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MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT SAN DIEGO (March 3, 2006) -- The sounds of their cadence roll through the halls and across the grounds of the depot. Up to 65 Marines go to Drill Instructor School each cycle. During this training period, students learn methods of training recruits to become United States Marines. The overall goal of this institution is to give these students as much knowledge from their instructors’ own experiences, as best they can, said Gunnery Sgt. Christopher L. Hambaugh, Drill Instructor School instructor. Every instructor served time in the trenches before he became an instructor at the school....

MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT SAN DIEGO (Jan. 13, 2006) -- The Department of Defense authorized the retirement of Jaco, a military working dog for 10 years, and his adoption by former handler Sgt. Jerrod M. Glass, Jan. 8. Jaco was a member of one of seven military working dog teams stationed here as a first line of defense in the protection of depot personnel and resources through explosive and narcotic detection in support of the depot's anti-terrorism efforts. In correlation with the recent retirement of the explosives detecting canine, Jaco, and Hertha, a narcotics detecting military working dog, the K-9...

Looters have struck at homes abandoned after the Buncefield oil depot explosion. Burglars have descended on at least three houses and stripped them of contents, such as televisions. Ironically, police ordered householders out of the homes after Sunday's explosion. They told them their homes would be safe in a police cordon. But shocked residents returned home to find their houses ruined - and their possessions gone. Household Aaron Muir told Sky News he was looted three times in three days. "We have been continually looted for the last three evenings," he said. "We have not been allowed to get access...

An Iraqi maintenance worker checks under the hood of a truck to make sure it's operational before being shipped out. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Lorie Jewell Taji Depot Ramps Up Training, Supply Efforts The depot supplies the logistic needs of 10 divisions of the Iraqi Armed Forces, with items ranging from weapons and body armor to ambulances and pickup trucks. By U.S. Army Sgt. Lorie Jewell Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq TAJI, Iraq, Oct. 5, 2005 -- Since operations began in May, the Taji National Depot has completed roughly 500 missions by ground and by air to move equipment...

400,000-year-old stone tools discovered in Mazandaran TEHRAN, June 8 (MNA) -- Recent discoveries by a team of archaeologists indicate that the coast of the Caspian Sea in Mazandaran Province was home to the earliest hominid habitation in that region. Archaeologist Ali Mahforuzi said on Wednesday that 400,000-year-old stone tools discovered in the valleys of Shuresh near the Rostam Kola, Huto, and Kamarband caves are the oldest ever found in the area. The previous studies had dated human settlement in the region to have begun about 50,000 years ago. “The recent studies conducted by a joint team of archaeologists from the...

Senator John Kerry is once again making claims that he cannot substantiate. He charges that President Bush’s “misjudgments” led to the disappearance of 380 tons of explosives from the Iraqi al-Qaqaa facility, and that these explosives have been used against U.S. troops -- even though there is no proof for such accusations. While the Kerry campaign has already released a television ad making such allegations, they simultaneously have backed off from the same charges. Senator Kerry’s TV ad states: The obligation of a Commander in Chief is to keep our country safe. In Iraq, George Bush has overextended our troops...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Published on TaipeiTimes http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2004/02/25/2003100128 Big trouble in NY's Chinatown over bus company deaths The ethnic-Chinese owners of discount bus companies are involved in a turf war that has led to concerns about a return of gang-related violence AFP , New York Wednesday, Feb 25, 2004,Page 16 New York's Chinatown, once the scene of brutal feuds between gangs like the Flying Dragons and Ghost Shadows, is witnessing a new turf war that police are blaming for up to three unsolved murders. The unlikely protagonists are the owners and operators of rival bus services that offer discount tickets to cities like...

Press Release Source: Office Depot ADVISORY/Senator Hillary Clinton, D-NY, Kicks off Sold-out Office Depot Success Strategies for Businesswomen Conference on Sunday, February 22 Wednesday February 18, 3:59 pm ET (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Katie Couric, Mary Matalin, Dawn Hudson, Iyanla Vanzant and Other Notables Will Address More Than 700 Professional Women From Across the Country WHO: The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton will open Office Depot's Fourth Annual Success Strategies for Businesswomen Conference on Sunday, February 22, delivering a keynote address from 7:00-8:00 p.m. Dawn Hudson, President of Pepsi-Cola North America, will provide a keynote address on Monday, February 23 from 8:15-9:15 a.m....

Ordinary Americans who see America’s place in the world as being a blessing and who see America’s warriors as our standard-bearers that deserve all we can give. Americans who do the right thing because it is the right thing to do and not because it will get their picture in the paper or a spot on a morning talk show are the true Americans.

No sign of terrorist activity found at US chemical weapons depot Officials at a US Army chemical depot have found no trace of a reported intruder after a terrorist alert was sounded. The commander of the Deseret Chemical Depot says the security of the depot was never at risk. Colonel Peter Cooper says the person didn't get close to the area where nerve gas and other chemical weapons are stored. The person fled after being spotted within the heavily guarded perimeter by four soldiers during two separate patrols. In Washington, a senior administration official said there is no evidence that...