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MASK CHECK — Air Force Maj. Dan Gernert, an F-16CJ aircraft pilot deployed from the 77th Fighter Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, SC, to the 363rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, adjusts his oxygen mask prior to taking off for a mission on March 27. Aircraft move around the clock to support Operation Iraqi Freedom at this forward-deployed location in Southwest Asia. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Hannen

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS — Army Capt. James Harwell, chemical officer for 3rd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Squadron, does a chemical analysis of a Russian-made Kamaz tracked vehicle carrying Ababil missles that was captured by 3-7 Cavalry Squadron in central Iraq on March 28. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Igor Paustovski

FRIENDLY FORCES — Members of the 39 (1 Photo Reconnaissance Unit) Squadron, British Royal Air Force, perform nightly maintenance on a Canberra PR9, a photographic reconnaissance aircraft, March 29. The 39 (1 PRU) Squadron is deployed from Royal Air Force Marham, in the United Kingdom, and provides aerial intelligence to coalition forces while operating alongside the 410th Air Expeditionary Wing in a forward-deployed location. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III

154 posted on 03/31/2003 9:36:05 AM PST by Kathy in Alaska (God Bless America and our Military Who Protect Her.)
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To: radu; MoJo2001; snippy_about_it; TEXOKIE; grantswank
Current Military News
Marines at Prayer


A U.S. Marine from 7 Battalion prays during a Catholic mass in a camp in the desert, some 150-km (93 miles) north of the town of Nassiriya on March 31, 2003. U.S. forces battled Iraqi fighters south of Baghdad and pummeled the capital from the air on Monday in a marked intensification of the 12-day-old war, and at least one American soldier was killed in one of several firefights around towns and river crossings in the south. REUTERS/Oleg Popov


A U.S. marine from 7 Battalion holds his M-16 rifle as he prays during a Catholic mass in a camp in the desert, some 150-km (93 miles) north of the town of Nassiriya on March 31, 2003.


Father Durine, a Chaplain of the Seventh Marine regiment shows the Cross during a Catholic mass in the desert of Iraq, some 150-km (93 miles) north of the town of Nassiriyah on March 31, 2003. REUTERS/Oleg Popov


U.S. marines from 7 Battalion attend a Catholic mass in a camp in the desert, some 150-km (93 miles) north of the town of Nassiriyah on March 31, 2003. U.S. forces ramped up the pressure on President Saddam Hussein on Monday, blasting Baghdad with powerful air strikes and probing closer to the capital. REUTERS/Oleg Popov


Father Durine, a Chaplain of the Seventh Marine regiment, blesses a U.S. Marine from 7 Battalion during a Catholic mass in the camp, in the desert some 150 km north of the town of Nassiriya, March 30, 2003. REUTERS/Oleg Popov


Father Durine, a Chaplain of the Seventh Marine regiment presides during a Catholic mass in the camp some 150 kilometers north of the town of Nassiriyah, March 31, 2003.


155 posted on 03/31/2003 9:42:00 AM PST by SAMWolf (Embarrassed to be an American? Let me help you move to France.)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; MoJo2001; All

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158 posted on 03/31/2003 9:53:04 AM PST by Bethbg79 (Sorry about the link, some has to show me how to do that..lol)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
A member of aircraft handling crew leans at the engine of a S-3B Viking for a rest after strike operations at the USS Harry S. Truman Monday, March 31, 2003. . (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

A MODERN DAY HIMMLER:
German doctor Eberhard Hoffmann is seen in front of his practice in Rendsburg, northern Germany, on Friday, March 28, 2003. Hoffmann has hung a sign on his door, refusing to treat 'Americans, Britons and any others who support the war' in Iraq. (AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer)

AF/A-18 Hornet returns from a strike operation against Iraq to the flight deck off the USS Harry S. Truman on Monday, March 31, 2003. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

U.S. 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Fox Company 'Raiders' Captain Rick Crevier, from Placidville, California, inspects an Iraqi arms cache at a military installation south of Nassiriya in central Iraq on March 31, 2003. U.S. troops fought Iraqi militia and Republican Guard units on the Euphrates river near the site of ancient Babylon on Monday in what is believed to be the closest land battle yet to Baghdad. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan

U.S. 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Fox Company Gunnery Sergeant Gy Sgt. Mike Siironen 'The Gunny,' from Duluth, Minnesota, flashes the v-sign as he walks by an Iraqi mural at a military installation south of Nassiriya, March 31, 2003. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan

NOW INSPECTIONS ARE WORKING!
U.S. 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Fox Company 'Raiders' Captain Rick Crevier, from Placidville, California views an Iraqi arms cache consisting of NBC chemical protection suits, masks and ammunition at a military installation south of Nassiriya, March 31, 2003. U.S. troops fought Iraqi militia and Republican Guard units on the Euphrates river near the site of ancient Babylon on Monday in what is believed to be the closest land battle yet to Baghdad. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan

Hey Hans Blix: OVER HERE!
U.S. 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Fox Company 'Raiders' Captain Rick Crevier shows an Iraqi arms cache consisting of NBC suits, masks and ammunition at a military installation south of Nassiriya in central Iraq on March 31, 2003. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan

Seen through a tapestry with Arabic script, U.S. Army soldiers aim towards a bridge over the Euphrates River which the U.S. Army seized in Al Hindiyah, Iraq Monday, March 31, 2003. The Army's Task Force 4-64, part of the 3rd Infantry Division, took the bridge as part of its campaign to move north towards Baghdad.(AP Photo/John Moore)

U.S. Army soldiers from A Company 3rd Battalion 7th Infantry Regiment approach an injured woman who was caught in the crossfire with Iraqi forces over the Euphrates River when the U.S. Army siezed a bridge in Al Hindiyah, Iraq Monday, March 31, 2003. The Army's Task Force 4-64, part of the 3rd Infantry Division, took the strategic bridge in its move north towards Baghdad. The woman, who was near a dead civilian man, was bleeding and apparently shot in the buttock. (AP Photo/John Moore

U.S. marines from 7 Battalion attend a Catholic mass in a camp in the desert, some 150-km (93 miles) north of the town of Nassiriyah on March 31, 2003. U.S. forces ramped up the pressure on President Saddam Hussein on Monday, blasting Baghdad with powerful air strikes and probing closer to the capital. REUTERS/Oleg Popov

TRASH PATROL! NO KIDDING!
U.S. marines line up to clean up the trash of their camp prior to their departure to the north near Ad Diwaniyah in south central Iraq, Monday, March 31, 2003. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

Smoke billows form Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's palace in Baghdad, after it was hit during a coalition air raid.(AFP/Karim Sahib)

PETER ARNETT’S HERO:

An explosion is seen in the desert as U.S. bomb disposal experts destroy ammunition abandoned by Iraqi soldiers in Umm Qsar, southern Iraq , in this March 30 photo made available Monday March 31, 2003. More than 3,000 lbs(1,634 Kg) of ammunition, mines and missiles were disposed of. The port city of Umm Qsar is key to the coalition getting humanitarian aid and military supplies into Iraq. (AP Photo/Alan Evans/POOL)

A U.S. Army soldier provides security as American forces seize a bridge over the Euphrates River in Al Hindiyah Monday, March 31, 2003. The Army's Task Force 4-64, part of the 3rd Infantry Division, took the bridge as part of it's campaign to move north towards Baghdad.(AP Photo/John Moore)

Clouds of smoke rise after U.S. Marine engineers used plastic bombs to blow up the artillery abandoned at an Iraqi military base in the deserts near the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, Monday, March 31, 2003. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

BAGHDAD OR BUST. READY OR NOT, SADDAM & CO.: HERE WE COME.

168 posted on 03/31/2003 10:28:02 AM PST by FBD (May God bless our troops, and all coalition forces!)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

170 posted on 03/31/2003 10:33:23 AM PST by Minty
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