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AN OPERATIVE working for Islamic State has revealed the terror group has successfully smuggled thousands of covert Jihadists into Europe. Islamic State extremists are taking advantage of developed nation's generosity towards refugees to infiltrate Europe, he said. The lethal ISIS gunmen use local smugglers to blend in and travel amongst a huge tide of illegal migrants flooding Europe. More than 1.5million refugees have fled into Turkey alone – desperate to escape the bloodshed in Syria. From Turkish port cities like Izmir and Mersin, thousands of refugees venture across the Mediterranean aiming for Italy, he said. Then the majority make for...

Today, let's start with a quick game of Bennett family trivia! Name the Bennett child who is most likely to clean up a mess even if she didn't make it, hold onto her fajitas even if she falls down a flight of stairs with them, and take your last soda out of the fridge. Did you guess Lyndsay? Wow! You really know your Bennett family trivia! Your prize is the last soda in my fridge...since Lyndsay isn't here to last-blast it. :-) In case you are coming in after the picture started, I had Lyndsay when I was 25 and...

As I may have mentioned a time or twenty, I find myself lately with a lot more time to just sit and think. Sometimes it drives me stark raving mad. Other times, it gives me the chance to trip over an idea! Like yesterday...it occurred to me that if I'm going to spend much time talking about my kids and grandkids (and, believe me...I plan to!), it would be a lot easier for folks who don't know the brood in real life to get a little introduction to each of them. And as this notion firmed up a bit, I...

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (AFPN) -- The first Future Total Force wing, the 116th Air Control Wing, is nearing its third birthday since merging active-duty Air Force, Army and Air National Guard units to form a “blended wing.” In October 2002, America’s first total force wing took flight as the 116th ACW and made history by combining active-duty Airmen and Soldiers from the 93rd ACW, along with Georgia Air National Guardsmen from the 116th Bomb Wing. The two wings formed one cohesive unit, flying the E-8C -- the world’s only Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System. The merger combined...