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I’m a retired Navy Chief Radioman 1973-1994 and the son of a Three War Marine. My father enlisted in 1940 in the Marine Corps, stationed in Iceland 1941, Guadalcanal in 1943, Okanawa, China in 1944 during which he received a Bronze star w/combat V and Purple Heart, Korea 1950-1953 awarded second Purple Heart when he stepped on the side of a landmine in 1953 was in traction for 6 months then on cruches for 6months then I was born 3 months later in Sept 1955. he was in Vietnam in 58-59 and again in 64-65 retired in 1966 M/GySgt Wilfred...

WASHINGTON -- The Air Force is now fighting three "wars," said the service's senior-most civilian leader. Those three wars are the war on terrorism, the effort to provide disaster relief in the United States, and the push for reform of the Air Force acquisition process, said Pete Geren, acting Secretary of the Air Force, during the Air Force Association's 2005 Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition here Sept. 12. Mr. Geren said the Air Force is engaged in the war on terrorism 24 hours a day, but many Americans do not see the service's contributions to that fight. "Our...