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  • 801ST DONATES SHOES, SUPPLIES TO NEGLECTED SCHOOLS

    12/31/2003 8:10:35 AM PST · by Ragtime Cowgirl · 5 replies · 119+ views
    CENTCOM ^ | Dec. 31, 2003
    NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 December 31, 2003Release Number: 03-12-83 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 801ST DONATES SHOES, SUPPLIES TO NEGLECTED SCHOOLS MOSUL, Iraq – Soldiers of the 801st Main Support Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), spent Tuesday afternoon at the Al Busaif Primary School presenting the school’s bright-eyed students with shoes for their feet and supplies for their minds. By the end of the day, hundreds of little feet were crowned with brand new shoes, while little backpacks were filled with new writing utensils, notepads,...
  • 'Your rifles are making me nervous'

    04/27/2003 1:31:09 AM PDT · by Cincinatus' Wife · 19 replies · 241+ views
    St. Petersburg Times ^ | April 27, 2003 | CHUCK MURPHY
    KABUL, Afghanistan - Should you ever find yourself surrounded by AK-47-toting men in a Tajik Afghan village, try this: "Lotfan ban payen salah khotra. Agahi qar mishom." Roughly translated from Dari, it means, "Please put down your rifles. They are making me nervous." Say it with a smile, and you are guaranteed to get a big laugh from the men in the village. They never put down their rifles, mind you, but they laugh. It's a start. In a perverse way, Osama bin Laden's escape from Afghanistan in 2001 might be the best thing to happen to this nation in...