Police officials from some of Afghanistan's most violent regions questioned the need for more American troops, saying it would increase the perception that the U.S. is an occupying power and that the money would be better spent on local forces.
Tattoos and the military have a long and colorful history. Modern pop culture credits the Navy with introducing the art of tattooing to the United States in the early 1900s, when Sailors returning from distant lands displayed their skin-art souvenirs.
The Vice President of the Republic of Panama, His Excellency, Juan Carlos Varela, visited USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19), to observe the course of the multinational exercise PANAMAX.
The moon was full the night of Jan. 17, 1991, and then-Capt. Bill Iuliano, an F-111 bomber weapon systems officer, was in the air. It was the second night of Operation Desert Storm, a U.S.-led combat operation in opposition to Saddam Hussein's forces.
Last year in Los Angeles, a Metrolink commuter train was in route from downtown LA to the suburb of Simi Valley. The train was traveling through the community of Chatsworth during peak afternoon commuting hours when it collided head on with a freight train.
A Coast Guard boat crew helped partner agencies extinguish a fire on a recreational boat about 11 miles inland on the Cocheco River near Strafford, N.H.