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<p>Only two of the U.S. Army's 10 active-duty divisions will be at full strength for any new conflict next year as battle-weary soldiers return from Iraq, military officials say.</p> <p>The four Army divisions currently serving in Iraq will need about six months to rest, retrain and repair equipment when they return from Iraq early next year. With three divisions set to rotate into Iraq and another into Afghanistan as replacements, about 80 percent of the Army's fighting strength will be either on the mend or on duty fighting terror and stabilizing the two countries.</p>

Well, I just got my packet of info concerning the 60th Anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France by Stephen Ambrose Tours, Inc. I was suprised that the tour is a CRUISE! Not only that, I think that the $8,000+ is pretty steep, even for such noble guests and luxuries that you will be treated to no doubt. However, I was wondering if it were possible to get together a FreeRepublic.com group of history buffs/patriots/veterans and maybe go over and make things more fun and less expensive for us. I have never been to Normandy, but I heard it was alot...

How Are Army Divisions Numbered? By Phillip Carter Posted Friday, March 28, 2003, at 3:18 PM PT Anyone watching Iraq war coverage has seen a stream of numbers go by, identifying particular Army divisions—the 101st Airborne, the 3rd Infantry, etc. What do these numbers mean? And if there's a 101st Airborne, what happened to the 100th and 102nd? The first thing to know is that the Army's divisions were numbered in the order they were created. So the 1st Division was actually the first division; then came the 2nd, 3rd, etc. There are, of course, gaps in the sequence. Today's...

US 'psy-ops' division rolls out its weapons of mass persuasion By David Usborne in New York 21 March 2003 Call it the Airwaves War. The United States is engaged in an effort more comprehensive than ever seen before to use the power of broadcast to soften its enemy in Iraq and to soothe its population at home. Spearheading the electronic propaganda campaign are specially converted US Air Force cargo planes flying close to the Kuwait-Iraq border, transmitting a mixture of Arabic and Western music and spoken announcements to the citizens and troops of Iraq, urging them not to fight and...

<p>Assembly Democrats on Monday began laying the groundwork to attempt to force a reluctant Gov. Gray Davis to raise vehicle license fees.</p> <p>In two votes that divided along party lines, the Democratic-controlled Assembly Budget Committee tied $8.6 billion in spending cuts sought by Davis to a plan he opposes that would add $4 billion to local government coffers by raising the fees car owners pay.</p>