By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press Writer
 

The Pentagon said Friday that U.S. forces in Iraq are ready for any escalation of violence associated with the execution of former President Saddam Hussein. Saddam was hanged Friday night, Iraqi state-run television reported.
"U.S. forces in Iraq are obviously at a high state of alert anytime because of the [...]

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POSTED: 11:07 p.m. EST, December 29, 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been executed, a witness said.
"Saddam’s body is in front me," said an official in the prime minister’s office when CNN telephoned. "It’s over."
In the background, Shiite chanting could be heard. When asked about the chanting, the official said [...]

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Here is a little preview of our Christmas activities at Landstuhl this year…. spreading a little bit of cheer..  more to come as we manage to put it online - as usual, it was very well worth the effort…   just click the links below
Christmas Party at Landstuhl Hospital - Heaton Hall
23.12.2006: Brenda receives Christmas [...]

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Soldier, 25, Rolling Meadows, Illinois
By Brian Mockenhaupt
How would you react if you were a triple amputee? You have two options once this happens: Roll over and die or move on….
…read this exceptional story..  inspiring, moving and yet written in a way where one is forced to sit back and redefine his or her own attitude [...]

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DID has covered the USA’s immense difficulties with its dry chamber Advanced Seal Delivery System, and near-abandonment of the project. As the Navy et. al. ponder ponder what to do, a New Year’s resolution to to pay close attention to developments in Sweden and its 10m "Diver Group Boat" may be in order.
On the [...]

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The U.S. Marines have a problem. The CH-53E Super Stallion medium-heavy lift helicopters they rely upon to move troops, vehicles, and supplies off of their ships are wearing out. Fast. Yet the pace demanded by the Global War on Terror is relentless. Attrition is taking its toll, and CH-53s are being recalled from "boneyard" storage [...]

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Honeywell International Inc. in Morris Township, NJ won a U.S. Army contract to change the way it supports its AGT-1500 turbine engine, used on the M1 Abrams tank and related platforms. The company has said that the overall contract under the US Army’s Total InteGrated Engine Revitalization (TIGER) program could amount to $1.4 billion by [...]

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Dec 27, 2006BY Sgt. Jon Cupp1st BCT, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs
CAMP TAJI, Iraq (Army News Service, Dec. 27, 2006) - New basic training graduates with the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division (Mechanized) trained with the assistance of Military Transition Teams from the 1st Infantry Division here Dec.19 on how to conduct [...]

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By William Browning
Inside the local Army National Guard recruitment office in Hattiesburg, an entire dry-erase board hanging in Master Sgt. Tim Gordy’s office is gridded off into a calendar.
At the bottom of each month’s row are two numbers. The blue number is the recruit quota to be met each month. The red number [...]

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Posted On: Thursday, December 28, 2006
By Emily BakerKilleen Daily Herald
A new brigade combat team numbering 3,500 soldiers originally scheduled to form at another post will instead stand up at Fort Hood in April 2007 for training ahead of future deployment.
The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, had been scheduled to form at Fort Knox, [...]

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