KUWAIT, Feb 12 (KUNA) — The loud boom heard across Kuwait Tuesday was actually caused by a plane breaking the sound barrier, an Interior Ministry source stressed to KUNA.
The source said the plane was conducting routine drills at the time.

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An emotional homecoming Sunday for dozens of local troops returning from Kuwait. More than 40 members of the Michigan Army National Guard are safe at home. Family and friends greeted them with cheers, signs and a ceremony. The unit just completed a 15-month tour of duty. They spent a year overseas handling personnel duties for [...]

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CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait (Army News Service, July 11, 2007) - For many Soldiers of the Arizona National Guard’s 222nd Transportation Company, the Fourth of July was just another day of driving supplies into Iraq.
But for at least two members of the "Triple Deuce," Independence Day had more meaning than usual. They were alive.
Sgt. Robert Buckley, [...]

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"The two we’re building in North Carolina … exceed the specifications of many of the armored vehicles currently in Iraq," says Mr. Berman. "They are because we took a matrix of all the competition and designed something equal to or greater than. There really is an advantage to being the last boy in the game. [...]

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FORT THOMAS, Ky.The Fort Thomas-based Army Reserve 478th Engineering Battalion is deploying today for Iraq.A send-off ceremony will be at 3 p.m. today at the Fort Thomas Tower Park track and field area. Kentucky Senate President Pro Tem Katie Stine is scheduled to speak at the ceremony. Members of the battalion said yesterday they had [...]

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While the refusal by newly elected Kuwaiti Education Minister Dr. Nouriya Al-Subeeh to wear a veil in parliamentary sessions evoked the resentment of the Islamist MPs, the Kuwaiti press published many articles supporting Dr. Al-Subeeh’s position. The papers argued that no one had the right to impose a dress code on her, and that there [...]

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By Carmen L. GleasonAmerican Forces Press Service

CAMP BUERHING, Kuwait, April 27, 2007 – Although he’s proud of what his troops do in Kuwait, the commander of the 3rd U.S. Army and U.S. Army Central Command said today that what his troops do to contribute to combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan that is even more [...]

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By Carmen L. GleasonAmerican Forces Press Service

FORWARD OPERATING BASE SWORD, Kuwait, April 27, 2007 – A group of civic and business leaders had the opportunity to learn more about the capability of the U.S. Army during a visit yesterday and today to troops stationed in Kuwait.
Forty-five participants of the Defense Department’s Joint Civilian Orientation Conference [...]

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