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Uniform inspires act of honoring Airmen |
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Saturday, 09 August 2008 |
8/5/2008 - LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. (AFPN) -- On a recent trip to a bookstore, I was approached by a man in his late 30s to early 40s.
He seemed nervous and upset; avoiding eye contact and shifting his
weight from one foot to the other. My guard went up immediately. In 22
years of military service, I've heard some negative things said about
the military, my branch of service, my choice of occupation given my
gender, and the general displeasure with government policy at large.
The challenge has always been not to take these statements personally.
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Senate confirms General Schwartz as next chief of staff |
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Written by davidtkl
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Saturday, 02 August 2008 |
8/1/2008 - WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- Gen.
Norton A. Schwartz, a 35-year veteran in special operations, will be
the 19th Air Force chief of staff, according to a Senate confirmation
vote which occurred Aug. 1.
General Schwartz provided testimony to the Senate Armed Services
Committee on July 22, before the full Senate voted on his confirmation.
Now the president must appoint the general before he can assume his new
position.
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New tool may enhance the way Soldiers communicate with locals in theater |
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Saturday, 02 August 2008 |
FORT HOOD, Texas - Soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division could soon have
a new tool for their upcoming deployment in support of Operation Iraqi
Freedom that enhances the way they communicate with the people living
in Iraq.
A few First Team troopers, along with senior leaders, got their first
glimpse of the Vcommunicator Mobile, a light-weight, compact, hand-held
translation device and cultural awareness aid, during a demonstration
of the capability at the 1st Cav. Div. headquarters here July 21-22.
Currently in use by approximately 700 military service members in Iraq
and Afghanistan, the one-way translation device offers hundreds of
phrases in five different languages to include Iraqi Arabic, Kurdish,
Dari, Pashto and Modern Standard Arabic. It also offers, via video
cues, cultural gestures in the form of hand signals that may be common
to a specific region, allowing for cultural awareness.
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Dunwoody confirmed as first female four-star |
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Written by davidtkl
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Friday, 25 July 2008 |
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, July 24, 2008) -- The U.S. Senate
confirmed Wednesday the appointment of Lt. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody to the
grade of four-star general.
Dunwoody, who will be the first woman to serve as a four-star general
in the U.S. military, was also confirmed for assignment as commanding
general, U.S. Army Materiel Command, headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Va.
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Guard units receive more high-tech Lakota helicopters |
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Written by davidtkl
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Saturday, 19 July 2008 |
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, July 10, 2008) - Louisiana's Aviation
Command last week became the latest National Guard unit to receive the
new light utility UH-72A Lakota helicopter.
C- Company, 1-114th Aviation Security and Support Battalion received
two Lakota's July 2 and is slated to receive two more of the
state-of-the-art helicopters later this month. They will be used for
command and control missions such as aerial reconnaissance,
counter-drug operations, weapons of mass destruction, and hurricane
emergencies.
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New MH-53M helicopter exhibit opens at AF museum |
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Written by davidtkl
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Saturday, 12 July 2008 |
7/11/2008 - DAYTON, Ohio (AFPN) -- Several
high ranking officials from Air Force Special Operations Command,
industry and the community recently joined personnel from the National
Museum of the U.S. Air Force for the official opening of the museum's
new MH-53M Pave Low IV helicopter exhibit.
Air Force special operations forces used the Sikorsky MH-53M to
covertly enter enemy territory. Capable of operating at day or night or
in bad weather, these helicopters conducted long-range, low-level
missions to insert, extract, and resupply special operations forces.
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1,215 servicemembers re-up in Iraq |
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Written by davidtkl
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Tuesday, 08 July 2008 |
Servicemembers from all over Iraq gathered in the Al Faw Palace rotunda
at Camp Victory, Baghdad, to reenlist and celebrate Independence Day.
All 1,215 servicemembers celebrated by raising their right hands and
pledging to continue defending the "land of the free" in what is the
largest reenlistment ceremony since the all-volunteer force began in
1973 according to Command Sgt. Maj. Marvin L. Hill, command sergeant
major, Multi-National Forces - Iraq.
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Veterans honor Berlin Airlift's 60th anniversary |
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Written by davidtkl
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Saturday, 28 June 2008 |
6/27/2008 - BERLIN (AFPN) -- American, British and French veterans have returned to Germany to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift.
Dr. Helmut Trotnow, the curator of the Allied Museum in Berlin,
attributed part of the dissolution of the Soviet blockade to the U.S.
armed forces involved in the airlift.
"This is not just an aspect of history in the books, but it's flesh and
blood human beings," he said. "They had feelings. They had hopes. They
had thoughts. They had ideas, and you know if they hadn't had stuck to
their ideas of freedom and democracy, the Berlin Airlift might not have
been a success."
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FCS capability accelerated for infantry |
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Written by davidtkl
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Saturday, 28 June 2008 |
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Jun. 26, 2008) -- Soldiers in Infantry
Brigade Combat Teams now get the first crack at Future Combat System
technology, Army officials said during a news conference at the
Pentagon June 26.
That capability, initially meant to be delivered first to Heavy Brigade
Combat teams, will now be delivered to IBCTs by fiscal year 2011 --
three years earlier than previously planned.
The changes come after Army studies showed it was infantry units who
were highest in demand in Afghanistan and Iraq, and infantry units with
the most capability requests.
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Ramstein C-130s participate in NATO airdrop demonstration |
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Saturday, 21 June 2008 |
6/19/2008 - RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AFPN) -- Two
C-130 Hercules aircraft from Ramstein Air Base recently participated in
a NATO-sponsored Precision Airdrop Capabilities demonstration at the
Centre d'Essais Lancement de Missiles at Biscarrosee and at Cazaux Air
Base, France.
"Over three days we conducted four to six drops a day with different
GPS computers," said Capt. Bryant Jarrell, a 37th Airlift Squadron
pilot aboard the JPADS flights.
"It was a unique experience to drop cargo at a high altitude (ranging 6,000 to 10,000 feet above ground)," he said.
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