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Biologists want island cats killed San Nicolas wildlife imperiled By Scott Hadly Friday, June 6, 2008 Federal wildlife biologists are proposing to kill all wild cats now living on Navy-owned San Nicolas Island to protect endangered species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to use padded leg traps and hunters to eradicate what are believed to be 100 to 200 feral cats. Dogs also would be used to flush out some of the harder-to-catch cats, according to the plan. The wild cats would be shot or given a lethal injection on the spot. "This is the most humane...

Sunday morning here in Sacramento was the 25th California International Marathon. I was standing out there in the freezing dawn with about 6000 of my closest friends waiting for the race to start. Everybody is nervous and in their own little world getting ready to run the 26.2 miles ahead. Just prior to the start, they announce the National Anthem and two little girls start to sing it. I "lock it up," remove my ski cap, and face the flag. I notice that almost no one else in the crowd is paying any attention! Out of the corner of my...

Class act - Updated with photos! October 16th, 2007 · 12 Comments Got this from several sources, and it’s a good follow-up to yesterday’s post on our outgoing Chairman: I wanted to share with you what we saw in Washington DC last week. After the mid-term brief we toured the Mall and made the usual stops at the WWII Memorial, the Wall, Lincoln Memorial, etc. At the Vietnam Wall we saw something unbelievable. We noticed three small index cards at the base of the Wall. I knelt down for a closer look and noticed that a 4-star general’s rank was...

Meet the young, all-American couple. Just married in late May, Colin and Charlsey Mahle graduated from top schools, already have found success in their chosen fields and have big plans for their futures, both personal and professional. Now, say goodbye. They're both headed for Iraq -- he for his third tour of duty, she for her second. . .

<p>For two women, so much comes down to this: a fragment of bone and the lick of a love letter.</p> <p>Military scientists recently compared the bone recovered in a North Vietnamese jungle where an Air Force pilot's plane went down 40 years ago to saliva on letters he had sent his wife. It was a DNA match, they announced. At last, they said, the remains of Col. Charles J. Scharf had been found.</p>

The classics get Islam twistBy Malcolm Moore LONDON DAILY TELEGRAPH September 1, 2006 ANTALYA, Turkey -- Pinocchio, Tom Sawyer and other characters have been converted to Islam in new versions of 100 classic stories in the Turkish school curriculum. "Give me some bread, for Allah's sake," Pinocchio says to Geppetto, his maker, in a book stamped with the crest of the Ministry of Education. "Thanks be to Allah," the puppet says later. In "The Three Musketeers," D'Artagnan is told that he cannot visit Aramis. The reason would make the author, Alexandre Dumas, turn in his grave. An old woman explains:...

When Army Capt. James Yee was presented with a "Courage and Inspiration Award" by a local Muslim organization Saturday night, a diverse audience rose to its feet to congratulate him. . ."There are many others who are considered heroes, who are considered courageous and inspiration(al). Many of those who may even be here tonight in this audience," he said. . .

I'm forwarding this to you all not because it is a Marine story, but because it is an American story. Taking Chance Chance Phelps was wearing his Saint Christopher medal when he was killed on Good Friday. Eight days later, I handed the medallion to his mother. I didn't know Chance before he died. Today, I miss him. Over a year ago, I volunteered to escort the remains of Marines killed in Iraq should the need arise. The military provides a uniformed escort for all casualties to ensure they are delivered safely to the next of kin and are treated...

<p>Living or working in San Francisco, you can't avoid the homeless. Near our office at Fifth and Mission, I walk past many homeless people every day, yet I never talk to them. And, whenever I read about them, it's about the homeless as an issue, not about individual human beings with unique lives.</p>

Wallets Of WWII Soldiers Discovered At Camp Roberts National Guard Seeks Owners POSTED: 9:27 a.m. PDT June 27, 2003 UPDATED: 10:12 a.m. PDT June 27, 2003 CAMP ROBERTS, Calif. -- Imagine finding your wallet almost 60 years after it was stolen. William Growth, 79, is one of dozens of World War II soldiers whose wallets were found in Camp Roberts recently. Training camp officials say at least 25 wallets have turned up in heating ducts and floor boards of old barracks since a demolition project got under way five years ago. Most of the wallets had no money inside. But...

Subject: Missing Navy Crewmembers Found And Identified NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 370-03 (703)695-0192(media) IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 27, 2003 (703)428-0711(public/industry) MISSING NAVY CREWMEMBERS FOUND AND IDENTIFIED The remains of nine U.S. Navy crewmembers, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and their remains are being returned to their families for burial. The nine are identified as Cmdr. Delbert A. Olson, Casselton, N.D.; Lt. j.g.'s Denis L. Anderson, Hope, Kan.;Arthur C. Buck, Sandusky, Ohio; and Philip P. Stevens, Twin Lake, Mich.; Petty Officers 2nd class Richard M. Mancini, Amsterdam, N.Y.; Michael L. Roberts,...

NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 349-03 (703)697-5131(media) IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 2003 (703)697-5737(public/industry) FIRST KOREAN WAR UNKNOWN IDENTIFIED The remains of a Korean War U.S. Marine buried as an "unknown" have been identified and returned to his family. He is Pfc. Ronald D. Lilledahl of Minneapolis, Minn. This marks the first unknown serviceman from the Korean War to be identified. On Nov. 28, 1950, Lilledahl's unit, Company C of the 7th Marines, was surrounded by Chinese forces on the west side of the Chosin Reservoir and cut off from supporting units. During a seesaw battle...

NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 349-03 (703)697-5131(media) IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 2003 (703)697-5737(public/industry) FIRST KOREAN WAR UNKNOWN IDENTIFIED The remains of a Korean War U.S. Marine buried as an "unknown" have been identified and returned to his family. He is Pfc. Ronald D. Lilledahl of Minneapolis, Minn. This marks the first unknown serviceman from the Korean War to be identified. On Nov. 28, 1950, Lilledahl's unit, Company C of the 7th Marines, was surrounded by Chinese forces on the west side of the Chosin Reservoir and cut off from supporting units. During a seesaw battle...

<p>URS Corp., a San Francisco planning and engineering firm partially owned by California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's husband, landed an Army contract Monday worth up to $600 million.</p> <p>The award to help with troop mobilization, weapons systems training and anti-terrorism efforts is the latest in a string of plum defense jobs snared by URS. In February, the firm won an army engineering and logistics contract that could bring in $3.1 billion during the next eight years.</p>

<p>WASHINGTON — Palestinian Liberation Front leader Abu Abbas was captured by American forces and is in U.S. custody on the outskirts of Baghdad, Fox News has confirmed.</p> <p>Abbas masterminded the hijacking of the cruise chip Achille Lauro in 1985 and is responsible for the murder of U.S. citizen Leon Klinghoffer.</p>

This photo has made the rounds on the internet/e-mail and that is how I got it. Now, my shipmates would like to make this part of a USN Briefing and we need to find out which ship this is. http://home.att.net/~ebmilstein/why_we_are_here_2.jpg

<p>Do these colors run?</p> <p>If they are red, white and blue and worn openly by San Francisco police officers, they will have to go.</p> <p>Acting police Chief Alex Fagan on Monday said it was inappropriate for officers to don American flag bandannas while policing war protests.</p>