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ANOTHER contingent of Australian soldiers has left for Iraq as part of the next rotation of a security detachment. Elements of the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, the Darwin-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment and the Sydney-based 1st Military Police Battalion left today to take up their new role with the Australian Embassy Security Detachment (SECDET). They will provide protection and support to the Australian Embassy in Baghdad. The group, which will work under Operation Catalyst, was farewelled by family and friends at a ceremony at Brisbane's Enoggera Barracks. "All Australians should be proud of the work being undertaken by Australian...

FORT IRWIN, Calif. (AP) - The elite regiment that poses as the enemy during war games at the Mojave Desert's sprawling U.S. Army National Training Center is heading for Iraq. The 11th Armored Calvary Regiment, which plays the opposition in training large-scale forces, is sending 1,500 troops to Iraq over the next four months. About 1,000 11th Armored troops will remain at the 1,000-square-mile training base north of Barstow. The vaunted regiment was replaced in the enemy role two weeks ago by about 450 members of the Nevada National Guard's 221st Armored Cavalry Regiment, base spokesman Capt. Dan Gannod said....

USS Abraham Lincoln To Be Deployed Next Month September 5, 2004 By KOMO Staff & News Services Tools Email This Story Printer-friendly Version EVERETT - The USS Abraham Lincoln will leave on deployment in mid-October, not early next year as the Navy had previously planned.

Kerry is again spouting off like a forgotten teakettle boiling over on the stove -- hot air and moisture, but no substance. As with the professional stage magician, Kerry's campaign is based on misdirection, illusion and quick changes. In January of 2003 Kerry Said: "Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime. ... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation. ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ... So...

Sadness overwhelming as 278th heads out on 'great adventure' Sunday, July 18, 2004 By WILLIAM D. JESSIE EDITOR'S NOTE-Capt. William D. Jessie today begins the first of a series of columns. Jessie is a member of 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, which has been deployed for active duty in the war on terrorism. His company is based in Kingsport, and his occasional columns will appear in Sunday editions of the Times-News. The column will not be a news report about military operational developments in the war on terror. That's not the focus. It will be way for Tri-Cities readers to experience...

Tonga deploys soldiers to Iraq A contingent of Tongan soldiers is heading to the Middle East to join American forces in Iraq. The 44 Tongan troops will travel to Kuwait first, and after acclimatising will then join the First US Marine Division. Their exact role hasn't been determined, but at first it is likely they will be confined to camp duties and training. The Tongan Government says the Kingdom's contribution to the effort to bring peace and stability to Iraq is relative to what the country can afford. The Tongans are expecting to stay in Iraq for six months

Chaplain (Capt.) Anthony Kazarnowicz says a prayer asking for God's care over a group of soldiers deploying from Fort Huachuca to Iraq as Blanche Livingston wipes tears from her eyes. Standing behind her is her husband, Pfc. Joe Livingston, one of the soldiers who is expected to depart today to provide unmanned aerial vehicle support for the 1st Infantry Division. (Mark Levy-Herald/Review) FORT HUACHUCA - Blanche Livingston got some good news Thursday. Her husband would not be leaving that day for Iraq. Instead, Pfc. Joe Livingston and nearly 20 other soldiers of the first unmanned aerial vehicle platoon trained...

Staff Sgt. Mark Stoesser holds his 4-year-old son, Cody, this morning at Libby Army Airfield on Fort Huachuca. In the background is Stoesser's girlfriend and Cody's mother, Michelle Roland. The soldier is part of a unmanned aerial vehicle unit headed to Iraq. (Mark Levy-Herald/Review)FORT HUACHUCA - The first unmanned aerial vehicle platoon trained as a team at the Intelligence Center prepared this morning to depart for Iraq, where it will provide airborne surveillance for the 1st Infantry Division. Col. Michael Flynn, commander of the 111th Military Intelligence Brigade, said combat operations are waiting for the 20 soldiers. But once the...

Presidential candidates spar over Vietnam Wednesday, April 28, 2004 7:47PM EDT By LIZ MARLANTES, THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR WASHINGTON (CSM) - From the start, the 2004 campaign has seemed destined to pivot around questions of war, with the candidates battling over the direction of U.S. policy in Iraq and how best to defend against the threat of terrorism. But lately, it's another conflagration - Vietnam - that's dominating the campaign discourse. From the Bush team's raising questions about Sen. John Kerry's Purple Hearts and the ribbons or medals he threw at an anti-war protest, to Kerry's questioning whether the president...

<p>PORTLAND, Maine — An Army Reserve unit scheduled to return from the Middle East on Easter Sunday has learned that it will stay there another 90 days. The 94th Military Police Company, which spent nearly a year in Iraq before being moved to Kuwait about two weeks ago, was told it will spend the next three months escorting military convoys.</p>

A new, free guide being offered by the National Fatherhood Initiative is designed to help service members maintain their important role in their children's lives during military deployments. "The Deployed Fathers and Families Guide," released in January, offers tips to help families cope with the practical as well as emotional aspects of family separations caused by deployments, explained Vincent DiCaro of the National Fatherhood Initiative. The guide expands upon the institute's popular brochure, "10 Ways to Stay Involved With Your Children During Deployment." DiCaro said the new guide builds on tips in the brochure to help family members prepare to...

N.H. shop giving free gowns to military brides Friday,March5,2004,2:14 PM PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) -- A Portsmouth, N.H., bridal shop is going above and beyond the call of duty to help brides whose wedding dates have been moved up because of military duty. Janice Wood, the owner of Madeleine's Daughter Bridal Shop, is giving away wedding dresses to prospective brides scheduled to be shipped overseas. Gowns will also be offered to women whose fiancés headed overseas with the military. Wood is offering the gowns Tuesday from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. as a way of saying thanks to members of the...

U.S. Marines Deploy to More Haiti Cities By MARK STEVENSON and PAISLEY DODDS, Associated Press Writers PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - U.S. forces have expanded their presence in Haiti beyond the capital, deploying to at least two cities that are rebel strongholds, a U.S. military spokesman said Friday. Troops from the U.S. Southern Command based in Miami arrived at Cap-Haitien, a key port on Haiti's northern coast, seized by rebels Feb. 22, and the western city of Gonaives, where the rebellion started Feb. 5, said Army Maj. Richard Crusan, spokesman for the interim international force in Haiti. He also said forces may...

Every Thursday, and some Saturdays, volunteers at Fort Lewis, Wash., lug sewing machines to the Army Community Service building so they can create quilts for children of those deployed in the war on terrorism. About 18 months ago, Marty Alexander, library technician, saw a sample of a cuddle quilt on TV. An avid quilter, Alexander said she went about making one. It took her four hours. Alexander said she thought if she could get an assembly line going, she'd be in business. She talked with Mary Herrera, chief of family services, Army Community Service. Donna Arias, a financial planner at...

<p>The Pentagon will dispatch up to 2,000 Marines to Haiti to restore order in the country before an international peacekeeping force takes over.</p> <p>"Certainly, the number of people that need to be involved in a peacekeeping operation in Haiti is relatively small," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told reporters at the Pentagon, noting that a large number of countries have volunteered to send forces.</p>

WASHINGTON, March 1 (Reuters) - The United States plans to deploy roughly 1,000 troops in Haiti to head an international stability force, but does not intend to repeat the larger-scale military involvement of a decade ago, U.S. officials said on Monday. About 200 U.S. Marines already are on the ground in Haiti. A senior U.S. official said at least 200 more will be flown to Haiti today from the Marine Corps Air Station at Cherry Point, North Carolina, near Camp Lejeune. Secretary of State Colin Powell, speaking on NBC's "Today Show," said the U.S. military contingent would number "in the...

Sweathogs prepare for six-month Iraq deploymentSubmitted by: MCAS BeaufortStory Identification Number: 200421391316Story by Cpl. Kat Johnson MARINE CORPS AIR STATION BEAUFORT(February 13, 2004) -- An order from President Bush to aid in the fight against global terrorism is a reason the Marines of Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 are finding themselves at the head of another deployment to the Middle East. This month, over 650 Marines from MWSS-273, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, will be packing and heading out for six months to support combat operations and air strikes over Iraq. This will be the first time in...

Washington Guard Troops Deployed to IraqBy PEGGY ANDERSEN, Associated Press Writer TACOMA, Wash. - Families, friends and other cheering, stomping, flag-waving supporters flooded the Tacoma Dome during a formal send-off for more than 3,000 state National Guard troops bound for a year in Iraq (news - web sites). The crowd, bearing handmade signs with messages including "There goes my hero" and "Sgt. McGannon we love you," nearly filled the 15,000 seats set up for them on Saturday. "This is a wonderful thing we are doing for our troops," said Shirley Jackson of Bellevue, who was seeing off her son-in-law during...

  Continental U.S. armies mobilize 200,000 SoldiersBy Andrea Takash First Army trains Soldiers from the North Carolina National Guard 30th Infantry Brigade at Fort Bragg in military operations in an urban terrain prior to their Iraq deployment. Maj. Matt Leonard WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Feb. 5, 2004) – The two continental U.S. armies have mobilized, trained and deployed more than 200,000 Army Reserve and National Guard troops in support of the War on Terror, since Sept. 11, 2001. First U.S. Army oversees the readiness of the Reserve and National Guard in 27 eastern states, including Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico...

Army officials are expected to expand the stop- loss/stop-movement program soon to include more soldiers deployed in support of the war on terror. An Army announcement, expected within the next week or two, will broaden the number of soldiers whose separations, retirements and reassignments are temporarily placed "on hold." The expansion of the stop-loss/stop-movement program comes just as the Army prepares for a major rotation of troops in Iraq within the next few months. Lt. Gen. Dennis Cavin, commander of U.S. Army Accessions Command, said during a CNN interview today that the stop-loss program is designed "to provide continuity and...