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  • "College-prep" for Navy SEALs?

    02/09/2006 5:48:46 PM PST · by SuzyQ2 · 45 replies · 5,254+ views
    World Defense Review ^ | February 9, 2005 | W. Thomas Smith, Jr.
    The problem is, transforming a good man into a Navy SEAL is not cheap - about $350,000 a copy - nor is it easy. Sure, there are lots of schoolyard scrappers, gym rats, competitive swimmers, and adrenaline junkies who believe they have what it takes to become SEALs. But few pack the gear to endure-to-completion BUD/S (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL) training. Some are injured. Many fail to measure up during various training evolutions. Most simply quit, concluding that the wet, miserably cold life of a frogman is not for them. None of this, however, changes the U.S. Defense Department's requirement for...
  • Inauguration to Get Unprecedented Security

    01/11/2005 12:19:51 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 5 replies · 408+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 1/11/05 | AP
    WASHINGTON - Security for President Bush (news - web sites)'s inauguration — the first swearing-in since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks — will be unprecedented with some 6,000 law enforcement personnel, canine bomb teams and close monitoring of transportation. In describing the plans for the Jan. 20 event, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said that while the decibel level was down on terrorism chatter, the 55th quadrennial presidential inauguration was such a high-profile event that security would be at its highest level. "This is the most visible manifestation of our democracy," Ridge said at a news conference...