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The following is from a link I followed from a Wired article regarding a 12 year old girl wanting to buy a car and restore it by her 16th birthday. I spent the better part of the afternoon catching up on the threads and thought it was a great story that FReeps would enjoy. 04-18-2011 04:37 PM So we have been working on the car now for about 3 months, but as I have been prowling the forum I realized I should probably post the story, and some of you might be interseted in it. A few months ago our...

Paratroopers patrol Siniyah’s market street Jan. 1, 2007, in Siniyah, Iraq, providing security during the reorganization of Siniyah’s police force. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joshua R. Ford Iraqi City Rebuilds Police Force After Uprising New police station is being built and police officers are being trained. By Spc. Joshua R. Ford 3rd Brigade Combat Team, Public Affairs SINIYAH, Iraq, Jan. 17, 2007 -- Insurgent uprisings around the last week of October forced the majority of the city’s police officers, the mayor and the entire city council to resign. The uprisings resulted in the complete destruction of the police...

Bouncing back: Hurricane hero rebuilds his life in time for Katrina's birthday By Alec Russell (Filed: 18/08/2006) One of the few undisputed heroes of Hurricane Katrina, a one-time bouncer turned teacher, still lives in a trailer a year after he rescued survivors of the great storm. Chris Baker, a 38-year-old barrel of a man, borrowed his Uncle Jimmy's boat and, drawing on his training in the Coast Guard Reserve, joined the hunt for stranded fugitives. Left: A weary Chris Baker ferrying a police officer through flooded streets. Right: With his girlfriend Amy His stirring experiences allowed him to forget that...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13, 2006 – Since his last mission, during Operation Just Cause in Panama, the tiny hallways and rooms in Tom Caldwell's North Carolina house have made simple tasks, like going to the bathroom, a multiperson affair. Kurt Muse (center) tells the story of his rescue by Tom Caldwell at the groundbreaking ceremony for the rebuilding of the Caldwell house in Hope Mills, N.C., Dec. 19, 2005. He is flanked by Caldwell and Patricia Driscoll, President of the Armed Forces Foundation. Photo by Wyatt Smith  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Caldwell, a Special Forces veteran, lost the...

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (Army News Service, Sept. 19, 2005) – The home “makeover” of a Soldier injured in Iraq will kick off the season premiere of ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” Sept. 25. In late June, the family of Master Sgt. Luis Rodriguez got a surprise visit from the cast and crew, including the popular Ty Pennington, and a new 3,225-square-foot home near Fort Campbell, Ky., specifically tailored to the Rodriguez family’s needs. Rodriguez was injured in Iraq in 2003, losing his right leg above the knee, two fingertips on his left hand and he sustained serious shrapnel wounds when...