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A mother asked President Bush,
"Why did my son have to die in
Iraq?"
Another mother asked President Kennedy,
"Why did my son have to die in Viet Nam?"
Another mother asked President Truman,
"Why did my son have to die in Korea?
Another mother asked President F.D. Roosevelt,
"Why did my son have to die at Iwo Jima?"
Another mother asked President W. Wilson,
"Why did my son have to die on the battlefield of France?"
Yet another mother asked President Lincoln,
"Why did my so n have to die at Gettysburg?"
And yet another mother asked President G. Washington,
"Why did my son have to die near Valley Forge?"
Then long, long ago, a mother asked...
"Heavenly Father, why did my Son have to die
on a cross outside of Jerusalem?"
The answers to all these are similar --
"So that others may have life and dwell in peace, happiness and
freedom."
This was emailed to me with no author
and I thought the magnitude
and the simplicity were awesome ..
IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS,
PLEASE, FEEL FREE...
TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM !!!
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Hi Binh,
I think it's safe to say that pretty much everyone supports the US/Coalition troops in Iraq, since they're placing their lives on the line simply because they're ordered to. But a lot of people would question why they're there in the first place. There were no weapons of mass destruction, and Saddam had no links to Al-Qaeda. Indeed, there are many people who think that this war is ultimately a cynical grab for control of Iraq's oil.
Perhaps we can both agree that we wish a safe and speedy return for the US/Coalition troops.
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The nomadic Kuchi people migrate through the Panjshir Valley in Afghanistan, on Wednesday, May 17, 2006. Part of a Medical Civic Action Program, Provincial Reconstruction Team members provide treatment for Kuchi families as they move their sheep, goats, donkeys, camels and cattle to the high country for the summer.
Panjshir Reconstruction Team Aids Nomadic Afghans
by Capt. Joe Campbell, Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team
6/1/2006 - PANJSHIR PROVINCE, Afghanistan (AFPN) -- Medics, interpreters and support troops from the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team set up a short-notice medical outreach recently for the nomadic Kuchi people during their spring migration through the Panjshir Valley.
Known as a Medical Civic Action Program, or MEDCAP, the event provided treatment for Kuchi families as they move their sheep, goats, donkeys, camels and cattle to the high country for the summer. The Kuchi are Afghan Pashtun who migrate among the lowlands and highlands of Afghanistan and Pakistan each year.
?We?ve seen the Kuchi families on the road the last week or so as they move their herds North and we wanted to meet them and learn from them,? said Lt. Col. Neal Kringel, Panjshir PRT commander.
Fletcher Burton, Panjshir PRT director, and Colonel Kringel met with Abdul Qadeer, the Panjshir chief of traffic police, to discuss a coordinated meeting with the Kuchi.
?We brought the impromptu meeting idea to Mr. Qadeer and he quickly agreed that we should do it,? said Mr. Burton. ?In fact, he led us out right then to meet some of the Kuchi who happened to be in the area.?
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Iraqi Rehabilitation Center Moving Along in Fine Fashion
By Claude D. McKinney, Gulf Region North, US Army Corps of Engineers
Tikrit, Iraq ? Hundreds of Iraq inmates will have the opportunity to train in meaningful professions and job skills when the Dahuk Rehabilitation Center is completed in October 2006. For the first time in Iraq, the Dahuk government is participating in a cost-share program to complete the center.
This French design-built correctional facility is the only one of its type in Iraq. Most of the existing rehabilitation centers in Iraq are from 1980?s designs or earlier. This new design allows inmates of all types to be housed in one location. It will accommodate 750-1000 inmates, and have separate corridors for adult males, juveniles, women with light sentences (less than 5 years), and women with heavy sentences (greater than 5 years). The facility will also have a hospital, visitation area, and workshops for rehabilitation.
This project is significant on two fronts. First is the sheer size and scale of the project, its economic impact on the local community during construction, and the operation requirements that will follow for years to come. Second, cost-share is a new concept. Having the local governance share the cost of construction is a new model of cooperation that will allow Iraq to move forward in reconstruction efforts at a much faster rate.
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(Above) Correctional facility as it sat for nearly 5 years, following Phase One.
Below? Phase Two well under way.
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The Cyclone-class Coastal patrol craft USS Whirlwind (PC 11) protects Iraq's oil terminals in the Northern Persian Gulf. Attached to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 158.1, Whirlwind is on deployment in support of Maritime Security Operations (MSO). MSO help set the conditions for security and stability in the Northern Persian Gulf and protect Iraq's sea-based infrastructure, which provides the Iraqi people the opportunity for self-determination.
Navy, Coast Guard Join Forces in Persian Gulf
By Journalist 2nd Class Cassandra Thompson, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. 5th Fleet Public Affairs
NORTHERN PERSIAN GULF (NNS) -- Quick and maneuverable, U.S. Navy and Coast Guard patrol boats have become an integral part of maritime security operations (MSO) in the Persian Gulf.
As part of Commander, Task Group (CTG) 158.1, the patrol boats are conducting MSO, which help set the conditions for security and stability in the North Persian Gulf and protect Iraq's sea-based infrastructure to help provide the Iraqi people the opportunity for self-determination.
U.S. Navy 170-foot Cyclone-class Coastal Patrol (PC) ships and Coast Guard 110-foot Island-class patrol boats (PB) can reach their destinations faster and navigate in and out of shallower waters than larger Navy ships.
PCs typically remain forward deployed for long periods of time in the Persian Gulf, while their crews are swapped out every six months. The crew swap initiative increases the Navy's forward presence by providing an extra 90 days of on-station time per vessel - time the patrol boats use to maximize protection of the Iraqi oil terminals in the Northern Persian Gulf.
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Airmen Train Iraqi Soldiers on Base Defense
By Air Force Senior Airman Brian Ferguson, U.S. Central Command Air Force Public Affairs
AR RASHEED BASE, Iraq -- When most Airmen think of base defense, they may think about security forces checking ID cards at the gate. However, a U.S. team in Iraq is showing that base defense means much more.
A group of five security forces Airmen and their Army commander have combined to form a base defense unit, or BDU, team. They are tasked with training and advising the Iraqi Army on base defense tactics at Ar Rasheed Base, an Iraqi post on the outskirts of Baghdad.
?The mission of BDU team 3602 is to mentor and guide our Iraqi counterparts on how to do a base defense mission,? said 1st Lt. Frank C. Bigelow, assistant team chief.
The Airmen are filling what are normally Army positions, training the 1st Iraqi Army Division/Iraqi Intervention Forces. The positions are called ?in-lieu-of? positions. The six service members are the only Americans on the base.
?I came here because I didn?t want an Army guy who has already been to Iraq four times to have to come back,? said Master Sgt. Tony Pesson, NCO in charge and tactical operations center liaison.
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Workers line up to enter Ar Rasheed Base, Iraq, on Friday, May 26, 2006. Hundreds of workers enter the base daily. The soldiers search every person and vehicle that enters. Each soldier is trained and advised by five security forces Airmen and their Army commander who live and work on the base.
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One of the projects that Ghassem Khosrownia worked on with the Iraqi contractors is a school addition. The Taji Girl?s School is getting a new 1350-square-meter, two-story structure that will benefit 700 high school students.
The project cost is $445,446.
Project Engineer Learns Not to Take ?Yes?
for an Answer
By Norris Jones, Gulf Region Central District, US Army Corps of Engineers
Baghdad, Iraq--?They might say ?yes,? but that might not really be what they mean because some Iraqi contractors are too proud to admit they simply don?t understand our lingo,? explains Ghassem Khosrownia, a project engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region Central District.
Simplifying the process so that Iraqi contractors know exactly what they need to do to succeed has been one of Khosrownia?s main focuses. ?The heart of the whole thing,? he said, ?is getting them started in the right direction, sharing and working with them and the communities they?re impacting.?
Khosrownia is serving at Camp Taji north of Baghdad, a base with 12,000 Iraqi soldiers.
?I realized early on that we needed to re-tool our means and methods once the contracts were awarded ? basically to say the same thing, but in a simpler way.?
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I saw The Moving Wall years ago, and i remember looking for few friends names on it, friends i went to high school with.it was sad to see their name on it, but at least they are remembered.
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New Military Vessel Read on down to see what it is made of!
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USS New York
With a year to go before it even touches the water, the Navy's amphibious assault ship USS New York
has already made history.
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It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center
The USS New York is about 45 percent complete and should be ready for launch in mid-2007.
Katrina disrupted construction when it pounded the Gulf Coast last summer, but the 684-foot
vessel escaped serious damage, and workers were back at the yard near New Orleans
two weeks after the storm.
It is the fifth in a new class of warship - designed for missions that include special operations
against terrorists. It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready Marines to be delivered
ashore by helicopters and assault craft.
"It would be fitting if the first mission this ship would go on is to make sure that bin Laden and his
terrorist organization is taken out," said Glenn Clement, a paint foreman. "He came in through the
back door and knocked our towers down and (the New York ) is coming right through the fr ont door,
and we want them to know that."
Steel from the World Trade Center was melted down in a foundry in Amite, LA., to cast the ship's
bow section.? When it was poured into the molds o n Sept. 9, 2003, "those big rough steelworkers
treated it with total reverence," recalled Navy Capt. Kevin Wensing, who was there. "It was a
spiritual moment for everybody there."
Junior Chavers, foundry operations manager, said that when the trade center steel first arrived,
he touched it with his hand and the "hair on my neck stood up. It?had a big meaning?for all of us,"
he said.? "They knocked us down. They can't keep us down. We're going to be back."
The ship's motto? - ''Never Forget''.
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