006 - The relative calm that has been seen in Iraq's northern provinces can be attributed to aggressive coalition and Iraqi leaders who understand the area and know how to diffuse problems before they happen, a U.S. commander in the area said today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 21, 2006 - The Army Reserve is no longer simply a force in reserve, but a vital part of the country's defense that's making big changes to meet its current and future challenges, the commander of U.S. Army Reserve Command said here today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 21, 2006 - A case in which several sailors face charges for arranging sham marriages to foreign women to boost their military housing allowances sends an important message to all servicemembers, a Navy lawyer told the Pentagon Channel. |
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| MOUNT VERNON, Va., April 20, 2006 - Top DoD and Army leaders gathered here at the home of the country's first war hero today to honor soldiers wounded in Iraq. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 20, 2006 - The National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve has lauded first lady Laura Bush's chief of staff for outstanding support of military reservists. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 20, 2006 - The Blue Knights International Motorcycle Club is sponsoring a Purple Heart Ride April 23 to raise money for servicemembers and their families. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 20, 2006 - The NBA and Toyota announced April 18 the launch of a 2006 Finals Trophy Tour to five military bases in the heartland of the U.S. |
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| DIKHIL, Djibouti, April 20, 2006 - In three months, children in this region of Djibouti will be able to further their education, thanks to Seabees and soldiers from Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa. |
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| CAMP TAJI, Iraq, April 20, 2006 - While the fight against enemy insurgents continues, Iraqi and Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers provided medical and humanitarian relief to local nationals caught in the middle and those without means to provide care for themselves. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 20, 2006 - The U.S. and Chinese presidents agreed here today to step up cooperation and provide a more unified front against terrorism, North Korea's and Iran's nuclear programs, and other global security threats. |
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| WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, April 20, 2006 - Eighty silver goblets commemorating each man who flew in the "Doolittle Raid" over Japan were added to the collection of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force here yesterday. |
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| OBOCK, Djibouti, April 20, 2006 - A pier construction project sponsored by the United States will help bring income to this impoverished village and make access to the area easier for U.S. Navy ships fighting the war on terrorism. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 20, 2006 - Iraqi security forces continue to play an increasingly larger role in the fight against terrorism, with many units taking responsibility for their own areas and making connections with citizens, a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad said today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 19, 2006 - The Defense Department will appeal a federal judge's decision to block portions of the new civilian personnel system, a National Security Personnel System official told American Forces Press Service today. |
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| RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, April 19, 2006 - A cooperative group of officials from Afghanistan, Pakistan and coalition forces in Afghanistan held its 16th meeting here today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 19, 2006 - A Michigan police officer says he has found his calling in the effort to foster a democratic Iraq and ultimately bring America's troops home. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 19, 2006 - Four state governors just returned from Afghanistan, Iraq and Kuwait shared glowing reports today about the operations they observed there, but reserved their highest praise for the men and women in uniform they met, including National Guard troops from their states. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 19, 2006 - America is a nation that keeps its promises, and so U.S. troops deployed in Iraq are continuing to fight terrorists there as the new Iraqi government gets onto its feet, Vice President Richard B. Cheney told soldiers at Fort Riley, Kan., yesterday. |
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| AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar, April 19, 2006 - The new Joint Intelligence Operations Center here looks like what Hollywood's conception of what a "war room" should look like. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 19, 2006 - A Multinational Division Baghdad soldier died yesterday from wounds suffered when a roadside bomb struck his vehicle north of Baghdad, military officials reported today. |
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| WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, April 19, 2006 - Eight of the surviving 16 "Doolittle Tokyo Raiders" gathered at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force here yesterday for their 64th annual reunion and to remember those who have gone before them. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 19, 2006 - Terrorists blew up a new Iraqi police station under construction south of Baghdad yesterday, military officials reported. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 19, 2006 - The United States won't stop short of achieving victory in both Iraq and Afghanistan, President Bush said today in the White House Rose Garden after meeting with four state governors who had just returned from the region. |
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| WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio, April 19, 2006 - The stuff of legend is often a fusion of myth and reality. The legendary feat of the "Doolittle Tokyo Raiders" is just plain unadulterated truth. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 18, 2006 - Senior military leaders play a big part in decisions made within the Defense Department and have plenty of opportunity to make their views known, the highest ranking military officer told Pentagon reporters today. |
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| AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar, April 18, 2006 - American forces are using an unconventional approach to fighting terrorism in the Horn of Africa, the senior enlisted adviser at U.S. Central Command said. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 18, 2006 - Children in military families make sacrifices and serve their country as much as anyone in uniform does, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 18, 2006 - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld pointed today to two events that occurred on this date in history -- Col. Jimmy Doolittle's 1942 air raid on Tokyo and the San Francisco earthquake in 1906 and its aftermath -- as examples of America's spirit in the face of adversity. |
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| AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar, April 18, 2006 - Negative media reports on continuing violence in Iraq and Afghanistan make it hard for people to recognize political and economic progress being made there and in surrounding countries, the senior enlisted advisor to the commander of U.S. Central Command said here. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 18, 2006 - Military members and families coping with the stress of overseas deployments and other potential health-threatening issues can log onto the Internet to get help, a U.S. military psychologist said here today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 18, 2006 - Three years ago, Army Pfc. Sam Ross Jr. was disposing of munitions near Baghdad when an explosion took his eyesight, his left leg, part of his hearing and, ultimately, his military career. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 18, 2006 - Afghan and coalition forces detained eight insurgents in Afghanistan's Kandahar province today and thwarted two terrorist attacks yesterday in Kunar province, military officials reported. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 18, 2006 - Vice President Dick Cheney told servicemembers gathered at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., yesterday they're playing a key role in the global war on terror and that their countrymen believe in them and their mission. |
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| ARLINGTON, Va., April 17, 2006 - "Faces of the Fallen," a compelling exhibit featuring more than 1,300 portraits honoring America's servicemen and women who died fighting the war on terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq, will stay on display at the Women's Memorial here until May 31, officials said. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 17, 2006 - Nobody likes war and every U.S. conflict since the Revolutionary War has had its critics, but some things are worth fighting for, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said today on the "Rush Limbaugh Show." |
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| WASHINGTON, April 17, 2006 - Iraqi security and coalition forces responded to several attacks in the Baghdad and Ramada areas of Iraq today, officials reported. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 17, 2006 - Recent criticism voiced by a half dozen retired generals over Iraq war planning does not reflect the mainstream views of the officer corps, a senior Defense Department official told Pentagon reporters today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 17, 2006 - The Defense Science Board will conduct a summer study on a topic that would have been inconceivable when the Defense Department established the board 50 years ago this year: the military implications of Internet search engines, online journals and "blogs." |
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| GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany, April 17, 2006 - Partnership in the face of change emerged as the theme of a defense transformation conference of senior officials from 28 nations throughout North America, Europe and Eurasia here last week. |
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| BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, April 17, 2006 - Afghan National Army Air Corps aviators began training with Task Force Falcon aviators and U.S. Army soldiers here April 11. The arrival of the 18-person team marks the first assignment of Afghan aviators here in 15 years. |
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| FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, April 17, 2006 - The first joint interrogation and debriefing battalion in the Army stood up April 12 during a ceremony here. |
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| AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar, April 17, 2006 - People use the term "decompress" a lot at U.S. Central Command's Rest and Recuperation Center here. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 17, 2006 - Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, salutes the children of servicemembers as the nation observes the Month of the Military Child. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 17, 2006 - Recent news reports citing an imminent U.S. military attack against Iran are flat wrong, a senior Defense Department official said here today. |
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| FORT BELVOIR, Va., April 17, 2006 - Following an unprecedented domestic disaster relief effort in 2005, Defense Logistics Agency officials here say DLA is ready to provide support during the 2006 hurricane season, which begins June 1. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 16, 2006 - A good book read in August led two McLean, Va., sisters to start a program designed to thank the nation's servicemembers. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 16, 2006 - The commander of the coalition's Combined Joint Task Force 76 has ordered an investigation of a possible "friendly fire" incident April 14 during heavy fighting in the Zhari district of Afghanistan's Kandahar province, military officials reported. |
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| BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, April 16, 2006 - Coalition forces rushed three wounded civilians to emergency medical treatment and are working with Afghan officials to return the remains of the other civilians to their families after combat with insurgents in the Korangal Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar province last night resulted in civilian casualties |
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| WASHINGTON, April 16, 2006 - Four U.S. Marines were killed in action yesterday in Iraq's Anbar province, military officials in Baghdad announced today. |
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| JABOURI PENINSULA, Iraq, April 16, 2006 - Operation Cowpens concluded maneuvers here April 14 after nearly a month of discovering caches and hampering insurgent efforts in the area. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 16, 2006 - Coalition forces in Iraq killed seven terrorists today, five in a safe-house raid in Yusifiya and two who were planting a roadside bomb in Kirkuk province, military officials reported. |
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| BALAD, Iraq, April 16, 2006 - Iraqi soldiers assumed control of part of Iraq's Salah al Din Province from the U.S. Army's 1-8 Combined Arms Battalion in a transfer of authority ceremony yesterday at an Iraqi Army outpost near here. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 15, 2006 - A Marine assigned to 1st Marine Logistics Group died in a motor vehicle accident yesterday in Iraq's Anbar province, military officials reported, and tips from Iraqi citizens continue to result in captured insurgents and weapons. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 15, 2006 - Afghan and coalition forces killed three insurgents in the Chora district of Uruzgan Province today, and acted on a tip to find a weapons cache, military officials reported. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 15, 2006 - Two Marines died and 22 were wounded due to enemy action while operating in Iraq's Anbar province April 13, military officials reported, and the Defense Department has identified several other servicemembers who died earlier. |
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| ARLINGTON, Va., April 14, 2006 - Six Medal of Honor recipients and the Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights, were among those gathered at Arlington National Cemetery here yesterday to pay their last respects to retired Army Chief Warrant Officer Michael J. "Mike" Novosel, a Medal of Honor recipient and former Golden Knight. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 14, 2006 - With a stroke of Veterans Affairs Secretary R. James Nicholson's pen here today, all 15 U.S. Cabinet secretaries have now signed a joint statement in support of the Defense Department's Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve organization. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 14, 2006 - The international community must focus on the actions of the Iranian regime and not just on the rhetoric of its president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 14, 2006 - "It took a personal connection to devote Bob Calvert to supporting America's troops, and now he says there's no turning back.
Calvert hosts a weekly radio talk show on Sunday evenings, broadcast mainly by Internet-based Stardust Radio. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 14, 2006 - Democracy in Iraq could secure the beginnings of a new Middle East, the nation's top diplomat said yesterday in a radio interview. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 14, 2006 - About 30 Iowa Army National Guard troops were called to duty last night to help local police maintain security after a wave of storms blew through the eastern part of the state and a tornado hit in the heart of Iowa City. |
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| NORFOLK, Va., April 14, 2006 - Supporting the global war on terror, homeland defense, humanitarian crises and disaster relief missions while maintaining deterrence around the world requires something of a juggling act - especially when you're striving to reduce stress on the force, according to a U.S. Joint Forces Command official. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 14, 2006 - President Bush reaffirmed his support today for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, saying the secretary's "energetic and steady leadership is exactly what is needed at this critical period." |
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| FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan, April 14, 2006 - As coalition leaders continue their efforts to bring stability to Afghanistan and prevent the re-emergence of terrorism, they often turn to the Commander's Emergency Response Program, which lets them quickly improve Afghans' lives with low-cost, high-impact projects. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 14, 2006 - Coalition forces in Iraq killed two suspected terrorists and captured several others, and found numerous weapons caches over the past two days, U.S. military officials said. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 14, 2006 - As the Iraqi security forces grow in number and capability, so too does the logistical support system that will sustain them, the commander of 3rd U.S. Army Corps Support Command told Pentagon reporters today from Balad, Iraq. |
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| RASHIDIYAH, Iraq, April 14, 2006 - Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers worked with residents and farmers here to create a farming co-op that held its grand opening April 6. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 14, 2006 - Officials at the Fisher House Foundation, administrator of Operation Hero miles, have 123 million reasons to smile today. |
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| FORWARD OPERATING BASE ISKANDARIYAH, Iraq, April 14, 2006 - Iraqi army soldiers are gradually taking the lead in all operations in Haswah and Iskandariyah, stabilizing the northern Babil province, military officials in Iraq reported. |
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| KABUL, Afghanistan, April 13, 2006 - The command surgeon of Combined Forces Command Afghanistan presented the renovated Rabia Balkhi Maternity Hospital to Afghanistan 's minister of public health in a ceremony here April 9. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 13, 2006 - Coalition forces in Iraq killed two suspected terrorists and captured two others today, and found more weapons caches , U.S. military officials in Baghdad said. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 13, 2006 - Military officials in Baghdad announced a U.S. soldier's death today and a Marine's death yesterday, and the Defense Department has identified two other recent casualties. |
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| BAGHDAD, April 13, 2006 - Coalition and Iraqi forces killed a wanted extremist with high-level terrorism ties during an early morning raid March 27 near Baghdad's Abu Ghraib district, Multinational Force Iraq officials here announced today. |
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| ISKANDARIYAH, Iraq, April 13, 2006 - In a room crowded with more than 150 religious, political and military leaders, speakers took turns voicing their hopes and their concerns for Iraq in this city 25 miles south of Baghdad April 8. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 13, 2006 - Growing up in Bristol, Tenn., country singer April Taylor heard tales of her grandmother's struggles while her grandfather served in Korea, and she's hearing similar tales from her friends today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 13, 2006 - Three years after Saddam Hussein's statue, along with his regime, was toppled in Baghdad, an Army planner who served there at the time said he's optimistic about Iraq's progress in forming its government, repairing its infrastructure and establishing its security forces. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 13, 2006 - Baghdad remains the center of gravity in the insurgency's drive to prevent a national unity government from forming in Iraq, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman said today. |
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| ABOARD USS PELELIU IN THE NORTHERN PERSIAN GULF, April 13, 2006 - A multinational task force is hard at work here, seeking to preserve the free and secure use of the northern Persian Gulf by legitimate mariners and to prevent terrorists from transporting personnel, weapons or other illicit material by sea. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 13, 2006 - By many people's assessments, concerns about his ailing father probably lost the Masters Tournament earlier this week for Tiger Woods, one of the most celebrated children of U.S. servicemembers. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 12, 2006 - The Defense Department is moving to establish a worldwide group of joint intelligence organizations designed to rapidly gather, interpret and act on information to better meet 21st-century military needs, senior military officials said here today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 12, 2006 - It's time for the U.N. Security Council to take action against Iran following its announcement yesterday that it has enriched uranium, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 12, 2006 - Professional Golf Association troop supporters had a memorable day touring the Pentagon today, as both a reward for their work raising money to support the troops and as a catalyst for more work in the coming year. |
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| CAMP TAQADDUM, Iraq, April 12, 2006 - Marines conducting operations outside forward operating bases and camps in Iraq can no longer wear synthetic athletic clothing containing polyester and nylon, Marine Corps commanders have ordered. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 12, 2006 - Children of U.S. soldiers spearheaded a project to launch a Web site that enables Army youth around the world to communicate with each other. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 12, 2006 - Customers of the Defense Department's Internet-based marketplace now have a new "users group" to represent them and provide input about customer needs and issues. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 12, 2006 - Americans should take pride in what U.S. forces have accomplished in Iraq, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a radio interview today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 12, 2006 - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice accepted the credentials of Iraq's first ambassador to the United States in 15 years yesterday at the State Department. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 12, 2006 - Coalition forces, in cooperation with the Afghan National Army, began "Operation Mountain Lion" yesterday to establish security, deter the re-emergence of terrorism, and enhance the sovereignty of Afghanistan, military officials reported today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 12, 2006 - Many U.S. pilots who patrolled the skies of Iraq after the 1991 Persian Gulf War would later put that experience to use during Operation Iraqi Freedom, an F-16 pilot who flew combat missions over Iraq early in the war said here yesterday. |
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| FORWARD OPERATING BASE ASADABAD, Afghanistan, April 12, 2006 - Combined Forces Command Afghanistan officials now say seven children died and 34 more were injured - some critically -- when rockets fired by al Qaeda and Taliban extremists operating in the area slammed into the Salabagh Primary School yesterday. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 12, 2006 - Afghan and coalition troops continue to find and dispose of weapons caches throughout Afghanistan, Combined Forces Command Afghanistan officials reported. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 12, 2006 - Roadside bombs killed three U.S. servicemembers in Iraq today, and the Defense Department has identified five other recent casualties. |
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| GARMISCH, Germany, April 12, 2006 - Senior officers from U.S. European Command and the Ukrainian military met here April 5 during the annual U.S.-Ukraine Colonels Working Group. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 11, 2006 - U.S. and Iraqi forces discovered multiple weapons caches and detained five suspected insurgents over the past week, U.S. military officials in Baghdad announced today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 11, 2006 - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said today he's encouraged that the military services are exceeding their recruiting targets and called it an indication of the caliber of men and women joining and serving in the armed services. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 11, 2006 - The United States and its allies are pursing a diplomatic course with Iran, and news reports suggesting that a U.S. attack on Iran is in the works "get into fantasy land," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told Pentagon reporters today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 11, 2006 - The Tennessee National Guard is finishing up relief efforts following deadly swarms of tornadoes that hit Tennessee twice last week. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 11, 2006 - Five U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq in recent days, and the Defense Department has identified four other recent casualties. |
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| BAGHDAD, April 11, 2006 - The 6th Iraqi Army Division's military police frequently patrol the streets of Baghdad in light-utility vehicles that offer no more protection than a standard pickup truck. But thanks to the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, MPs are getting a new, professional look this year. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 11, 2006 - Three years after his brigade seized control of Baghdad's international airport from Iraqi forces' control, Army Col. William Grimsley said he believes that country is taking the critical first steps toward reclaiming its past greatness. |
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| BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, April 11, 2006 - Coalition forces responded to a terrorist attack this morning at the Salabagh School in the capital city of Afghanistan's Kunar province, Combined Forces Command Afghanistan officials reported. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 10, 2006 - The Pentagon Channel has added video podcasting to its line of products that distribute the channel's military news and information to the nation's men and women in uniform. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 10, 2006 - Aerial strategy practiced by coalition pilots during Operation Iraqi Freedom hinged on knocking out pertinent enemy targets while preserving vital Iraqi infrastructure as well as citizens' lives, an F-16 pilot who flew combat missions over Iraq early in the war recounted here today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 10, 2006 - Iraqis are beginning to build a "democracy from the rubble" of Saddam Hussein's regime, but enemies still hope to stop the process, President Bush said here today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 10, 2006 - Recruiting and retention rates released today demonstrate that young people see military service as a viable career option and, once they join, they want to continue serving, Defense Department officials said today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 10, 2006 - Three U.S. soldiers died yesterday from wounds suffered by enemy action in Iraq's Anbar province, military officials in Baghdad announced today. |
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| BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, April 10, 2006 - For the neediest citizens of this mountainous country, humanitarian and relief supplies often arrive in bundles attached to parachutes and dropped from coalition aircraft to the ground. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 10, 2006 - A senior military spokesman in Baghdad today dismissed as untrue a U.S. newspaper article claiming the U.S. military launched a propaganda campaign to exaggerate terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's significance in Iraq to turn Iraqis against him and sway American public opinion. |
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| KABUL, Afghanistan, April 10, 2006 - The Afghanistan National Police made the Towr Kham border crossing point fully operational recently with 100 percent immigration identification and commerce checks, Combined Forces Command Afghanistan officials reported. |
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| WOODBRIDGE, Va., April 9, 2006 - The Landstuhl Hospital Care Project added $4,400 to its coffers April 7 to buy items needed by wounded, injured and sick servicemembers at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, and hospitals in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the project's coordinator. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 9, 2006 - U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Benjamin C. Freakley and Afghan Gen. Bismullah Khan met today and agreed that continued close cooperation between Afghan, coalition, NATO and Pakistani forces is essential to stabilizing Afghanistan and freeing the country of the Taliban and other terrorists. |
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| ABOARD USS NASSAU, AT SEA, April 9, 2006 - Expeditionary Strike Group 8 transited through the Suez Canal April 7, marking the end of more than four months of maritime security operations in the 5th Fleet area of operations. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 9, 2006 - Iraqi and coalition forces captured and killed terrorists, found an improvised explosive device and responded to a series of deadly IED attacks in recent days, officials in Iraq reported. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 9, 2006 - The U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, today disputed claims that conditions in Iraq have worsened during the past two years, but said that will happen if the United States abruptly leaves the country, as some have urged. |
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| PHILADELPHIA, April 9, 2006 - Philadelphia's indoor soccer team kicked its support for U.S. servicemembers into high gear last night when it announced its partnership with the "America Supports You" program. |
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| BAGHDAD, April 9, 2006 - Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad and Army Gen. George W. Casey, Jr.
Today, on the third anniversary of Iraqi Freedom Day, the Iraqi people celebrate the freedoms that they were denied for more than three decades, and pause to remember the brave people who lead the way out of the darkness of tyranny into the light of freedom. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 8, 2006 - Afghan and coalition forces killed a senior Taliban commander April 6 and destroyed a Taliban district headquarters this morning in a series of ongoing offensive operations in southern Afghanistan, military officials there said. |
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| JALALABAD AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, April 8, 2006 - Afghan and coalition forces participated in platoon-level training missions near here April 5, improving their readiness for joint combat operations. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 8, 2006 - Multiple suicide bombers reportedly detonated explosive devices at the Buratha Mosque in Kadamiyah, Iraq, yesterday, killing an estimated 75 Iraqis and wounding another 135 bystanders, officials reported |
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| WASHINGTON, April 8, 2006 - A Marine was killed in Iraq April 6 when he was shot by an Iraqi army soldier on a coalition base near Qaim, Iraq, and the Defense Department released the names of another Marine and two soldiers killed in other incidents that day. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 8, 2006 - U.S. soldiers who served in Iraq three years ago when it was liberated from Saddam Hussein's regime and are back again during its reconstruction said today the country had made and continues to make great progress. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 8, 2006 - Three years ago, on live television, the world watched Saddam Hussein's statue fall in downtown Baghdad, but a Marine who saw it firsthand believes that image doesn't tell the full story he lived. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 8, 2006 - While acknowledging the importance of the Iraqis forming their new unity government, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said last evening it's important not to apply too much pressure to speed up the process. |
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| CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait, April 7, 2006 - Servicemembers deployed to Kuwait became U.S. citizens yesterday during a naturalization ceremony at chapel here. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 7, 2006 - The U.S. Senate confirmed Gordon England as the 29th deputy secretary of defense during a Capitol Hill voice vote conducted yesterday, according to a statement from England's office. |
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| NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, April 7, 2006 - The defense team in the case of a Canadian teen accused of terrorism backed down today on a motion that caused a near-boycott of proceedings April 5. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 7, 2006 - Swearing to defend the U. S. Constitution, 40 Army Reservists re-enlisted yesterday on the steps of the U.S. Capitol building here. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 7, 2006 - The U.S. military's fiscal 2006 budget supplemental request contains funds that are important for the continued training and development of Iraqi and Afghan security forces, a senior DoD official said here today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 7, 2006 - Three years ago April 9, the world looked on, captivated by compelling television images of Iraqis ripping down a towering statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad, and burning images of the Iraqi dictator on the streets. |
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| NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, April 7, 2006 - Defense and prosecution attorneys in the military commissions case of an accused al Qaeda propagandist continued the argument here today about whether the detainee has the right to represent himself. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 7, 2006 - Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers seized multiple weapons caches south of Baghdad yesterday and April 5. |
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| NEWPORT, R.I., April 7, 2006 - The senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff spoke about servicemembers' expectations of their senior enlisted leaders and the need for jointness during graduation at the Navy's Senior Enlisted Academy here yesterday. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 7, 2006 - Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England was honored for his contributions to national security at a defense association award dinner held in Vienna, Va., April 4. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 7, 2006 - Three servicemembers died today and yesterday from enemy action in Iraq, and the Defense Department has identified several casualties. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 7, 2006 - Insurgents may still be working to derail the democratic process in Iraq. But it's important to look at the bigger picture as a three-year milestone approaches, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesperson said during a briefing from Baghdad yesterday. |
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| NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, April 7, 2006 - The military commissions proceedings for suspected terrorist Binyam Ahmed Muhammad began dramatically here yesterday, with the defense team essentially boycotting the proceedings and Muhammad requesting to represent himself. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 6, 2006 - Servicemembers' children had a chance to shoot hoops with some of the nation's top basketball stars at the Pentagon Athletic Center today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 6, 2006 - Iraqi and coalition forces and politicians must stay the course as democracy takes root in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. and British defense chiefs said in a Pentagon news conference today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 6, 2006 - Servicemembers seriously injured by improvised explosive devices during duty in the global war on terror are getting a unique opportunity to use their experience to combat and prevent future IED attacks. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 6, 2006 - Protection of America in the near term and trying to lay a foundation for peace in the long term make the war in Iraq worthwhile, President Bush told a Charlotte, N.C., audience today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 6, 2006 - The United States now has a rudimentary missile defense system in place, a senior defense official told the Senate's strategic forces subcommittee April 4. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 6, 2006 - Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England praised the Washington Capitals ice hockey team for its support of U.S. servicemembers during team and management members' Pentagon visit today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 6, 2006 - Proud military parents deployed throughout the terror war theaters of operation are featured on the America Supports You Web site devoted to April's Month of the Military Child. |
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| BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, April 6, 2006 - Coalition forces destroyed a rocket pointed at a forward operating base in Ghazni province today. |
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| SNOWMASS, Colo., April 6, 2006 - Michael Brickert is a man of three services, three conflicts, two paralyzed legs, and one can-do spirit that's inspired other disabled veterans. |
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| HAMPTON, Va., April 6, 2006 - The Defense Department is working to create an integrated information network that enables all military components to easily share critical data, a DoD official said here yesterday. |
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| SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colo., April 6, 2006 - Veterans Affairs Secretary R. James Nicholson, former Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and event organizers praised the army of volunteers who are making the 20th National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic here a success. |
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| BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, April 6, 2006 - Provincial reconstruction team commanders from around the country converged here last week to share ideas on how to improve stability and security in Afghanistan. |
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| BAGHDAD, April 6, 2006 - U.S. officials announced today that Iraqi forces captured a terrorist leader in Iraq early last month. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 6, 2006 - Afghan and coalition forces killed one insurgent yesterday in combat in the Deh Rawod district of Afghanistan's Uruzgan province. Elsewhere, U.S. officials announced that Afghan aviators are ready to begin flying missions. |
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| NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, April 6, 2006 - The military commissions case of accused terrorist Omar Khadr, which has already dealt with questions about pre-trial publicity, was confronted with more legal issues yesterday. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 5, 2006 - "America Supports You" member Kaylee Marie Radzyminski stumbled across an entertaining way to thank the troops fighting in the global war on terrorism. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 5, 2006 - Military and political officials, foreign nationals and media observed yesterday as Army and Air National Guardsmen from five states and the District of Columbia responded to a mock disaster staged at the D.C. National Guard Armory. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 5, 2006 - It is just as important to know and understand the cultural, political, military and philosophical nature of an ally as it is of an enemy, international military officials said here yesterday. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 5, 2006 - Improving cooperation and coordination among government agencies is vital to winning the global war on terrorism and ending circumstances that drive people to terrorism, top Defense Department officials said on Capitol Hill yesterday. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 5, 2006 - Ultimate victory in the Long War requires the U.S. military to adopt more unconventional and indirect approaches in the way it fights, and the Defense Department is doing just that, the Pentagon's top special operations official told a Senate panel here today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 5, 2006 - Afghan and coalition forces identified an improvised explosive device attached to a bridge, recovered an IED, and discovered a munitions cache in several operations throughout Afghanistan today, just a day after combined forces detained 10 insurgents. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 5, 2006 - Sexual assault cannot be relegated to being regarded as a "women's issue," said Don McPherson, the keynote speaker at the Pentagon's Sexual Assault Awareness Month observance yesterday. |
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| SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colo., April 5, 2006 - More than 350 severely wounded troops and disabled veterans are conquering emotional as well as physical mountains at the 20th National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic here. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 5, 2006 - The U.S. military's top general accepted a prestigious award on behalf of the men and women of the U.S. military in a ceremony here last night. |
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| SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colo., April 5, 2006 - When he was undergoing treatment 16 years ago following a near-fatal accident in Germany, Paul Miosek asked Red Cross volunteer Jim Mayer for just two things: a poster of Madonna and a milkshake. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 5, 2006 - There is both good news and bad news coming out of Iraq, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said yesterday. |
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| TIKRIT, Iraq, April 5, 2006 - An Iraqi army brigade has begun the first phase of assuming responsibility for security operations in Iraq's Salah Ad Din province. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 5, 2006 - Iraqi soldiers and police rescued three kidnap victims, and coalition troops captured nine terrorists in operations in Iraq today, U.S. officials reported. |
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| DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del., April 4, 2006 - Seventeen people are in various stages of recovery after surviving a C-5 aircraft crash less than a mile from Dover Air Force Base's southern perimeter yesterday. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 4, 2006 - A grassroots group in Chicago hopes to help create a better system of support for servicemembers returning from the global war on terrorism. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 4, 2006 - No cases of computer scamming or identity theft involving the Defense Department's computerized pay services system have been reported, a Defense Finance and Accounting Service spokeswoman said today. |
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| NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, April 4, 2006 - Preliminary hearings began here today for an Afghan man accused of working as a translator and accountant for al Qaeda in Afghanistan and involvement in a grenade attack that injured three journalists in March 2002. |
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| HAMPTON, Va., April 4, 2006 - The U.S. military and private sector defense industry must work together to win the Long War against terrorism, the general who serves as commander of U.S. Joint Forces Command and as NATO's supreme allied commander for transformation said here today. |
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| CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq, April 4, 2006 - The body of a Marine was recovered today in the search for three servicemembers missing after an April 2 vehicle rollover near Asad, Iraq, bringing the total number of dead in the accident to six. |
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| ARLINGTON, Va., April 4, 2006 - Caspar W. Weinberger's definition of happiness was "service to a noble cause," current Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said here today at the former defense secretary's funeral. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 4, 2006 - President Bush sent Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Iraq to tell elected leaders there it's time "to stand up and do their job," the president said at the White House today. |
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| SNOWMASS, Colo., April 4, 2006 - When Chris Devlin-Young reluctantly agreed to participate in the first National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic, he was mad at the world about losing use of his legs. Twenty years later, he's back at the clinic with four Paralympic medals under his belt and running the clinic's first racing series. |
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| FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, April 4, 2006 - Deployed to Afghanistan for a year, Army Lt. Col. Timothy Newcomer will miss his son's prom, high school graduation and, a few months later, his departure to college. But his son, Matt, is not upset in the least. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 4, 2006 - Iraqi and coalition forces have scored several successes against insurgent fighters, seizing weapons caches and capturing suspected enemies, during missions over the past several days. |
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| SNOWMASS, Colo., April 4, 2006 - After two days of watching disabled veterans fence and rock climb, joining them in a game of sled hockey and trying out an adaptive "bi-ski" during the 20th National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic, Veterans Affairs Secretary R. James Nicholson said he understands why people call this event the "Miracle on the Mountainside." |
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| WASHINGTON, April 4, 2006 - Military officials are investigating whether friendly fire caused the March 29 deaths of one American and one Canadian soldier and wounds to five other coalition servicemembers in Afghanistan. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 3, 2006 - The Defense Department today released hundreds' more pages of unredacted detainee hearing transcripts taken at the U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, facility, a senior Pentagon official said here today. |
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| FORT BELVOIR, Va., April 3, 2006 - The United States is aggressively pursuing ways to lessen the threat from weapons of mass destruction, the director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency said here last week. |
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| NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, April 3, 2006 - U.S. military commissions proceedings resume this week in the cases of four enemy combatants held here since 2002. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 3, 2006 - It's Armed Forces Week on "Wheel of Fortune." |
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| WASHINGTON, April 3, 2006 - Iraqi politicians need to move forward, choose senior parliamentary leaders, and form a permanent government, America's top diplomat said in Baghdad today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 3, 2006 - It's feasible that Iran has developed a new "missile-torpedo," which news reports say was tested during recent military exercises in the Persian Gulf area, a senior Defense Department official said here today. |
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| GARMISCH, Germany, April 3, 2006 - Things may have gotten a little tougher for Osama bin Laden and the remnants of the Taliban thanks to a seminar that brought together 16 Afghan and Pakistani officers who work along the border between the two nations. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 3, 2006 - All 17 people aboard survived the crash of an Air Force C-5 Galaxy transport jet at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Air Force officials reported. |
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| FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash., April 3, 2006 - Foreign exchange pilots from Australia assigned here are helping their U.S. counterparts carry out global air refueling, airlift and humanitarian assignments. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 3, 2006 - Eight Marines and a sailor died in two separate incidents in Iraq yesterday. Three servicemembers also are missing after a vehicle accident in floodwaters, military officials reported today. |
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| SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colo., April 3, 2006 - Veterans Affairs Secretary R. James Nicholson and former Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz opened the 20th National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic here last night, praising participants for their sacrifices and their focus on their abilities, not their disabilities. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 3, 2006 - Two insurgents were killed and eight captured near Kirkuk, Iraq, April 1 after 101st Airborne Division soldiers spotted terrorists planting a homemade bomb near a road the soldiers frequently travel, military officials said today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 3, 2006 - The Defense Department has long understood the value of caring for and celebrating children of servicemembers. April is designated as the Month of the Military Child, underscoring the important role military children play in the armed forces community. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 3, 2006 - An Air Force C-5 Galaxy cargo jet with 17 people on board crashed at 6:30 a.m. EDT today near Dover Air Force Base, Del. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 3, 2006 - Recognizing that children of servicemembers often face challenges that other children do not, the nonprofit child development organization "Zero To Three" launched a special project geared specifically toward military families. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 2, 2006 - Military officials in Iraq today confirmed the death of two helicopter pilots from Multinational Division Baghdad whose AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter crashed southwest of Baghdad yesterday, and provided details on recent operations. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 2, 2006 - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her British counterpart, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, made a surprise visit to Iraq today to urge officials there to hasten their formation of a national unity government. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 2, 2006 - Three soldiers and a Marine died in Iraq during the past three days, Defense Department officials have announced. |
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| BAGHDAD, April 2, 2006 - Two U.S. Army pilots are presumed dead as recovery efforts continue following yesterday's crash of a Multinational Division Baghdad AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter west of Yousifiah, Iraq, military officials reported today. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 1, 2006 - A Multinational Division Baghdad helicopter went down at about 5:30 p.m. today southwest of Baghdad, and military officials also reported the results of recent operations in Iraq. |
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| KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, April 1, 2006 - A suicide car bomber attacked a combined Afghan and coalition convoy in the Maiwand district of Afghanistan's Kandahar province around noon today, slightly injuring one Afghan soldier and flattening a truck tire, military officials reported. |
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| WASHINGTON, April 1, 2006 - The Defense Department has identified two soldiers and an airman killed earlier this week in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
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