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"Petaluma: No Marine uniform at graduation
Principal says honors should be kept separate"
Saturday, May 14, 2005
By RAYNE WOLFE
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Petaluma:No Marine uniform at graduation.
Petaluma:no Marine Uniform At Graduation.
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ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Last week, Petaluma High School senior Steven Kiernan completed the Crucible at Camp Pendleton, the 54-hour ultimate physical test that shapes Marine recruits.
That was that last main hurdle for the 17-year-old who accelerated his high school education and attended boot camp to fulfill his dream of graduating with his high school class dressed in his Marine dress uniform.
But if Kiernan wants to walk and receive his diploma at the June 11 commencement, he'll have to wear a cap and gown, just like everyone else, Principal Mike Simpson said Friday."
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http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20050519.txt
NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
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MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101
Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894
May 15, 2005
Release Number: 05-05-19
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
IRAQI KIDS LEAD U.S. SOLDIERS TO WEAPONS CACHE
BAGHDAD, Iraq – A group of Iraqi children led Task Force Baghdad Soldiers directly to a weapons cache in southeast Baghdad May 13.
The Iraqi children showed the Soldiers where three rocket propelled grenades and 10 fuses were hidden. An explosives ordnance disposal team was called to the site and safely detonated the munitions.
“The majority of Iraqis do not support the insurgency,” said Lt. Col. Clifford Kent, a Task Force Baghdad spokesperson. “Most Iraqis want to give the new Iraqi government a chance to work and that’s why they’re turning in these terrorists and their weapons.”
In combat operations conducted May 14, Iraqi Army Soldiers captured seven terror suspects in east Baghdad. The Iraqi Soldiers seized a computer, small arms, a protective mask and cell phone parts that could be used to remotely detonate bombs. All seven suspects were taken into custody for questioning.
In south Baghdad, U.S. Soldiers conducted a series of early morning raids Baghdad and captured three specifically targeted terror suspects. The suspects are believed to have planned and carried out a number of terrorist attacks in the area. The Soldiers also found several AK-47 assault rifles, pistols and cellular phones during the raid. The three suspects were taken into custody for questioning.
Later in the day, Task Force Baghdad Soldiers working in southeast Baghdad found another weapons cache containing seven artillery shells and a rocket propelled grenade.
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