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  • NUDE SAILORS RAPPED FOR JOLLY RODGERING

    07/26/2005 5:38:09 PM PDT · by Rodney King · 53 replies · 1,243+ views
    UK Times Mirror ^ | today | some guy
    AN AMOROUS couple who took to sea in a dinghy sparked a major rescue operation when their lovemaking was mistaken for cries for help. Police and lifeboat crews were scrambled to waters off Torbay, Devon, after a passer-by raised the alarm. When they reached the tiny boat, the rescuers realised nobody was in danger - but the man and woman on board were naked. A police spokesman said the couple put their clothes back on after returning to the shore and were given "words of advice".
  • DIVARTY cases its colors for Army transformation

    07/08/2005 6:06:29 PM PDT · by SandRat · 34 replies · 883+ views
    ARNEWS ^ | July 8,2005 | Sgt. Stephanie L. Carl
    OAHU, Ha., (Army News Service, July 8, 2005) – When the 25th Infantry Division (Light) Division Artillery cased its colors June 15, it became the first division artillery brigade to deactivate in the Army’s transformation. Presently, there are 16 division artillery brigades, but after the transformation, only five or six will remain, said Col. Gary H. Cheek, DIVARTY commander. The headquarters elements of his DIVARTY will be consolidated and restructured within other combat brigades. Units like Battery F, 7th Field Artillery, or FA, Regiment, are inactivating, while direct support battalions like 3rd Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment and 2nd Battalion,...