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Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=53313 Guard Needs Full Spectrum of Capabilities, General Says By Army Staff Sgt. S. Patrick McCollum Special to American Forces Press Service BALTIMORE, March 3, 2009 – Living up to the National Guard’s motto of “Always Ready, Always There” requires a full spectrum of capabilities, a senior National Guard official told an audience at the Domestic Operations Conference here today. Army Maj. Gen. Peter M. Aylward, director of the National Guard Bureau Joint Staff, speaks to conferees at the NGB Domestic Operations Conference, March 3, 2009, in Baltimore. U.S. Army photo by Staff...

7-Day Forecast for Baghdad . Iraq Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu 115ºF /89ºF 117ºF /89ºF 120ºF /90ºF 122ºF /91ºF 122ºF /92ºF 121ºF /95ºF 120ºF /95ºF Prayer request ............. According to the weather reports, it is our understanding that it is 122 degrees in Iraq right now -- and the low will be 111! Our troops need our prayers for strength, endurance, and safety.. If it be God's will, give these men and women the strength they need to prevail.

ERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli and visiting U.S. forces are holding a biennial air-defense exercise this month but on a reduced scale, partly out of reluctance to stoke tensions with Iran, Israeli security sources said on Sunday. hey said the exercise, dubbed Juniper Cobra, this year involves fewer troops and advanced computer simulations -- rather than live-fire drills -- of anti-missile systems such as Israel's Arrow-II and the American-made Patriot PAC-3. "Given the regional situation, especially with Iran, and other factors, we have opted for a much lower profile than previously," an Israeli security source said. Israel and the United States...

It's fitting that Sean Hannity's fourth annual Freedom Concert tomorrow will be held once again at Six Flags Great Adventure amusement park in Jackson, N.J. Hannity has had a great adventure of his own the past few years. His afternoon radio show on WABC (770 AM) is syndicated to more than 500 stations, and his 12 million-15 million weekly listeners put him behind only Rush Limbaugh. But numbers are only part of the story. Between the radio and his evening "Hannity and Colmes" on the Fox News Channel, the 44-year-old Hannity has risen above a crowded pack to become one...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARINES By Michelle Malkin   ·   November 10, 2005 08:28 AM ***updated with links galore*** It's the 230th anniversary of the U.S. Marine Corps. A new commemorative stamp series is being unveiled this week. Here are the honorees: Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone Basilone received the Medal of Honor during World War II for holding 3,000 Japanese soldiers at bay for 72 hours at Guadalcanal. He also destroyed a Japanese gun emplacement at Iwo Jima and was killed there during battle. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross and Purple Heart. Sgt. Maj. Daniel 'Dan' Joseph Daly Daly received the...

How Iraq will change US military doctrine More emphasis will be put on peacekeeping and dealing with messy political conflicts. Are preemptive strikes dead? By Brad Knickerbocker | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Years from now, when today's lieutenants and ensigns are generals and admirals, what will make them nervous? That is, what will be the "Vietnam syndrome" equivalent applied to those in uniform today, battlefield experiences they had that raise warning flags when they're asked to fight again? That will be one very pointed way of considering whether the lessons of US operations in Iraq have been...

The USA led war with Iraq, or better stated the war with Saddam Hussein's military forces will be overwhelming and result in a seemingly unchallenged victory, I believe. The Iraqi People are tired of Saddam, as well as the military forces, which are aware of the devastating consequences of challenging the Allied forces. We are liberating the Iraqi people from oppression, disarming a known Tyrant who has committed horrible acts of human desecration. Saddam has taken advantage of a population of great people and culture, a region massed with the fortunes of oil reserves and he’s ruled with an iron...

Whatever the current burning issue is -- trade with Iraq, support for Israel, building a missile defense system, accepting the International Court -- Americans and West Europeans often find themselves on opposite sides of the argument. (snip) The differences, in brief, are stark: Americans are Mars; Europeans, from Venus. Europeans spend their money on social services, Americans continue to devote large sums to the military. Europeans draw lessons from their successful pacifying of post -1945 Germany; Americans draw lessons from their defeat of Nazi Germany and of the Soviet Bloc. (snip) For complete article click here.