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Pfc. Katty Marie Le Blanc, a native of Boston, and Spc. Reuben Jones, a native of Gainesville, Fla., display eight turkeys that will be used for the brigade's Thanksgiving dinner throughout the Adhamiyah and Sadr City Districts of Baghdad. Photo by Sgt. Jerry Saslav, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs. FOB WAR EAGLE — Soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, will enjoy a feast of fresh turkey with all the fixings this Thanksgiving holiday. Three months ago, food service technicians and officers began planning for this celebration to ensure that every Soldier operating...

United Airlines has said that it will not end free meals in coach class on international flights, as announced earlier this summer. The carrier had said it would trial a program on transatlantic flights from Washington Dulles International Airport, in which travelers in coach class would be charged for food, and meals in Business and First Classes would be free......

BEIRUT (Reuters) - At "Buns and Guns" you can order a "Kalashnikov" sandwich from a bullet-shaped menu, prepared by chefs in military fatigues with the roar of explosions as background music. This new fast food restaurant in Beirut's southern suburbs, where the Hezbollah movement holds sway, was the brainchild of co-owner Ali Hammoud. He said the war theme was a novel concept that had nothing to do with Lebanon's bloody recent history. BEIRUT (Reuters) - At "Buns and Guns" you can order a "Kalashnikov" sandwich from a bullet-shaped menu, prepared by chefs in military fatigues with the roar of explosions...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2007 – When troops stationed in the Middle East sit down to Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow, the turkey won’t come in a brown field rations pouch. Defense Supply Center Philadelphia's Subsistence Division is responsible for making sure each dining facility has all the food it needs to provide a traditional holiday meal like this one in 2006. Defense Department photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Thanks to the efforts of the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia’s efforts, troops stationed in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Dubai and Djibouti will enjoy a traditional holiday meal. “Historically, Thanksgiving dinner is one...

MIAMI -- Jewish inmates who follow strict religious diets at state prisons are no longer provided meals in line with their beliefs. Muslims must now eat vegan food to satisfy their religious requirements. The Corrections Department has ended the Jewish Dietary Accommodation Program, which provided kosher meals to not only Jews, but to Muslims as well, because the state prison system does not offer halal food. Cost -- and fairness -- were cited as factors. "We have 100 faiths represented by DOC inmates, so it would be impossible to satisfy everyone's preferences and unfair to do it for one group...

KOROLYOV, Russia - A Russian-built Soyuz capsule docked at the international space station late Monday, two days after blasting off from the Baikonur cosmodrome with U.S. billionaire Charles Simonyi and two Russian cosmonauts aboard. Once the capsule is secured to the station, it will take roughly two hours before the Soyuz crew are able to open the air locks and greet face-to-face the station's current crew — Russian Mikhail Tyurin and American astronauts Miguel Lopez-Alegria and Sunita Williams. Simonyi shelled out $20-25 million to be the world's fifth paying private space traveler. The arrival of a new crew is always...

CHICAGO - Harvey Bumpus doesn't like to eat alone. But his wife died more than a year ago and his family is scattered across the country. Most nights, he heats up a simple meal of oatmeal or hot dogs and eats alone. "I don't have much choice," said the 82-year-old retired correctional officer who looks forward to Christmas as one of the few days each year when he gathers with his family. But when the planes, trains and automobiles that brought everyone together take his family away — he, like millions of other elderly people, will be alone again. Now,...

Inflight Meal Served by Koryo Airline, N. Korea's Only Airline

Something horrifying is happening in the waters off Brazil. Sharks are attacking surfers near the city of Recife at an unprecedented rate, scaring the locals and forcing the government to ban the sport at one of it’s most popular beaches. Over the past decade, 45 people have been attacked by bull sharks in the region, 16 were deadly. And while these attacks are not unheard of, the fact the port city had recorded only one in the 75 years prior, is perplexing. Are the sharks rebelling? Have they had enough of people overcrowding their home? Or is there something less...

ABOARD USS RONALD REAGAN, At Sea (NNS) -- Mothers aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) received a warm embrace from Sailors from the Supply Department as a special luncheon celebration was prepared for them on the aft mess decks May 10. The ceremony was designed to celebrate Mother’s Day for the hundreds of mothers assigned to Ronald Reagan, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 7 and Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7, who will be away from their children on the special day. Culinary Specialists, food service attendants and members of the ship's 3 & 2 Association provided the...

CAMP PENDLETON, California, Nov. 28, 2005 - National holidays are normally spent in celebration with family and friends, but for Marines, holidays often come while serving their country overseas. Due to the current operational tempo, the Marines of 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division will not be afforded the opportunity to enjoy the company of their families in the upcoming holidays, but will be with their green family while serving another deployment. In order to provide some compensation for the Marines and their families, more than 100 Albertson’s associates from 18 South Orange County stores, as well as...

U.S. Army Col. Mike Fant, commander, 525th Military Intelligence Brigade, Fort Bragg, N.C., Col. James H. Huggins II, Multi-National Corps - Iraq inspector general, and Maj. Parris McCullah, MNC-I Reserve Component Division stay-behind equipment liaison officer, stand in front of the Al-Faw Palace at Camp Victory, Iraq. The soldiers are graduates of Northwest High School in Clarksville, Tenn. U.S. Army photo U.S. Army Col. Mike Fant, Col. James H. Huggins II, Maj. Parris McCullah High-School Classmates Share Meal in Iraq By U.S. Army Spc. Jeremy D. Crisp Multi-National Corps - Iraq CAMP VICTORY, Iraq, Oct. 24, 2005 — There...

USS NIMITZ, PERSIAN GULF, Sept. 20, 2005 – Sailors and Marines aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) were served a steak dinner Sept. 14 cooked by employees of Outback Steakhouse and Carrabba’s Italian Grill. According to Joel Barker, director of research and development for Serious Food Operations, Outback sponsored the all-day buffet, known as “Feeding Freedom”, for the crew of more than 4,600 men and women in uniform as a way of saying thank you. “When I was approached with this opportunity, there was no question in my mind about it,” Barker said. “I’m sure that sometimes being...

SANTA CLARITA -- A hastily formed organization advocating the separation of church and state admonished Mayor Cameron Smyth for lending use of his title to a prayer breakfast to be sponsored today by a Christian men's group headed by a conservative Republican activist. "I am charging Cameron Smyth with misuse of his official title of mayor," Bruce McFarland told the City Council on Tuesday. McFarland is a member of Santa Clarita for Separation of Church and State, formed earlier this week as Smyth prepared to attend the Mayor's Prayer Breakfast sponsored by The Dunamis Group. "The title and honor of...

Laksamana.Net - Sumatran tigers, on the brink of extinction due to poaching and rampant illegal logging, killed 18 people in and around a conservation forest in Riau province last year, an official said Monday (10/1/05). The attacks took place in the 150,000-acre Senepis Tiger Conservation Area and in outlying villages, said John Kenedie, head of Riau’s Nature Conservation Office. "In 2004 alone, 18 villagers were killed. Over the past five years, there have been 40 locals who had fallen prey of the Sumatran tigers," he was quoted as saying by state news agency Antara. He said the endangered tigers often...

Whether you are a school board in California, an ice cream company in Vermont or a fast food place, with outlets across the country, you are in the cross hairs of people who see you, pardon the metaphor, as their meal ticket.

BEND, Ore. (AP) - When Linda Bertolani left her front door ajar for her Himilayan cat, she got another feline visitor - a full-grown cougar. The cougar sneaked into her kitchen Sunday night and let out a high-pitched scream, Bertolani said. He had her 16-year-old cat, Sebastian, in his mouth. "You should have seen Sebastian's fur flying," Bertolani said. The cougar dropped Sebastian, ran from the house and vanished over a fence before the police and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife got there. Sebastian is recovering at home. Corey Heath, a Deschutes Wildlife District biologist, said no other...

One random selection: Two 16 oz. ribeyes, one lb. turkey breast (sliced thin), twelve strips of bacon, two large hamburgers with mayo, onion, and lettuce, two large baked potatoes with butter, sour cream, cheese, and chives, four slices of cheese or one-half pound of grated cheddar cheese, chef salad with blue cheese dressing, two ears of corn on the cob, one pint of mint chocolate chip ice cream, and four vanilla Cokes or Mr. Pibb...The list is here.