U.S. Army Helicopter Brownouts

CRREL research is tackling brownouts - loss of sight because of dust and sand storms - for helicopter pilots.U.S. Army Corps of EngineersCentennial of U.S. Army Aviationwww.Army.mil

2008 U.S. Army Soldier Thanksgiving Day greetings

2008 Thanksgiving Day greetings from U.S. Army Soldiers deployed in Afghanistan, Iraq and Kuwait.

Warrior Care: Penn State, Army create 'inclusive' recreation training

"Inclusive Recreation for Wounded Warriors," a first-of-its-kind training program for military recreation managers, will begin in January at Penn State's main campus at University Park, Pa. "The program will...

Soldier Robots Showcased In Israel

Israel's leading robotic industries display their latest innovations, with devices designed for combat as well as transporting medical supplies.Its all happening just like the movie!!!!!!!!!!! Soldier...

United States and El Salvadorian soldiers distribute food in Iraq

U.S. Army 7th Special Operations Group Soldiers provide security as El Salvadoran soldiers pass out 300 food packets to the village of Al Karaade, Iraq, on Nov. 12. The El Salvadoran army teamed up with the Iraqi...

Bastogne Soldiers get hero's welcome

Soldiers of the Bastogne Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division return to a hero's welcome at Fort Campbell, Ky., Nov. 12, 2008. The Soldiers have returned from a 15 month combat tour in Iraq's Salah ad Din...

War News for Saturday, November 22, 2008

" The French MoD is reporting the death of a French ISAF soldier from a mine explosion near the Darulaman camp south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday, November 22nd. One additional soldier was wounded in the attack. Nov. 20 airpower summary: Iraq Halts 400,000 B/D Oil...

WWII vet receives Bronze Star 63 years later

Although the honor was bestowed more than six decades later, for one World War II veteran his service has not been forgotten. Former Pfc. Douglas W. Kearney, 85, was awarded the Bronze Star Medal Nov. 12 in his...

Ironhorse medic provides much more than 'relief to the wounded'

CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq - Since the latter half of the 19th century, the International Red Cross has existed under various names and titles, names as broad as "International Committee for Relief to the Wounded." ...

Going Home

The sun sets behind a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III as U.S. Army Soldiers wait in line to board the aircraft taking them back to the United States from Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Nov. 17, 2008. Photo by Air...

Surgeon glad to provide comfort to female patients

Maj. Farah Husain guesses she treated at least nine men for every female patient while deployed to Iraq in 2007. Still, the surgeon knows what a difference she made for those women. "They feel more comfortable...

Inbound choppers

Standing by on a hilltop, Soldiers with the 101st Division Special Troops Battalion, 101st Airborne Division watch as two Chinook helicopters fly in to take them back to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 4, 2008....

Fort Bliss honors veterans and naturalizes Soldiers

About 300 servicemembers, veterans and their family members turned out for the post's Veterans Day celebration Friday at Memorial Circle, during which specific veterans were recognized and 10 Soldiers from eight...

Operation Desert Storm

Sand Between My Toes “To Deploy in Support of Operation Desert Storm” by CJ Landers Turbulence. The 747 dropped into an air pocket with just enough of a jolt to rouse me from sleeping – bobbing up and down...

How do Arabs view Barack Obama’s choice for chief of staff

"Written by www.daily.pk    Friday, 07 November 2008 18:30 "There could not be a more provocative appointment than Rahm Emanuel, if he wanted to send a signal that he is going to stick by a quite hard-line pro-Israel policy..." A day after his...
 

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