I just found a great website were current and ex-military people get together with old friends and make new friends. All branches of the services are there. It's a well run site and I hope run into a couple of old...
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The Colombo media reported that Sri Lankan government had removed the wartime fishing restrictions. This had come after a fishermen's meeting organized as part of the government's campaign to boost its image. This meeting was attended by several government officials,...
"Sri Lankan authorities Monday ordered a foreign-owned ship carrying aid for Tamil civilians to leave the island without unloading its cargo."This order was given despite accepting there was no ill-intention."Sri...
ANDREWS AFB, MARYLAND - The world renown U.S. Air Force Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, roared into the skies over Maryland and Washington, D.C. today in preparation for Armed Forces Day. They are...
January 28th 2009 UTILA. Local residents of the small Caribbean Island of Utila woke up to a surprise that to them, was not all that surprising. Over the last months it had been strongly rumored that Utila...
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Cross-posted at the Francis L. Holland Blog. During the Bush Administration, the CIA burned videos of torture because if the public saw these videos there would calls for prosecution under the War Crimes Act and by the International Court in the Hague. Now President Barack...
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Chinaese President Hu Jintao today said that China's navy will safeguard word peace and development. He was watching the parade marking the 60the anniversary of China's Naval force the PLAN (People’s...
While most are praising US President Obama for the way he handled this latest pirate attack, Rush Limbaugh has found yet another way to attack him. He mockingly called the pirates "merchant marine organizers,"...
This is the latest in attempts to create havoc in this region. With Egypt's hands full with Hezbullah terrorists and Hamas support this appears one more effort to do damage. " Israeli naval patrol identifies...
Reuters out of Dubai is reporting that a nuclear-powered U.S. submarine has collided with another U.S. ship in the Straight of Hormuz bordering Iran. According to the United States Navy there was no damage to the...
Five Chinese ships came dangerously close to an unarmed US surveillance ship in international waters, the Pentagon has said. The US Government said the incident involving the USNS Impeccable happened on Sunday in the South China Sea after days of "increasingly aggressive...
The Fort Dix International Basketball League at the Army and Air National Guard Headquaters in Fort Dix, NJ has a 12-team Intramural league for its troops.
The Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation (FMWR)...
""One team, one fight" is the mantra for local, state and federal leaders preparing for a 2009 hurricane season that forecasters say could include nine major storms. "If that forecast is even close to being accurate, the timing of this [workshop] is vital to us being...
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Rules were announced yesterday by the Federal Fisheries regulators to protect marine mammals during sonar training by the Navy off the Atlantic Coast and the Gulf of Mexico. The rules require that the Navy conduct...
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