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To: Kathy in Alaska
 
 
President Bush attended the Presidential Reenlistment of Military Service Members ceremony Tuesday in Washington, D.C., to mark the 30th anniversary of the all-volunteer force.
 
 
 
 
Plebe Daniel Conley’s head is shaved during Induction Day at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.
 
 
 
 
Plebes study a copy of “Reef Points” while waiting for their next station during Induction Day.
 
 
 
 
Plebe Justine Whipple is fitted for a cover.
 
 
 
 
Plebes learn how to adjust their caps.
 
 
 
Children surround a soldier distributing a local newspaper printed by Iraqi journalists in Fallujah, Iraq.
 
 
 
A child reaches for the hand of a soldier in an Army tank in Fallujah on Wednesday.
 
 
 
 
Soldiers monitor a fire started by locals trying to extract copper from high-tension electrical lines in Fallujah on ay.
 
 


137 posted on 07/02/2003 3:55:27 PM PDT by Radix (For every Burka that Tom Kow sells, I'll buy a round of pancakes for the Canteen gang.)
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To: Radix

A child reaches for the hand of a soldier in an Army tank in Fallujah on Wednesday.

That's a WHAT?!?

That, Folks, is an M998 HMMWV - a "Hummer" - in 4-passenger configuration. We call these, "Limo's".

This is what I drive when my unit cruises to the field.

Tank, indeed...

144 posted on 07/02/2003 5:09:59 PM PDT by Old Sarge (Serving the Home Front on Operation Noble Eagle!)
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