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American Classic Car Show to benefit the Fisher House will be at Tysons Corner at the Wachovia Bank Tower 1753 Pinnacle Drive, McLean, VA. Muscle cars, classic cars,food,games and fun 12 NOON until 4PM.From 123 South, turn Right on International Drive,Left on Greensboro Drive,left on Pinnacle follow the signs to Wachovia Bank Tower.

Just a simple request. I am doing some personal research into Iraqi civilian casualties. However, I believe I'm running into several politically biased sources and I figured I could ask those more knowledgeable and find those sources if I asked here. Would anyone here have a link or source for looking this up?

When the three military academies play one another there is nothing quite like it. Dick Vermeil once described Army-Navy this way: "It is the only game where you will see 22 players knock each other down on the opening kickoff." But there's no bitterness, no anger. Occasionally there's trash-talking because kids are still kids, but not much. For years, the players at Army and Navy thought the players at Air Force were cocky. In truth, they were simply better, which is why they dominated the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy for 20 years, holding onto it for 17 years during that period. Now...

No reason. I was just wandering around on YouTube, came across these and thought I'd just go ahead and post it, seeing as so many Freepers are/were military. Army Cadences: Hail Oh Infantry US Marine running cadence 'Hey that Jodie boy'

Here are the quotes from his own website. • Fact: ACORN was not part of Project Vote, the successful voter registration drive Barack ran in 1992. Even before I was an elected official, when I ran Project Vote voter registration drive in Illinois, ACORN was smack dab in the middle of it, and we appreciate your work.” Obama is clearly lying on his fight the smears site. Do not trust it. 1st qoute is fight the smears. Second one is off his own site. Made by him. The fact is fight the smears is just a site dedicated to covering...

You've heard in our liberal media how our troops are discouraged, depressed and everyone wants to withdraw to come home or get out. Maybe that is why the liberal media failed to report in any substancial manner the largest troop reenlistment in U.S. Military history. It took place on the 4th of July, 2008 at the Al Faw Palace, Baghdad, Iraq. General Petraeus officiated over the ceremony in which 1,215 soldiers reenlisted.

081005-M-0572C-046 ARABIAN SEA (Oct. 5, 2008) A Marine from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit jumps about 30 feet from the starboard aircraft elevator of the USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) during a swim call in the Arabian Sea. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26 MEU) and ships of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group are conducting maritime security operations in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob W. Chase/Released)

Don’t ask about the remotely-controlled American drones armed with missiles that are now hunting across the Pakistani border, searching through the mountain peaks, valleys and dusty villages inside Pakistan ....And certainly don’t ask about the troops on bases here in Afghanistan who don’t wear uniforms, have long beards, tattoos and don’t mingle with regular soldiers. They eat in their own chow halls, plan their own missions and don’t talk much. They don’t talk at all to the media. They’re the men who have been called in to cross into Pakistan when the drones can’t get deep enough. They are elite...

We’ve done it - again. After nearly 10 months of sweating, cussing, and prodding, XZ 439 made four successful takeoffs and more important - - four successful landings. Equal numbers of each, which is a good thing. The weekends of checking the systems, repairs, sheet metal work, and the endless gear retractions and extensions, plus the emergency gear extensions, all paid benefits. We had another Gas Turbine Starter (GTS) decide it was time to go on one of our taxi checks, but this time, we were better prepared. No chicken dances. We calmly and coolly extinguished the fire. No...

Hi all! I'm looking for a specific picture to print and display as I teach a homeschool class on Veterans' Day. We're doing the class in October in preparation for building a VDay float in November. The pic I want is of an elderly veteran (probably WWII) hugging an injured Marine (in dress uniform) - the Marine has lost an arm and has a hook/prosthetic device. It is a wonderfully illustrative pic for those who have sacrificed - young and old. If anyone could find this pic for me, Freepers can. And yes,I have googled but am exhausted and was...

The last remaining survivor of the sinking of WWII battle cruiser HMS Hood in May 1941 has died at the age of 85, his naval association has said.

BOSTON -- A common thread ties the lives of U.S. soldiers that goes beyond the war zones where they served. Team 5 Investigates found hundreds of servicemen and women have been cheated out of tens of thousands of dollars by a military outfitter.

USNA has beaten USAFA for the 6th consecutive year, 33-27!!!! GO NAVY, BEAT ARMY!

Again this weekend, Office Depot is selling the movie biography of John McCain, in their discount bin for only $5.00. Actually, it's two for one. So for $10 you get two movies. Among the choices are a range of Tom Sellick Louis Amour's, a lot of spooky Halloween stuff. And a treasure, "Why We Fight"...Winner of the Sundance Film Festival. I'VE SEEN "FAITH OF OUR FATHERS". I WAS RIVETED. EVERYONE KNOWS ME ON THIS FORUM, AND THEY KNOW, THAT I WASN'T FOUR SQUARE FOR MAC. BUT AFTER SEEING THAT MOVIE, I AM. I AM FOUR SQUARE BEHIND HIM. I'M RECOMMENDING...

Alliant Techsystems, an aerospace and defense firm commonly known as ATK, will team up with FN Manufacturing LLC on a $54.5 million contract from the U.S. Army to produce Mk19 Mod-3 grenade machine guns. Minneapolis-based ATK (NYSE: ATK) will perform barrel manufacture, gun assembly and test operations at the Mesa ordnance facility it acquired from Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) six years ago. FN Manufacturing will provide gun sub-assemblies. The Mk19 will be the first crew-served weapon produced by ATK, which currently manufactures 25mm through 40mm variants of its Bushmaster cannons that serve as the primary guns on Bradley fighting vehicles...

Jerome Ticker, dressed in a captain's Navy whites complete with Navy Cross, Silver Star and Purple Heart decorations, was quite the striking figure at his wedding in Slidell. The problem is, he never served in the Navy, or in any branch of the military. Ticker, 42, of the Holden community in Livingston Parish, had convinced his fiancée that he was a war hero, a Navy Seal festooned with medals, and so it was only fitting for him to decorate himself to a T for their April 12 nuptials. http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/index.ssf?/base/news-0/122292544363260.xml&coll=1

The Battle of Gonzales October 2 1835   Lt. Castaneda retired from the river bank and on the night of 29 Sep camped on high ground about 300 yards from the river on a spot subsequently known as DeWitt’s or Santa Anna’s Mound. Meanwhile, Dr. Launcelot Smithers who was in San Antonio at the time of the confrontation interceded with Col. Ugartechea and offered to act as peacemaker and negotiator between the colonists and Mexican forces if he would order his soldiers to refrain from hostile action. Also in the meantime, Capt. Martin was replaced by election as commander of...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia hopes to deploy a new nuclear missile next year designed to penetrate anti-missile defenses and will build eight submarines to carry it, defense officials said on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT The latest statements underline Moscow's determination to upgrade its nuclear strike forces on land, sea and air. They are regarded by Russian commanders as the cornerstone of the country's defenses. Colonel-General Vladimir Popovkin, head of armaments for the Russian armed forces, told the Defense Ministry newspaper "Red Star" that Russia's recent war with Georgia "compels us to rethink the current state of the armed forces and how they...

Infidel Pig, I write this to you to voice my displeasure and you seem to be as dissatisfied with the Obama/Biden ticket as I am. For the purpose of my story, call me Ishmael. I am a graduate of an American University, (UC Berkeley) and spent much time hanging out with Adam Gadahn AKA Azam the American prior to our both finding Allah. (this occurred after the Grateful Dead broke up and the drugs wore off, at that point we realized how horrible the band was.) we were tired of being involved with women hairier than we were and, since...

Help us give away $80,000 Squidoo is going to give away up to $80,000 to charity by October 15, 2008. Since our inception, we've been focused on helping people spread the word about and raise money for causes they believe in. To date, our community has earned enough money to support several animal shelters, to build a school in Cambodia, to invest in an entrepreneur in Tanzania and to pay for cutting edge research into the causes and cure of Juvenile Diabetes. Among many, many other wonderful stories and successful donations. Thank you. Along the way, Squidoo has also been...

The topic of the first debate was National Security. There has been no other time in the history of the United States where national security has been as important as it is right now. Sure, 4 years ago we said that also. Why? Because this same truth also applied 4 years ago. As the years go by, and the presidents come and go, men’s hearts grow in darker strains, and in those darker strains, they tend to get bolder and bolder in the desire to take action, until they are motivated enough to take action.

Found this documentary. Why it isn't shown in every school and college campus is obvious. The American people need to see this before they vote this year.

The Pentagon just released the latest Measuring Security and Stability in Iraq report. Here are some pull-outs from the Executive Summary. You can read the entire document: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/d20080930iraq.pdf My question is how will the MSM portray this report and what negatives will they focus on? It will also be interesting to see if the major papers and networks ignore the update. We'll see...

A tense standoff has developed in waters off Somalia over an Iranian merchant ship laden with a mysterious cargo that was hijacked by pirates. Somali pirates suffered skin burns, lost hair and fell gravely ill “within days” of boarding the MV Iran Deyanat. Some of them died. Andrew Mwangura, the director of the East African Seafarers’ Assistance Programme, told the Sunday Times: “We don’t know exactly how many, but the information that I am getting is that some of them had died. There is something very wrong about that ship.” The vessel’s declared cargo consists of “minerals” and “industrial products”....

Raytheon KillerBee Demonstrates Capabilities in Simulated Combat Environment Tuesday September 30, 9:00 am ET YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz., Sept. 30, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN - News) KillerBee unmanned aircraft system demonstrated its interoperability, integration and functionality as an end-to-end UAS combat system. ADVERTISEMENT During the demonstration, a Raytheon flight operations crew simulated a combat environment by delivering the KillerBee system to a remote location via Humvees. In less than 45 minutes, the crew set up the system and launched the UAS. The team then executed the operational scenario and safely retrieved the UAS with a unique net-recovery...

Summary: With the seizure of 20 motorcycles rigged with explosives, EFP IEDs, and other equipment by Nasiriya IPs, the government now has physical evidence which confirms the American intelligence information which has claimed that Shiite fighters have returned from Iran after they received months of training there. However, Iraq security officials stress that the Revolutionary Guard and Hezbollah who have trained the members of the Special Groups have facilitated the process of supplying them with weapons, tools and equipment so that these groups can utilize Shiite cities as bases for movement to conduct a series of attacks again the Iraqi...

LANCASTER [California] - During the Vietnam War, Soviet-made surface-to-air-missiles used by the North Vietnamese forces inflicted heavy casualties on U.S. aircraft. To counter this threat, the Air Force and the defense industry came together to quickly develop a means of identifying and disabling the SAM sites. Industry was able to develop electronic means of detecting the radar signals coming from the missile sites. In operation this meant sending in two-seat fighter aircraft, with an electronic warfare officer in the rear seat, to entice the missile sites to light up their radars, thus giving away their position for the strike aircraft...

Most of us condemn George. W. Bush for his main role in war on terror, people should realize before they show him the point of your accusing finger. He, started the war to erase terrorists forever from the world. He has been the true strength on whom the whole of America could rest, he has maintained the law & order very nicely in his regime. After the 9/11 attacks, there has been nothing not even a small attack, he made sure that all entry & exit points were guarded with care. Instead of blaming poor President Bush for everything, we...

Hello FRiends, lurkers, and trolls. I had planned on simply relaxing and watching a few videos on YouTube before nodding off. Little did I know that my favorite communist propaganda site would choose tonight of all nights to let a bad story make it past the screeners from the DNC. Immediately evident to me was the "Double Speak" since the language and idea's of George Orwell are more than relevant. This truly is 1984 if Barry's version of "Big Brother" or "Re-Education" is mandated for all the ugly and racist Americans. The posts of a diminutive foreign brunette who gives...

Among Them A Mahdi Army Leader After His return From Iran; Basrah: Organized Assassinations Increasing (Security/Crime) [Al Mashriq Newspaper] (23 SEP) Summary: As evidence of the increase of crime in the oil rich province, Basrah has recently witnessed several assassination incidents which have involved the use of motorcycles. Basrah IPs have confirmed there have been five assassinations in the past four days including a prominent Mahdi Army leader (which is loyal to the religious leader Muqtada Al Sadr). Basrah’s IP Command spokesman, COL Karim Al Zaidi said, “The motives of these crimes differ between political, tribal, or financial. The most...

Approximately 30,000 years after hunters took to adorning cave walls with their image of a deer, it occurred to them it might be more productive to consider the deer’s image of a hunter.

The Spirit of Alaska sits quietly next to The Spirit of America (82-1066) and another B-2. Taken at Whiteman AFB, Missouri (Sept. 17, 2008)

NASA and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory are looking for university and industry partners to establish the national hypersonic science centers. The jointly funded program will support university-level basic science or engineering research to improve the understanding of into flight at hypersonic speed, defined as Mach 5 or faster. NASA's Hypersonics' Project and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research plan to set aside up to $30 million over five years to fund the centers, meaning a maximum grant of about $2 million a year. The organizations are seeking white papers and proposals in three critical research areas: air-breathing...

I was officer of the deck from 1600 until 1800. I was serving on board a CVE, a so-called "baby flattop" or "jeep carrier," whose assigned duty was to escort a fleet of Navy tankers in the waters not so very far this side of the Philippines. Our mission was to protect the oilers while they steamed up and down in a very limited area close enough to the scene of operations so that Admiral Halsey could retire with the greater part of his powerful units and fuel his fleet, aircraft carriers and all, while the carriers' planes were over...

I doubt many in our military deserve leave more than Army First Sgt. Mike McGuire, who is deep into his second long tour in Iraq, overseeing a platoon of men hunting Improvised Explosive Devices on the most dangerous roads in the country. I am so pleased he'll be coming home to the States -- to Missouri, his home, and then to a ceremony in western Pennsylvania honoring the memory of fallen comrade Allan Bevington, and then to Walter Reed Army Medical Center to visit a wounded man in his platoon, Nick Koulchar. McGuire e-mailed the other day to say: "Getting...

Legs of marching N. Korean female soldiers were covered with stockings using Photoshop techniques, in order to conform to Islamic teaching. The top one is the photoshopped version, the second is the original photo

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LANCASTER [CALIFORNIA]- For the men and women flown in to the Antelope Valley to accept a little marble-and-brass immortality on the Lancaster Aerospace Walk of Honor, flying is all it was ever about. Each of those attending Saturday's ceremonies expressed love for the bright sunshine and clear blue skies over Edwards Air Force Base. Each knew the joy of the high-flying exploits best described in Tom Wolfe's classic of narrative journalism, "The Right Stuff," which celebrated the calculated cool, courage and humor of test pilots and astronauts. Ask retired Col. Joe Schiele. He piloted the C-141 Starlifter jet transport on...

<p>DAVISON , Mich. — As gifts go, Jim Richardson's choice for his father's 79th birthday was a long shot.</p> <p>Virgil Richardson fondly remembered the .30-caliber M1 Garand rifle he carried during his time as a soldier during the Korean War.</p> <p>He even still had the weapon's serial number.</p>

Author and McClatchy military columnist Joe Galloway will be at the Fort Lewis PX 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday to sign copies of his new book, "We Are Soldiers Still." (Review here.)It's a followup to his "We Were Soldiers Once ... And Young" with retired Lt. Gen. Hal Moore.If you don't have a Department of Defense sticker or ID, but you want to get a signed copy or meet the author, you can still get on Fort Lewis. Go to the visitor center at the main gate – Exit 120 off of Interstate 5 – and present your driver's license,...

FORT MORGAN, Ala. , Texas — When the waves from Hurricane Ike receded, they left behind a mystery — a ragged shipwreck that archeologists say could be a two-masted Civil War schooner that ran aground in 1862 or another ship from some 70 years later. The wreck, about six miles from Fort Morgan, had already been partially uncovered when Hurricane Camille cleared away sand in 1969. Researchers at the time identified it as the Monticello, a battleship that partially burned when it crashed trying to get past the U.S. Navy and into Mobile Bay during the Civil War.

She volunteered for deployment last summer and had been turned down twice. Couldn't go to Afghanistan 'cause female-friendly barracks and latrines were lacking, and then truck/track mechanics weren't needed in Egypt. Headed for Dix in Joisey and then Camp Shelby, Missippi. Christmas at home and then somewhere near Baghdad sometime in January. She volunteered, and is travelling with her best friend, but was having second thoughts as she clumb onto the green bus this mornin'.

Federal prosecutors have charged a North Idahoan with 2 offenses after a dispute over the price of a pop at the Boise VA hospital. -- SNIP -- Natalie Walters, now facing two counts that each carry a maximum sentence of six months in federal prison, thinks the case is a waste of taxpayer money and plans to fight the charges. -- SNIP -- The 39-year-old North Idaho resident periodically drives her father, a disabled Vietnam veteran, to Boise's VA Medical Center for doctor visits. She brings her own mug and fills it with soda in the hospital's cafeteria. The cafeteria...

Republican presidential nominee John McCain tells us he's pumped about the Cardinals' 2-0 start. Senator McCain shares a heroing story about Hall of Famer Ted Williams. McCain also gives us his take on the government's role in sports, Donald Fehr and how sports helped America heal after 9/11. Direct MP3 audio link here.

After capturing his seventh championship at the Reno National Championship Air Races, Bill "Tiger" Destefani says he's laying off the throttle.

Near U.S. 52 and Minnesota 55 in Inver Grove Heights, a memorial marks the spot where an Air Force B-52 bomber slammed into a cornfield 50 years ago today, killing seven of eight crewmen aboard. About 15 miles west, Bloomington resident Dave Mattsson pays tribute to the crash in the basement of his Cape Cod-style home. The 45-year-old aviation history buff has spent parts of a decade researching the Cold War crash and collecting everything from black and white photos to pieces of the plane. "Anything old you can touch tells a story," said Mattsson, a former skydiving instructor and...

Each Monday, this column turns a page in history to explore the discoveries, events and people that continue to affect the history being made today. Long before the Internet made viral marketing a cinch, one long-nosed little character named Kilroy made his way around the world the old-fashioned way, becoming a legend among the millions of military men and women who served during World War II. The rudimentary doodle, which featured a balding head peering over a wall along with the tag "Kilroy Was Here," popped up in unexpected places across all of the theaters of war visited by American...

I came across this picture on the web and I was curious about it. Does anyone have any information regarding the location or type or history of this magnificent machine? Thanks

My wife and I went to a Republican fund-raiser this weekend - a wine-tasting party. At our table an eldery couple sat down - both in their late 80's. The man was a WW II vet. Joked that he joined the army in 1940 only for one year and ended up getting out in 1946. Was in the Normandy invasion all the way to Germany. Was part of the group that liberated Dachau. Swore up and down that Patton was the greatest general ever. Had some good conversation with both he and his wife.

Hello Veterans, I am doing research for a paper for class and would like to know if anyone can point me to any B17 veterans organizations in or around St. Louis Missouri. This paper needs to be based on teamwork in aviation and I thought I might be able to do it on teamwork in a B17. Thanks for your help.