Posted on 07/16/2003 2:05:11 AM PDT by Radix
ALAMEDA, Calif., July 14 -- The Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell returns home to Alameda, Calif. to fanfare and water display from an Oakland and San Francisco fire boat. Boutwell left Alameda on January 3 in support of U.S. operations in the Persian Gulf and the Iraqi War. USCG photo by PACS Bruce Pimental
First Lt. Angelica Ontiveros inspects the tail rotor section of her aircraft before a training flight. Ontiveros is a Black Hawk pilot assigned to the 1st Infantry Division's Company B, 2nd Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, currenly operating from Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Ken Petzold.
Named after a WWII Veteran and ran by 916th engineer detachment, Camp Ervin Dachtler, will provide the district of Dikhil region with a water supply. Photo by: Sgt. Bradly Shaver
Sgt. 1st Class Russell Theurer, 916th engineer detachment commander, operates the controls of a rig at Camp Ervin Dachtler. Their goal is to provide the district of Dikhil region with a water supply. Photo by: Sgt. Bradly Shaver
Well drillers bring water to Dikhil
Submitted by: Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa
Story Identification Number: 200371624545
Story by Sgt. Matthew B. Roberson
DIKHIL, Djibouti(July 15, 2003) -- Soldiers from the U.S. Army's 916th engineer detachment, in conjunction with the Djiboutian Ministry of Agriculture, are in the process of constructing a well here to supply the district of Dikhil region with a much-needed water supply.
A key element in the counter-terrorism mission of CJTF-HOA is making a positive difference in the lives of people in the region and their environment. This element is where the 916th engineer detachment will make its mark.
"We are doing the same thing that Civil Affairs does," said Sgt. 1st Class Russell Theurer, 916th engineer detachment commander. "Instead of going out and killing bad guys, you have to have a counter part to that. If we came in here and just had a force going out and killing the enemy, then the local population would view us as warmongers."
Theurer said the engineers and Civil Affairs use a close partnership to inform the community about the task force's intentions in the region.
Bobby Hamilton Jr. celebrates the No. 25 Team Marines victory in the Tropicana Twister 300 Busch Series Race at Chicagoland Speedway on Saturday. Photo by: TMR Racing
Bobby Hamilton Jr. celebrates the No. 25 Team Marines victory in the Tropicana Twister 300 Busch Series Race at Chicagoland Speedway on Saturday. Photo by: TMR Racing
Team Marines Racing wins again
Submitted by: Marine Corps Recruiting Command
Story Identification Number: 2003714145246
Story by Sgt. Jimmie Perkins
MARINE CORPS RECRUITING COMMAND(July 14, 2003) -- Bobby Hamilton Jr., driver of the No. 25 Team Marines Ford, and Team Marines Racing chalked up another victory in the Tropicana Twister 300 NASCAR Busch Series Race for a packed grandstand of race fans July 12 at Chicagoland Speedway.
"To see that Eagle, Globe, and Anchor come screaming by at speed is an electric thrill that only endears us more to the people of this nation. Seeing it in Victory Lane further solidifies our place in the hearts and minds of our country and its young people," said Capt. Steven Lowery, Marine Corps Recruiting Command. "I think that the NASCAR program is a tremendous benefit to our marketing program and the recruiting effort in that it serves as an exciting weekly reminder to the country of just who we are and what we are about."
Hamilton dominated from start to finish, leading 186 of the 200 laps in the race.
A three-week-old puppy of a 'tea cup' poodle dozes off in a mug cup as a grown up dog of the same breed sits beside it at a Tokyo pet shop Wednesday, July 16, 2003. The newly bred poodles, usually born less than 100 grams (0.24 pounds), became popular in a small pet boom. The puppy is tagged for 650,000 yen ($5509). (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)
Bobby the penguin sits with a bowl of apples on a dining table made of ice in Old Billingsgate Market in London, July 16, 2003. The table was part of an ice house made of 30 tonnes (30,000 kg) of ice which took five weeks to sculpt and which will be used as a display area for one day by the Samsung home appliances company. REUTERS/Stephen Hird
Welcome home from a hard day at the office. ROTFLOL!! Did you work hard and get lots of reports done? Did you then get the nut house payroll department straightened out re your vacation days?
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Ahhhh....Ginger and Astaire - loved watching them do their moves on the dance floor.
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