The FReeper Foxhole - Military Related News in Review - August 11th, 2003

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COALITION EFFORTS AID IN REBUILDING IRAQ

SOLDIER DIES FROM APPARENT HEAT STRESS

1ST ARMORED DIVISION SOLDIER FOUND DEAD

ANOTHER MEMBER OF "IRAQI TOP 55" IN COALITION CUSTODY

MISSILES, WEAPONS CONFISCATED

SOLDIER DIES IN SLEEP

SOLDIER DIES OF GUNSHOT WOUND

TASK FORCE IRONHORSE ENGINEERS HELP IRAQI TOWN

COALITION AND IRAQI PEOPLE WORK TO MAKE IRAQ SECURE

TWO SOLDIERS KILLED IN FIREFIGHT

SOLDIER DIES AFTER SEIZURE

SOLDIER KILLED IN ACCIDENTAL FALL

SOLDIER DIES FROM APPARENT HEART ATTACK

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Casuality Identification List for the past week from the DoD

August 8, 2003
DoD Identifies Army Casualties

The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Pvt. Kyle C. Gilbert, 20, of Brattleboro, Vt., was killed on Aug. 6 in Baghdad, Iraq. An Iraqi vehicle opened fire on Gilbert's unit. Gilbert died of injuries received during the ambush. Gilbert was assigned to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Sgt. Leonard D. Simmons, 33, of New Bern, N.C., died on Aug. 6 in Mosul, Iraq. Simmons died of a non-combat related cause. Simmons was assigned to C Company, 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

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August 7, 2003
DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today that Staff Sgt. Brian R. Hellerman, 35, of Freeport, Minn., was killed on Aug. 6 in Baghdad, Iraq. An Iraqi vehicle opened fire on Hellerman's unit. He died of injuries received during the ambush.

Hellerman was assigned to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

There were two soldiers killed during this ambush. The identity of the second soldier is being withheld pending next of kin notification.

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August 7, 2003
DoD Identifies Army Casualties

The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Spc. Farao K. Letufuga, 20, of Pago Pago, American Samoa, died on Aug. 5 in Mosul, Iraq. Letufuga fatally fell from the top of a building while he was performing guard duty. Letufuga was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

Spc. Zeferino E. Colunga, 20, of Bellville, Texas, died on Aug. 6 at Homburg University Hospital in Germany. Colunga was initially evacuated to the 28th Combat Support Hospital in Iraq on Aug. 4. He was then evacuated to Landstuhl Army Regional Medical Center and later to Homburg hospital for further evaluation. He remained at Homburg until his death. His death was unrelated to the recent cases of pneumonia in Southwest Asia. Colunga was assigned to 4th Squadron, 2nd Armored Calvary Regiment, Fort Polk, La.

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August 7, 2003
DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today that Staff Sgt. David L. Loyd, 44, of Jackson, Tenn., died on Aug. 5 in Kuwait. Loyd was on a mission when he experienced severe chest pains. The soldier was sent to the Kuwait hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Loyd was assigned to the 1175th Transportation Company, Army National Guard, Brownsville, Tenn.

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August 4, 2003
DoD Identifies Army Casualties

The Department of Defense announced today the identities of three soldiers who were killed while supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom:

Pvt. Michael J. Deutsch, 21, of Dubuque, Iowa was killed on July 31 in Baghdad, Iraq. Deutsch was in a vehicle that was struck by an explosive device. Deutsch was assigned to 1st Squadron, 1st Armored Cavalry Regiment, Armstrong Barracks, Germany.

Spc. James I. Lambert III, 22, of Raleigh, N.C. was killed on July 31 in Baghdad, Iraq. Lambert was struck by a stray bullet fired during what was believed to be a celebratory event by local nationals. Lambert was assigned to the 407th Combat Support Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C. The incident is under investigation.

Spc. Justin W. Hebert, 20, of Arlington, Wash., was killed on August 1 in Kirkuk, Iraq. Hebert was on patrol when his vehicle was struck by a rocket propelled grenade. Hebert was assigned to the 319th Field Artillery, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Camp Ederle, Italy.

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August 7, 2003


Air Force plans new special forces BDUs

8/7/2003 - WASHINGTON -- Air Force officials announced Aug. 6 plans for the wear test of a new utility uniform to possibly replace the current battle dress uniform.

The blue, gray and green tiger-stripe camouflage ensemble is a departure from the current woodland pattern uniform and includes many new features that are intended to increase functionality and provide a distinctive look for airmen of the 21st century, officials said.

Three-hundred uniforms will undergo wear testing from January to July at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska; Hurlburt Field, Fla.; Langley AFB, Va.; Luke AFB, Ariz.; McChord AFB, Wash.; Ramstein Air Base, Germany; Robins AFB, Ga.; Vandenberg AFB, Calif.; and Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. The test will generate feedback about fit, durability and functionality.

“Our intent is to create a uniform that will be distinctive, practical, easy to maintain, comfortable and, most important, a uniform you will be proud to wear,” said Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John P. Jumper.

“We have become a more expeditionary force, with less time at home to spend caring for the uniform,” Jumper said. “In the last 20 years, material technology has improved greatly. As a result, we have designed one uniform that can satisfy our various climates and utility needs, while eliminating the need for professional ironing to provide a polished appearance.”

Jumper said the distinctive Air Force uniform is designed to fit well, look sharp and require much less maintenance than the current uniform.

“We (also) need to ensure our airmen have a uniform that fulfills our unique air and space missions,” he added.



Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Gerald R. Murray, explains that great care is being taken to ensure the best possible uniform is created to meet future needs.

“I believe that one of the great strengths of our Air Force and its airmen is the ability to adapt to new missions, new technologies and an ever-changing world landscape,” he said. “This new utility uniform is another example of seeing a need for improvement and moving forward.”

A key step in bringing any new uniform item into service is feedback from airmen in the field, Murray said.

“I believe it’s a uniform fitting of the world’s greatest expeditionary Air Force and one that we will be proud to wear,” he said. “We want your feedback as well -- not shoot-from-the-hip feedback, but feedback that comes from seeing the uniform in action and thinking about how it will meet your needs based on your work environment.

“It’s important to remember that this is a wear test, and the decision about whether or not to adopt some, all or none of this uniform will be made after considering the results of the test and feedback about how it meets airmen’s needs,” Murray said.

According to officials, the wash-and-wear uniform will be easier to maintain and will not require professional laundering or starching. Officials estimate that home laundering will potentially save between $180 and $240 in laundry costs over the course of a year.

Unlike the current BDU, the new version comes in men’s and women’s cuts. The separate women’s uniform reflects the growth in the number of women in the service. In the late 1980s women comprised less than 13 percent of the total force; today nearly one in five airmen are women.

Officials said that preliminary study shows other possible advantages to the uniform include:

-- Using the same fabric identified by the Marines as the optimum material for wash-and-wear characteristics;

-- A camouflage pattern that corresponds to the jobs airmen do in most situations that require a utility uniform,

-- Recalling the “tiger-stripe” camouflage pattern used during the Vietnam War, but with the distinctive Air Force logo embedded into a color scheme that preliminary testing indicates may provide better camouflage.

Officials are also considering maintenance-free boots and alternative T-shirts.

The uniform patterns are being cut, with production to begin in November. Data collection and analysis, and any potential adjustments, will occur from August through October 2004. A final decision on the uniform is expected in December 2004. If approved, production could begin as soon as 2005, with a phase-in date to be determined.

by Tech. Sgt. David A. Jablonski - Air Force Print News

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August 3, 2003


First TSV-1X Vessel Scheduled to Preview 2005

The first experimental Theater Support Vessel USAV Spearhead (TSV-1X), made from 100 percent aluminum, was designed for high speed mobility and model for a standard version of the Army TSV vessel that is scheduled to debut 2005, said Chief Warrant Officer 3 Patrick May, Commander of TSV Spearhead, 469th Transportation Company, a detachment of 24th Transportation Battalion.

The TSV-1X Spearhead, commissioned late 2002, is an $85 million experimental product of the Advanced Concept Demonstration Program by the Office of U.S. Secretary of Defense and the U.S. Army. The vessel was meant to carry 34

Strykers, experimental six-wheeled armored vehicles designed to rapidly deploy troops to the fields, said Sgt. 1st Class Steven Simoneaux, TSV Spearhead marine maintenance supervisor.

The aluminum corrosion resistant vessel is approximately 380 feet length by 78 feet width in the middle and can carry 820 tons of cargo while getting speeds of up to 48 knots, said May.

The vessel has seating for 299 passengers and carry cargos such as cargo trucks, trailers, and other tactical vehicles. The older cargo vessels do not carry passengers, he added.



“The aluminum vessel has a certain swiveling feeling to it because it is light-weight. The whole vessel is made from four major parts, each four parts has shifting plates, which swings freely and automatically according to sea currents. This absorbs the shock and prevents the ship from cracking,” said Chief Warrant Officer 2 Richard Wagner, TSV Spearhead chief engineer.

The vessel has a hollow bottom with two sponsons on the sides, enabling it to glide over water currents with less water friction since the vessel barely touches the water, said Wagner.

The vessel has a capacity of 250,000 gallons of fuel. It burns 55 gallons of fuel for every nautical mile traveled at 40 knots cruising speed, said Simoneaux.

Despite the consumption of fuel, the operating expenses are a fourth of what it costs for a comparable size shipment via six cargo planes, said May.

With air, passengers travel separately. By the time passengers get their air cargos, the TSV vessel would have traveled to the same destination with the whole package, May said.

The TSV has four engines, three hydraulic systems, many pressure gauges and valves that are computerized. Older vessels have manual gauges and required human supervision, said Simoneaux.

There are security cameras installed everywhere on the vessel for security reasons, he added.

The vessel transported the 86th Combat Support Hospital in its journey to Qatar June 14. When the vessel is floating at the coastal line about ten miles off of mainland Qatar June 16, waiting for diplomatic permission to dock, the vessel crew pulls 24-hour protection shifts on waters known to have past terrorist attacks, said Spc. Kendall Venard, TSV Spearhead watercraft engineer, who manned one of the two squad automatic rifles on the front deck.

An inflatable boat with two soldiers carrying M-16 rifles makes circles around the vessel for precautionary measures. It is never too safe out on the sea, no matter how great the new vessel is, he added.

Story and Photos by Spc. Petersi Liu, CFLCC PAO

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On This Day In History


Birthdates which occurred on August 11:
1778 Friedrich Ludwig Jahn founder of turnverein (gymnastics) movement
1807 - David Atchison legislator: president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate, president of U.S. for one day [March 4, 1849], the Sunday before Zachary Taylor was sworn in
1823 Charlotte Mary Yonge England, writer (Heir of Redclyffe)
1833 Robert Green Ingersoll NY, author/politician/agnostic (Att Gen-R-Ill)
1837 Sadi Carnot engineer, French president (1887-94); assassinated
1862 Carrie Jacobs Bond Janesville Wisc, songwriter (I Love You Truly)
1867 Joseph Weber comedian (Weber & Fields)
1892 Hugh MacDiarmid Scotland, writer (Scots Unbound)
1897 Louise Bogan Maine, writer (Sleeping Fury)
1900 Alexander Mosolov Kiev Russia, composer (Zavod)
1900 Charles Paddock sprinter (world's fastest human of 1920s)
1902 Lloyd Nolan SF Calif, actor (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Peyton Place)
1911 Henry Kulky Hastings-on-Hudson NY, actor (Otto-Life of Riley)
1912 Jean Parker Montana, actress (Beyond Tomorrow, Little Women)
1913 Sir Angus Wilson England, writer (Mulberry Bush-1955)
1920 William Masselos Niagara Falls NY, pianist/prof (Juiliard 1976)
1921 Alex Haley US, author (Roots)
1924 Arlene Dahl Minneapolis Minnesota, actress/TV panelist (Ambush)
1925 Carl Rowan gun-toting newspaper columnist (Wash Post)
1925 Mike Douglas Chicago Ill, talk show host (Mike Douglas Show)
1926 Claus Von Bulow accused of murdering his wife
1927 Raymond Leppard London England, conductor (St Louis Symphony Orch)
1929 Alun Hoddinott Bargoed Wales, composer (Floriture)
1930 William A O'Neal (Gov-D-Ct)
1933 Jerry Falwell televangelist, Moral Majority head
1937 Anna Massey actress (De Sade, Doll's House)
1940 Kip King Chicago Ill, actor (Charlie & Company)
1941 Elizabeth Holtzman Bkln DA (D-Rep-NY, Watergate Committee)
1942 Mike Hugg drummer (Manfred Mann)
1946 Marilyn Vos Savant St Louis Mo, writer/world's highest IQ (Guinness)
1947 Jeff Hanna singer/guitarist (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
1947 Sergey Kovalneko USSR, basketball (Olympic-bronze-1968)
1949 Eric Carmen Cleveland, Ohio, rocker (All by Myself)
1949 Ian Charleson Edinburgh Scotland, actor (Jamie-Master of the Game)
1950 Erik Brann guitarist (Iron Butterfly)
1950 Steve Wozniak cofounded Apple Computer
1952 Ann Michelle England, actress (Virigin Witch)
1953 Hulk Hogan [Terry Bollea], Ga, WWF heavyweight champion (1984-89)
1953 Sanford Jensen South Haven Mich, actor (Foley Square)
1954 Lina Polito Naples Italy, actress (Love & Anarchy)
1955 Joe Jackson England, singer (Steppin' Out)
1959 Linda Rhys Vaughn Grossmont Ca, playmate (Apr, 1982)
1964 Hamish rocker (The Pasedenas-Riding on the Train)
1969 Eddie Garcia LA, actor/musician (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You)
1971 Julie Anne Clark Tucson Az, playmate (Mar, 1991)

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Deaths which occurred on August 11:
1180 Guillaume de Sens, French master builder (Canterbury)
1259 Mongke, Mongol great-khan/grandson of Ghengis Khan
1868 Thaddeus Stevens architect of Radical Reconstruction, dies at 76
1956 Jackson Pollock abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton)
1973 Peggy Castle actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman), dies at 46
1982 Tom Drake actor, dies of lung cancer at 63
1984 Alfred A Knopf, US publisher
1988 Anne Ramsey actress, dies of cancer at 59
1988 Jean-Pierre Ponnele opera director (Carmina Burana), dies at 56

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Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1967 BERUBE KENNETH ALLEN MONSON MA.
[Killed in Action/Body Not Recovered]

POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.

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On this day...
0117 Hadrian learns of death of emperor Trajan
991 Danes under Olaf Tryggvason kill Ealdorman Brihtnoth and defeat the Saxons at Maldon.
1492 Rodrigo Borgia is elected to the papacy as Pope Alexander VI.
1772 Explosive eruption blows 4,000' off Papandayan Java, kills 3,000
1780 Barbados hurricane begins
1835 George B Airy begins 46-year reign as England's Astronomer Royal
1860 Nation's 1st successful silver mill (Virginia City, Nev)
1866 World's 1st roller rink opens (Newport, RI)
1877 Asaph Hall discovers Mars's moon Deimos
1888 California Theatre closed (now a Pac Tel Phone Store)
1907 St Louis Card Ed Karger pitches perfect game vs Braves, 4-0 in 7 inn
1909 SOS 1st used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC
1912 Moroccan Sultan Mulai Hafid abdicates his throne in the face of internal dissent
1914 Jews are expelled from Mitchenick Poland
1918 Battle of Amiens ends in WW I, Allieds beat Germans
1919 Green Bay Packers football club founded
1926 Cleve Indian Tris Speaker hits his 700th double
1929 Babe Ruth becomes 1st to hit 500 homers
1933 Temp reaches 136ø F (58ø C) at San Luis Potos¡, Mex (world record)
1934 1st federal prisoners arrive at Alcatraz in SF Bay
1945 Allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito
1948 Summer Olympics opens in London
1949 1st Naples-Capri swim, 17 miles (27 km) (Giovanni Gambi)
1950 Boston Brave Vern Bickford no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 7-0
1951 1st color baseball game (Braves vs Dodgers) telecast (WCBS-NYC)
1951 NY Giants (NFL) beat Ottawa Roughriders (CFL) 38-6 in Ottawa
1951 NY Giants lose & 13« games behind Bkln Dodgers, later win pennant
1952 Hussein proclaimed king of Jordan
1954 Formal peace takes place, ending 7+ yrs of fighting in Indochina between French & Communist Vietminh
1956 Elvis Presley releases "Don't Be Cruel"
1960 Chad declares independence
1961 Warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1
1962 Andrian G Nikolayev, becomes 3rd Russian in space aboard Vostok 3
1962 Beach Boys release "Surfin' Safari"
1963 The Kingston Trio are the mystery guest on "What's My Line?"
1964 Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" opens in NYC
1964 Race riot in Paterson NJ
1965 6 day insurrection starts in Watts section of Los Angeles
1965 Beatles movie "Help" opens in NYC
1966 Last Beatle concert tour of the US begins
1967 Al Downing becomes 12th to strike-out side on 9 pitches
1968 The Beatles launch the "Apple Records" label
1969 Pitts Steelers beat NY Giants 17-13 in Montreal (NFL expo)
1970 Jim Bunning becomes 2nd (Cy Young) to win 100 games in both leagues
1970 Tony Perez becomes the 1st to hit a HR in the red seats at Riverfront
1971 Construction begins on the Louisiana Superdome
1971 Harmon Killebrew hits HRs #500 & 501
1972 The last U.S. ground forces withdraw from Vietnam.
1972 "Cheech & Chong Day" in San Antonio Texas
1974 Head-on collision between two buses kills 21 (Ankara, Turkey)
1974 Lee Trevino wins PGA championship
1975 Expos' Jose Mangual struck out 5 times in a game
1975 US vetoes proposed admission of North & South Vietnam to UN
1976 Keith Moon, drummer for the Who, collapses & is hospitalized in Miami
1978 Funeral of Pope Paul VI
1979 28ø F in Embarrass Minnesota(more proof of global warming)
1980 Reggie Jackson hits his 400th homer
1984 Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens' 1936 feat, wins 4 Olym track golds
1984 Cincinatti Reds retire Johnny Bench's #5 uniform
1984 During a radio voice test Pres Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes"
1985 Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz
1985 Hubert Green wins PGA championship
1985 Oakland A's Dave Kingman becomes the 21st to hit 400 HR
1985 Rudolf Povarnitsin of USSR sets new high jump world record (7'10"12)
1986 Bob Tway wins PGA championship
1988 Gary Carter (NY Mets) became 59th player to hit 300 career HR
1988 Meir Kahane renounced US citizenship to stay in Israeli Parliament
1989 "Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child" premiers
1989 Voyager 2 discovers 2 partial rings of Neptune
1990 Egypt & Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion
1990 NY Yankee Kevin Maas is fastest to get 13 HRs (110 at bats)
1991 John Daly, rookie golfer wins the PGA title
1991 Shite Muslims release US hostage Edward Tracy
1991 Space shuttle STS 43 (Atlantis 9) lands

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Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Central African Republic, Chad : Independence Day (1960)
Jordan : Coronation Day/Accession of King Hussein
Italy : Palio Del Golfo (2nd Sunday) ( Sunday )
Zambia : Youth Day ( Monday )
Yukon : Klondike Gold Day (1896) ( Friday )
Weird Contest Week Begins
Elvis International Tribute Week (Day 2)

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Religious Observances
RC : Commemoration of SS Tiburtius & Susanna, martyrs
Ang, old RC, RC : Memorial of St Clare, virgin, Abbess at Assisi

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Religious History
1775 Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'Scriptural faith is a very different thing from a rational assent to the Gospel. Christ is not only the object, but the Author and Finisher of faith.'
1914 Birth of Lee Shelley, missions pioneer. In 1957 he founded Christians in Action Missions in Huntington Park, California an interdenominational agency working overseas in evangelism, church planting and missionary training.
1930 In Toledo, Ohio, three Lutheran synods merged to form the American Lutheran Church. (In 1960 the ALC merged with two other branches of Evangelical Lutheranism, and in 1988 joined with a third Lutheran group to form the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ELCA.)
1933 Birth of Jerry Falwell, U.S. Baptist clergyman. Pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia, he has also been an active political lobbyist and once headed the Liberty Federation (formerly called Moral Majority), a Christian lobby which Falwell founded in 1979.
1968 Presbyterian apologist Francis Schaeffer wrote in a letter: 'We live in an abnormal world and all kinds of things do exist, but this does not make them right.'

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

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Thought for the day :
"No great scoundrel is ever uninteresting."

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You might be a cat lover if...
you take your cat's name as your online name.

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Murphys Law of the day...(Commerce Laws)
If it wasn't for the last minute, nothing would get done.

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Cliff Clavin says, it's a little known fact that...
The first ring donuts were produced in 1847 by a 15 year old baker's apprentice, Hanson Gregory, who knocked the soggy center out of a fried doughnut.

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Good morning, Snippy and to everyone at the Freeper Foxhole.

I'm going to go shopping with our guests today so I'll be away from the computer for much of the day. Everybody enjoy your Monday.:-D

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I'm find and I hope this post finds you feeling okay, too.

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mmmm. Doughnuts.

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Enjoy your company and the shopping trip.

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More proof that there is a God, and God loves me!

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Morning all!

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Latest from Centcom-NEWS RELEASE


August 11, 2003
Release Number: 03-08-23


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


ONE KILLED, TWO WOUNDED IN IED ATTACK

TIKRIT, Iraq – One 4th Infantry Division soldier was killed and two were wounded in an improvised explosive attack near the Ba’qubah police station Aug. 10 at approximately 9:45 p.m.

The soldiers were evacuated to the 21st Combat Support Hospital for treatment where one soldier subsequently died of wounds received.

The soldiers’ names are being withheld pending notification of next-of-kin.

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Morning feather.

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Morning Glory Kids~

I trust we had lovely weekend? Nice BDU's! ;^)

[SAMWolf]

Good Morning Snippy.

Not real sure about being sent to a war zone in an aluminum vehicle.

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1960 Chad declares independence

I'll bet Jeremy didn't take that very well.