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USCG evacuates Haitians

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U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program biathlete, 1st Lt. Jennifer Wygant, skis to victory in the women's 7.5-kilometer sprint Dec. 12 at the U.S. Biathlon World Team Trials in Colerain, Minn. Wygant won the event with a time of 23 minutes, 44.2 seconds. Photo by: Tim Hipps, FMWRC Public Affairs. (Photo by U.S. Army)

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Casey visits soldiers in Germany prior to their deployment to Afghanistan, Dec. 2009.

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WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Dec. 1, 2009) -- Beginning Friday,visitors to Army.mil will experience a new level of Web customizationand personalization never seen before on a military Web site.

The team behind the Army's Web presence has redesigned the service'spremier Web site, www.Army.mil, with the end-user in mind. Visitors tothe site will be able to choose what kind of information they want tosee on the front page and have the latest information that meets theircriteria presented to them first, every time they visit.

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U.S. Central Command Commander, Gen. Petraeus, carves a turkey on board the U.S.S. Nimitz.

U.S. Navy Photo By Petty Officer Second Class Joseph Moon, Nov. 25, 2009.

Great photo of NTC town Medina Wasl, made to resemble an Iraqi town with all of the fixings.

Secretary of the Army John McHugh toursMedina Wasl, one of several villages built at the NationalTraining Centerat Fort Irwin, Calif., to approximate an Iraqi towncomplete with a marketplace, hotel, mosque, restaurants, and a policedepartment. The Secretary viewed role-playing insurgents who staged a mockattack on civilians while accompanied by Brig. Gen. Robert Abrams (left) andCommand Sgt. Major Victor Martinez (right).

U.S. Army Photo BY Staff Sgt. Matthew Clifton

Imagine having to evacuate a city of 100,000 people with all theirbelongings in under a year and relocating them half way across theworld. This is essentially the task at hand for the 923rd MovementControl Team, 420th Movement Control Battalion, out of Bakersfield,Calif.

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Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael Love of the 2nd of 402nd Army FieldSupport Battalion and Army Sgt. Paul Miglis of the 923rd MovementControl Team discuss the loading of several Mine Resistant AmbushProtected vehicles at the Redistribution Property Assistance Team yardat Camp Liberty. The 923rd MCT, based out of Bakersfield, Calif., isresponsible for overseeing the RPAT yard and monitors all convoymovements that come through the Baghdad area.

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Task Force Gladius Soldiers with 410th Military Police Company, Task Force Cyclone, toss pens to children across a stream in Charikar, Parwan province, Afghanistan, Nov. 8, 2009. The Soldiers conducts many missions in the Parwan area. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. William E. Henry, Task Force Cyclone, 38th Infantry Division.)

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SSG Wells says:

For viewers of this picture who haven't been over there, the kids of Afghanistan love it when we pass out pens during humanitarian missions. For most people around the world, a pen is an item that is readily available everywhere you go and is part of our everyday lives. However, in Afghanistan, they are so poverty stricken that even a pen is considered something of value. i was surprised to learn this during my last deployment.

Current soldiers talk about the true meaning of valor, courage, and heroism.  Youtube, Soldiers Media Center

Fox did their pre-game NFL Show from Afghanistan today.  Here is an Air Force photo display of the vist.

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First-class and priority mail for servicemembers stationed in Afghanistan should be sent by Dec. 4 for arrival by Christmas. The deadline for parcel airlift mail is Dec. 1, and space-available mail bound for Afghanistan should be sent by Nov. 21.

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Photo credit Staff Sgt. Liesl Marelli, Colorado National Guard

Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery, of the Colorado Army National Guard, unload mail from a vehicle filled with many packages and letters from home Sept. 10, 2009, at Camp Ramadi, Iraq.

Marines assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 26 fire a 21-gun salute as the amphibious transport dock ship Pre-commissioning Unit (PCU) New York (LPD 21) passes Ground Zero. The ship has 7.5 tons of World Trade Center steel in her bow and will be commissioned Nov. 7 in New York City. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st class Corey Lewis (Released) 091102-N-2147L-001 (Photo by U.S. Navy)

great video from DVIDS

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USS NY passes through NYC harbor by the WTC site, Nov. 2009.

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Video of Marines participating in Marine Corps Marathon at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq.

HOOAH and SEMPER FI!!!

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USMC Marathon, Al Asad, Iraq

USMC Marathon, Washington, D.C.

Some great points in this article.

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Take it from someone who has spent the last half-decade studying terrorist plots: A homeless al Qaeda is the best guarantee against large-scale attacks.

There is simply no substitute for the trust and confidence built by physically meeting, jointly conceiving, and then training together for a large-scale, complex operation on the other side of the world.

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Caption: KITGUM, Uganda, Oct 20 -- 1st. Lt. Victoria Lynn Watson holds a 15-minute-old infant she delivered at the Pajimo Clinic in rural Kitgum. Watson, an Army Reserve Soldier from Abilene, Texas, and deployed with the 7225th Medical Support Unit (MSU), is a labor and delivery nurse in her civilian occupation and was called upon to assist when the 19-year-old expectant mother arrived at the clinic in an advanced state of labor. The mother gave birth to a healthy, 5.5 lb. baby boy about 90 minutes later --and asked that Watson name her son. Watson named the baby "Cage." (Photo credit Maj. Corey Schultz, Army Reserve Communications.)

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Not only is DOD embracing new media, they are putting out ads like this.  Great stuff!

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Excellent book and here is the Hooah News chosen review:

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"Even though Marie [Pat's wife] never voiced her concern about Pat's decision to join the Army or the Rangers, Pat knew that his decisions impacted her greatly. The book quotes from Pat's journal while at basic training: "How the hell I have been able to keep her after all these years is a goddamn miracle. Why does she put up with it? Who does this? Who takes a perfectly perfect life and ruins it? A perfectly happy wife and marriage and jeopardizes it?" "

Cpl. Pat Tillman

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An Army Colonel Commander of a Brigade in 10th Mountain Division in Afghanistan, wrote a personal letter intended for all of his soldiers that ended up posted on USA Today.  A heartfelt message meant to improve morale, the letter is truly a morale builder and touching.

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Soldiers navigate across a creek during a dismounted patrol in the Nerkh Valley, Afghanistan, June 4, 2009. Thursday, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said a new "intermediate" command set for Afghanistan will allow the commander to concentrate on day-to-day tactical events across the country. The pictured Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Richard Roman