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MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. (Nov. 17, 2005) -- With only six weeks until Christmas, many people have started their holiday shopping. However, not everyone can afford to spend hundreds of dollars on presents. For those Marines and sailors – E-5 and below – on Marine Corps Base Quantico who might be a little tight on cash this holiday season, the Adopt-A-Family program is ready to help. The program, which was started in 1989 by the Personal Readiness and Community Services Center here, is designed to support readiness and enhance the morale of the leathernecks and sailors on base during...

"hey knight fans its ARMYKNIGHT. for those of you who dont know me i am an AMERICAN SOLDIER currently in IRAQ. my patrol team "BULLETS" meet a young boy while out patroling a bad town where we took mortar fire from. His name is Ali. while talkin to ALI we found out that his father was killed by the "WAhabee" arabic for the bad guys - for helping out the Americans. He is now the man of his house at 12 years old. We went into his house not knowing that day would change the lives of all the "BULLETS"....

TIKRIT, Iraq (Army News Service, Nov. 14, 2005) -- A full ensemble of cooks, infantrymen, supply clerks and other Soldiers from 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division were put into a special unit known as the Iraqi Security Force Government Team, also known as ISFGT, at the beginning of their deployment to provide aid to the Iraqi government in Sal Ad Din Province. Six days a week, they have provided security for Iraqi government conferences and elections, operating out of the Provincial Joint Coordinating Center in downtown Tikrit. Security, information drives the train “The ISFGT’s main mission is to get the...

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I am new here and am hoping i can get some help on finding some in depth information on Stand For Children an affiliate of the Childrens Defense Fund. They are starting a local chapter here in my toen in Massachusetts. I have some basic background info on them but was hoping someone might have some more in depth stuff. Like their major supporters or major sources of funding. If I have this posted in the worng place can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks,

I recently received this email from GOP counties.org Fellow Patriots, The Democrat-dominated Sacramento City Council has crossed the line. At a time when we have men and women of the U.S. military fighting in Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Sacramento City Council has issued a resolution condemning the war against terrorism in Iraq. Here was their "after-action" report:http://sacramentofordemocracy.org/?q=node/view/3340 Since the Sacramento City Council is paid by the taxpayers, works for the taxpayers, and is supposed to represent the taxpayers, it's time that WE THE TAXPAYERS let them know what we think. How do we do this? The email continues… 1) Call...

Am planning a Thanksgiving week trip to the Reagan Library with family visiting from Florida (I'm in San Diego) and would appreciate any help anyone could offer. Where to stay, what to do, what not to miss, that sort of thing. Thanks!

AR RAMADI, Iraq (Nov. 2, 2005) -- Over 200,000 Iraqi people in Al Anbar Province recently made their way to polling sites for Iraq’s Constitutional Referendum. The voters safely made their voices heard without even seeing the forces that were instrumental in making it possible. In response to a request from the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq and the Ministry of Interior, the 2nd Marine Division deployed several election support elements comprised of Marines, Sailors and Soldiers throughout the province. These teams provided behind-the-scenes logistics support and ensured poll workers and material moved unimpeded between polling sites. According to the...

Hi, all, I'm posting here because I know that this place is the one place to get good advice in a hurry. I called on you all recently when my Chrysler Minivan wouldn't start. Long story--but once again, Freepers came through. So now.. My husband is totally stressed. He has a MAJOR job interview tomorrow. He doesn't expect to get the job (there's already someone there and in the Cdn. government sometimes you have to re-apply for your job). However, tomorrow is part one of the interview. There will be actors bringing him problems and he has to basically demonstrate...

GULFPORT, Mississippi, Nov. 1, 2005 - Through the efforts of Operation Homelink, personnel stationed at Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, were able to receive 100 free, refurbished computers. The PCs, which are valued at more than $30,000, were given away during a four-hour period Oct. 28 to military families impacted by Hurricane Katrina, particularly those who have a service member preparing to deploy overseas. “This is an outstanding opportunity for our troops who suffered loss,” said Cmdr. Rodney Duggins, supply officer at the Seabee base. Northrop Grumman, one of the government’s largest providers of information technology systems and services, donated...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - America's growing appetite for exotic sushi may help preserve vanishing beds of seaweed seen as an important part of the ecosystem along the California coastline. Diners in sushi restaurants are eating ever greater amounts of sea urchin roe, known as Uni, creating a $23 million industry in California for harvesting the creatures, the California Sea Urchin Commission said this week. The spiny echinoderms, a potential peril to swimmers stepping on rocks, feast on kelp, which is dwindling along California's coastline. Divers in the state now harvest 800,000 pounds of Uni annually, the Sea Urchin Commission said,...

FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan, Oct. 28, 2005 – Afghan National Army medics teamed up with deployed U.S. military medics and doctors from Bagram Air Base and Forward Operating Base Salerno, and members of the civil affairs team from 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, to provide basic medical assistance to four villages in Afghanistan's Khowst province Oct. 24 through 27. The team treated 1,328 Afghan men, 1,022 women, 4,245 children and 577 animals in the villages of Tere Zayi, Jaji Maydan, Gurbuz and Tani. Services included providing de-worming medication to the residents and animals, and handing out vitamins, anti-inflammatory...

CAMP VICTORY, Iraq — A call for help is being answered. But this time, instead of sending in the Marines, it is the Leathernecks who are seeking the help of the 69th Signal Company’s cable dogs. A group of soldiers from the unit’s 1st Platoon, who will help put in a 40 miles fiber ring at an undisclosed Marine headquarters in this war-torn nation, left late Monday night on the assignment. When the job is done, Sgt. 1st Class Bobby Brown said it would not surprise him if 70 miles of communication cables of all types are installed. Since the...

Ginseng can help keep you clear of colds, say scientists By Nic Fleming, Science Correspondent (Filed: 25/10/2005) People who take ginseng suffer substantially fewer colds, research published yesterday showed. Only one in 10 of those given daily doses of North American ginseng root extract suffered two or more colds during four months including winter, compared with almost a quarter of those taking placebos. While a range of health benefits have been claimed for the herb, including combating flu and colds, many previous attempts to test such claims scientifically have been of poor quality. Publication of the research in the Canadian...

A friend has asked me to ask you all to "find information on the old formula which was used back in the 60’s for treating a house for termites etc. which the environmentalists stopped the pest control people from using ……………. It had diazamine or something like that in it…….2 chemicals is all it was…" Anyone know anything about this that can help? Thank you in advance.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Corporations are being asked to donate tens of thousands of dollars to fund Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's upcoming trade mission to China and some will be along when he talks to officials there, it was reported Monday. The governor, who came to office on a promise to take state government away from special interests, is raising money to pay for the trip through a nonprofit foundation that is not required to publicly reveal the names of donors, the Los Angeles Times said. Some companies have been asked to give $50,000 to the California Protocol Foundation, the Times...

Ladies and Gentlemen and legal-minded Freepers, I need your help: One of my friends has a local radio show (which I've previously chronicled) devoted to hunting and fishing. Recently, he secured the Republican candidate for county executive as a guest on the show, to talk about his thoughts and opinions on hunting and fishing. My friend has spent some time and money promoting the interview thus far. Unfortunately, recently the radio station has intervened and put a stop to the interview, saying that they would have legal problems on their hands if they let it continue, problems going back to...

My friend recently moved from Texas to California. Two weeks ago, he was arrested for a crime he didn't commit. His mother sent me an email describing the situation. It reads, in part: Sunday morning, October 8th at 10:30a.m., Steve (not his real name) was sitting in his truck in front of his apartment talking on his cell phone. Two men approached him and said that he had exposed himself to their daughters. Both Steve and one of the men called 911. The police came, handcuffed Steve and took him to jail. His truck was impounded. He sat in jail...

10/19/2005 - BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Airmen and Soldiers joined forces at a former Soviet munitions dump near here to transport and destroy three 5,000-pound rockets. If not destroyed, the rockets could have posed a threat to U.S. and coalition forces serving here as part of the ongoing global war on terrorism, officials said. Lessons learned from the joint operation will help validate explosive ordnance disposal procedures and improve information available to EOD technicians throughout the Department of Defense. “After more than two months of planning, we teamed up with the Army EOD, vehicle maintenance and ammo Soldiers to...

10/19/2005 - ALI BASE, Iraq -- The sky above Balad Air Base was thick with dust and sand when four F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots completed another mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. They were headed to their deployed home at Balad Oct. 17 when they were eventually diverted here. Their mission started early that morning, but it was well past lunch when they traveled in a holding pattern above a dusty Balad. The four F-16 pilots, from the 332nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, had aerial refueled and were waiting for the sandstorm to pass. But weather forecasters determined the storm...