Just in case you are peeking into the Canteen...........
Posted on 06/13/2004 8:06:37 PM PDT by StarCMC
Give blackie my best and tell the cheese bike is almost done and it sounds like he and it are winding up at about the same time.
CLASS OF '04 — The first graduates of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps Professional Leadership Development Course wait to receive their certificates of completion at Forward Operating Base Danger in Tikrit, Iraq, June 10, 2004. U.S. Army Drill Sergeants trained the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps soldiers. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Army Spc. Algernon E. Crawley Jr.
1st Infantry Division Graduates Iraqi Leadership Class
TIKRIT, Iraq, June 14, 2004 — Members of the 1st Infantry Division, local dignitaries and other guests were on hand June 10, 2004, for an Iraqi Civil Defense Corps Primary Leadership Development Course graduation ceremony, according to 1st Infantry Division officials.
The class was the first to graduate from the newly opened North Central Iraqi Civil Defense Corps Regional Training Center at Forward Operating Base Danger. After the graduation, the facility was dedicated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The new facility will also host basic training for Iraqi Civil Defense Corps soldiers.
Maj. Gen. John R.S. Batiste, commander of the 1st Infantry Division and Task Force Danger, and Brig. Gen. Abdul Kadar, deputy chief of staff of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps, were guest speakers at the event. During his remarks, Batiste congratulated the graduates and thanked them for their service.
“The road to a peaceful and secure Iraq may take some time, but your commitment to law and order and to peace and freedom will make a significant difference in our journey towards this goal,” Batiste said to the graduates.
Waterbabies really works. They tell you to go outside if it bothers you to hear your baby cry. But I thought the crying was more for the stanger than the water. The VERY BEST thing they taught my niece, at that tiny age, was to flip on her back to float and rest. It was a sight to behold to see a little one be paddling along and suddenly flip onto her back and just rest.
Very nice, Tonkin, well said.
6/14/2004 - ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- Thousands of well-wishers watch as a VC-25 takes off from the flightline here with former President Ronald Reagan's casket onboard following his state funeral service at the National Cathedral in Washington on June 11. President Reagan was flown to the Nation's Capitol on June 9 following his death June 5. President Reagan's remains were flown to Simi Valley, Calif., for a private sunset burial. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jim Varhegyi)
Smooth...Ray Charles. Thanks, ms feather.
OVER ALASKA -- An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 18th Fighter Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker from the Air National Guard's 108th Air Refueling Squadron at Scott AFB, Ill., June 11 during Northern Edge '04. The exercise is Alaska Command's joint training exercise designed to enhance interoperability among the services. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Strang)
040611-N-6213R-038 Gulf of Alaska (Jun. 11, 2004) - On the flight deck aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), sailors perform a 21-gun salute in honor of former President Ronald Reagan on the day of his final internment at the Reagan Presidential Library, in Simi Valley, Calif. Ronald Reagan, the 40th U.S. President of the United States, passed away recently after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease. Stennis and embarked Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are at sea participating in Exercise Northern Edge, part of a scheduled deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Mark J. Rebilas (RELEASED)
040611-N-8209D-045 San Diego, Calif. (Jun. 11, 2004) - As the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) returns from a routine underway period, Sailors assigned to Naval Air Station North Island Weapons Department take part in a 21-gun salute in memory of former President Ronald Reagan during the National Day of Mourning for the late President. The Sailors, who synchronized their volleys with those of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), fired one round every minute for 21 minutes beginning at noon. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class John DeCoursey (RELEASED)
040611-N-7263H-003 Atlantic Ocean (June 11, 2004) - An EA-6B Prowler assigned the "Rooks" of Electronic Attack Squadron One Three Seven (VAQ-137) is refueled by an S-3B Viking assigned to the "Maulers" of Sea Control Squadron Three Two (VS-32) during an air power demonstration above the USS Enterprise (CVN 65). Enterprise is one of seven carriers involved in Summer Pulse 2004. Summer Pulse 2004 is the simultaneous deployment of seven aircraft carrier strike groups (CSGs), demonstrating the ability of the Navy to provide credible combat power across the globe, in five theatres with other U.S., allied, and coalition military forces. Summer Pulse is the Navy's first deployment under its new Fleet Readiness Plan (FRP). U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class William F Howell (RELEASED)
040614-O-0000X-004 Washington, D.C. (Jun 14, 2004) – File photo of the Boeing 737-MMA cockpit - The Department of Defense announced today that McDonnell Douglas Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Boeing Company, has been awarded the contract to develop the U.S. Navy’s Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA). Built on a modified Boeing 737-800ERX, the 737-MMA will bringing together a highly reliable airframe and high-bypass turbo fan jet engine with a fully connected, state-of-the-art open architecture mission system. This combination, coupled with next-generation sensors, will dramatically improve Anti-Submarine Warfare, or ASW, and Anti-Surface Warfare, or ASuW, capabilities. 737-MMA will ultimately replace the U.S. Navy’s aging fleet of P-3C Orion Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance aircraft. Photo provided to the U.S. Navy courtesy Boeing (RELEASED) For more information go to: http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/factfile/aircraft/air-mma.html
Blackie, get yoself back here!
We miss you!
"First things first."
"One day at a time."
And most importantly:
"KEEP IT SIMPLE, SIR!"
run-a-muck and momma cat just came in
sylvester has been gone since this mornings breakfast
he must be on mouse patrol
*HUG*
Teenage wetland: A backyard gym makes a pretty good diving platform for two boys in the flooded Pelican Bay area of Eagle Mountain Lake, Texas.
U.S. Army Spc. Kenneth O'Kelley, 841st Adjutant General Compan., sorts outgoing mail at the post office. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Chris Stump
Bagram Post Office Keeps Mail Coming, Going
By U.S. Army Pfc. Chris Stump
17th Public Affairs Detachment
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, June 14, 2004 — Keeping mail flowing smoothly into and out of a combat zone is no easy task - but soldiers at the Bagram Post Office are working tirelessly to make that happen.
Soldiers assigned to the 841st Adjutant General Company, U.S. Army Reserve from Tulsa, Okla., recently took charge of the Bagram facility and several others in Afghanistan. The company has platoons at the post offices in Karshi-Kahanabad, Uzbekistan and Kandahar - with plans to open another office in Salerno this month, said Sgt. 1st Class Randy LeClair, Bagram Post Office postmaster.
LeClair, who is also a postmaster for the U.S. Postal Service, manages the military post office the same way that he does his post office back home, he said. There are virtually no differences in the way mail operations are run between military and civilian offices.
“We have everything a U.S. Post Office has,” said LeClair. “We send priority mail, we insure mail and provide all the same customer services that our civilian counterparts do.”
Providing all those services to troops is often hard work - especially for an office that processes 66 percent of all military mail in Afghanistan, he said.
The Bagram facility receives 30 to 40 pallets of mail a week, added LeClair. Everything from letters to boxes arrives via aircraft into Bagram.
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