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BETHESDA, Md., Aug. 31, 2006 – Officials from the Defense Department and military services got together here yesterday for the first “From Deployment to Employment” conference to discuss ways to better serve America’s severely injured servicemembers. The daylong conference was essentially a forum to exchange ideas about how to improve the quality of military health care and help coordinate various programs and services aimed at helping severely wounded troops return to the work force. “This forum will focus on services available to facilitate and encourage reemployment of our returning wounded servicemembers,” Dr. William Winkenwerder, assistant secretary of defense for health...

AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar, April 19, 2006 – The new Joint Intelligence Operations Center here looks like what Hollywood's conception of what a "war room" should look like. The center is the heart of U.S. Central Command Forward, based here. Everything the command can do at its Tampa, Fla. Headquarters also can be done here, officials said. The center is capable of running coalition operations from Kenya to Kazakhstan and Egypt to Pakistan, a senior Central Command official who gave a tour of the facility said. The center is also closely connected with command's headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla....

Members of the Bayji Security Council meet April 3, 2006, to discuss security issues and ways to use all available agencies to combat the problems. U.S. Army photo by Capt. Amy A. Bishop Bayji Council Coordinates Security Efforts Meetings of the newly formed Bayji Security Council and coalition forces serve as a forum to tackle security issues and convey news about community improvements. By U.S. Army Capt. Amy A. Bishop 133rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment BAYJI, Iraq, April 7, 2006 — The newly formed Bayji Security Council and coalition forces are conducting joint meetings to discuss ways to combat...