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7/01/03

African Leaders want US TROOPS in Africa!

Assailants Gun Down Chief of Saddam Hussein's Tribe

Car bomb wounds US soldiers in Baghdad-witnesses

N. KOREA: C.I.A. Said to Find North Korean Nuclear Advances (missile nuke warheads)

NATO force discovers illegal military training camp in Bosnia

U.S. soldier wounded in grenade attack in Baghdad

U.S.-named Iraqi governor arrested

7/02/03

'Bring Them On,' Bush Says to Iraq Attacks

Bush: Harsh Treatment for Attackers, U.S. Not Leaving Till Iraq Is Free

Fallujah Mosque Explosion Tied to Bomb-making Class

Mine explosion kills one Marine, injures three

Polish Troops Leave to Head Force in Iraq Zone

Pressed to Send Troops to Liberia, Bush 'exploring All Options'

Some Good News In Post-War Iraq

U.S. Soldier Dies from Wounds in Iraq Attack

7/03/03

Americans restore ancient treasures to (Baghdad) museum -for two hours only

Iraqis Defy Bush, Wound Seven U.S. Soldiers in Attacks

7/04/03

IRAQ: U.S. Troops in Iraq Make Most of July 4th

Armed Man Arrested at Fla. Military Base

[Update] Mortars Injure 10 U.S. Troops in Iraq

7/05/03

Bush defends Iraq war

Sanchez: Coalition troop numbers OK for now

Turkey : Foreign Ministry Reacts Strongly to US Detention of Turkish Officers

7/06/03

U.S. Troops Ambushed in Ramadi, Casualties

Wild ride on Iraqi border - G.I.'s know they're not in Kansas

Battling rebels in Philippines U.S. playing critical role in campaign against Muslim insurgents

Liberia - Taylor accepts Nigerian asylum offer, but calls for U.S. to send peacekeepers

U.S. Reportedly Frees 11 Turkish Troops

U.S. Soldier Dies from Gunshot Wound in Iraq

Status of Iraq's 55 Most Wanted

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Decommissioned Ship's Crew Gets New Vessel
(A new Navy tradition)

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Release Date: 7/2/2003 5:01:00 AM

By Journalist Seaman Christopher G. Thien, Navy Public Affairs Center San Diego

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- The crew of recently-decommisioned USS Oldendorf (DD 972) recently helped establish a new Navy tradition – they swapped out their ship for another.

Usually, when a ship is decommissioned, it is sold for scrap, sold to a foreign navy or assigned to the Reserve, or “mothball,” fleet. The crew is usually dispersed with orders to new ships and shore commands.

This wasn’t the case for the crew of Oldendorf. The destroyer was decommissioned June 20 at Naval Base San Diego, but the crew of the “Oly” stayed together to man up another destroyer in the Arabian Gulf.

It’s all part of the Naval Surface Force, Pacific commander’s sea swap initiative. Many of Oldendorf’s more than 300 Sailors are very happy to be getting the opportunity to continue serving together.

“The excitement of learning, as well as the relationship between the crew members is great. It is good to have those who are close to you near. It makes them feel like family,” said Fire Controlman 3rd Class Kelsey S. Woods.

Oldendorf’s crew will relieve the crew of USS Kinkaid (DD 965), who are currently serving aboard USS Fletcher (DD 992). Oldendorf, Fletcher and Kinkaid are all Spruance-class destroyers and part of the sea swap program.

Vice Adm. Timothy LaFleur, commander, Naval Surface Force, Pacific, (SURFPAC) and his staff came up with the idea of the sea swap program.

It’s designed to save the Navy time and money. With one ship permanently on station and forward-deployed to an area like the Arabian Gulf, the Navy can save on fuel expenses, transit time to the location by the ship and other logistics expenses. It currently takes an average of 45 days each way to transit between a homeport and a ship’s destination.

According to officials at SURFPAC, by using the sea swap program, the Navy can gain as many as three additional months of on-station time. This additional time on-station equates to two regular deployments.

“We are pioneering a new program that will help determine how the Navy shapes future deployment schedules,” said Lt. j.g. Lauren A. Bross, Oldendorf’s combat information center officer. “The sea swap program allows the Navy to make the most efficient use of its Pacific fleet ships.”

“It is interesting to be a part of the sea swap program,” said Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Shannon M. Arney. “The program is going to change the way the Navy operates deployments. I am very proud to be participating in it.”

Oldendorf’s crew will now take over command of Fletcher and work with systems they are already familiar with during an upcoming six-month deployment. Even though the old crew of the “Oly” is on a new ship, the feeling of camaraderie will never grow old.

For related news, visit the Navy Public Affairs Center, San Diego Navy NewsStand page at www.news.navy.mil/local/pacensandiego.

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On This Day In History

Birthdates which occurred on July 07:
1752 Joseph-Marie Jacquard invented programmable loom
1843 Camillo Golgi Italy, physician, cytologist (Nobel 1906)
1851 Lillien Jane Martin psychologist. found gerontology clinic
1860 Gustav Mahler Kalischat Bohemia Austria, composer/conductor (Titan)
1887 Marc Chagall Vitebsk Russia, artist (I & The Village)
1893 Vladimir Mayakovsky Soviet Georgia, poet (Ode to Revolution)
1899 George Cukor producer/director (Adam's Rib, Philadelphia Story)
1902 James McCartney father of Beatle (Paul)
1906 Satchel Paige baseball pitcher, never look back
1907 Robert A Heinlein sci-fi author (Stranger in a Strange Land)
1908 Harriette Arnow Wayne Co, Ky, novelist (The Dollmaker)
1911 Eddie Mayehoff Balt Md, actor (Hour Glass, Doc Corkle)
1911 Gian Carlo Menotti Italy, composer (Amahl & Night Visitors)
1914 Eddie Mayehoff Baltimore, actor (Luv, How to Murder Your Wife)
1917 Elton Britt Marshall Ark, country singer (Sat Night Jamboree)
1917 Lawrence F O'Brien (Watergate conspirators broke into his office)
1919 William Kunstler defense attorney (Chicago 8)
1921 Ezzard Charles world heavyweight boxing champion (1950-51)
1922 Artie Malivn NYC, music director (Julie LaRosa, Steve Lawrence)
1922 Pierre Cardin Paris France, fashion designer (Unisex)
1923 Eduardo Fal£ Argentine guitarist (Zamba de Vargas)
1923 Jean Kerr Scranton Pa, novelist (Please Don't Eat the Daisies)
1927 Alan Dixon (Sen-D-Ill)
1927 Carl (Doc) Severinson Arlington Or, bandleader/trumpeter (Tonight)
1927 Charlie Louvin Rainsville Ala, country singer (Louvin Brothers)
1928 Colleen Summers Pasadena Calif, vocal overdubber
1928 Vincent Edwards actor (Dr Ben Casey, Death Stalk, Firehouse)
1933 Murray Halberg New Zealand, 5K runner (Olympic-gold-1960)
1940 Ringo Starr Beatles' drummer/actor (Magic Christian)
1945 Matti Salminen Turku Finland, bass player (King Philipp-Don Carlos)
1946 Jean LeClerc actor (Jeremy Hunter-All My Children)
1946 Jim Day Canada, equestrian show jumper (Olympic-gold-1968)
1946 Joe Spano SF Calif, actor (Henry Goldblume-Hill St Blues)
1948 Fred Brown NBAer (Seattle SuperSonic)
1949 Shelley Duvall Houston Tx, actress (Popeye, Faery Tale Theater)
1951 Roz Ryan Detroit Mich, actress (Amelia-Amen)
1959 Bill Campbell actor (The Rocketeer)
1959 Jessica Hahn evangelist rape victim/model (playboy)/actress
1960 Isabelle Boeri-B‚gard France, foils (Olympic-gold-1980)
1960 Ralph Sampson NBA center (Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets)
1962 Clive "Doctor" Jackson rocker (Dr & the Medics-Laughing at Pieces)
1963 Perry Richardson SC, bassist (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime)
1967 Jason R Rich Irvington NY, writer (Celebrity Teen Talk)
1969 Cree Summer actress (Freddie-Different World)

Deaths which occurred on July 07:
1304 Benedict XI, [Niccol• Boccasini], Pope (1303-04), dies [poisoned?]
1307 - Edward I, King (Longshanks) of England (1272-1307), dies at 68
1647 Thomas Hooker clergyman, father of American democracy, dies
1742 A Spanish force invading Georgia runs headlong into the colony's British defenders.The battle decides the fate of a colony.
1777 American troops give up Fort Ticonderoga, on Lake Champlain, to the British.
1865 - Lewis Paine, was hanged for his role in a conspiracy to throw the Union government into turmoil, Booth Conspirator
1865 David Herold, was hanged for his role in a conspiracy to throw the Union government into turmoil, Booth Conspirator
1865 George Atzerodt, was hanged for his role in a conspiracy to throw the Union government into turmoil, Booth Conspirator
1865 Mary Surratt was hanged for her role in a conspiracy to throw the Union government into turmoil, Booth Conspirator
1930 - Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 71
1939 James Deacon White ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chi), dies at 91
1967 Vivian Leigh Scarlet in Gone with the Wind, dies at 53
1970 Louise Harrison mother of Beatle George, dies
1970 Marjorie Rambeau actress (Primrose Path, Torch Song), dies at 80
1970 Sylvester Wiere comedian (Wiere Brothers-Ford Festival), dies at 60
1973 Veronica Lake actress, dies at 58
1980 Reginald Gardiner actor (Great Dictator), dies at 77
1981 Keefe Brasselle actor (Be Our Guest), dies at 58
1982 Fred Stuthman actor (Henry Adler-Hello Larry), dies at 63
1984 Flora Robson actress, dies in her sleep at 82
1985 Patti McCarty actress, dies at 64
1990 Bill Cullen game show host (Price is Right), dies at 70 of cancer

Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1965 WILLIAMSON DON I. LOUISVILLE KY.
[POSS DEAD / HANOI PRESS AND PHOTOS REMAINS RETURNED 7/25/89]
1966 PHARRIS WILLIAM V. LAKE CHARLES LA.
1967 AVOLESE PAUL A. EAST MEADOW NY "MID AIR COLL,7 RESCUED, NOT SUBJECT" 1967 BITTENBENDER DAVID F. NIAGARA FALLS NY.
[MID AIR COLL]
1967 BLANKENSHIP CHARLES H. SUITLAND MD.
[MID AIR COLL REMAINS RETURNED 05/02/97]
1967 CRUMM WILLIAM J. SCARSDALE NY.
[MID AIR COLL]
1967 JONES GEORGE E. ABERDEEN MS.
[MID AIR COLL REMAINS RETURNED O5/02/97]
1967 MC LAUGHLIN OLEN B. TAMPA FL.
[MID AIR COLL REMAINS RETURNED 04/30/97]
1967 TRITT JAMES FRANCIS MONACA PA.
[LOST OVERBOARD]
1970 BEALS CHARLES E. FRENCH LICK IN.
1970 HOWARD LEWIS J. MACON GA.
1972 KROBOTH ALAN J. ANTHONY KS.
[03/27/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE IN 98]
1972 ROBERTSON LEONARD NORTH PORT NY.
[VC TOLD KROBOTH ROBERTSON DEAD]

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On this day...
1124 Tyre [Tyrus] surrenders to Crusaders
1456 Though she had already been burnt at the stake (5/30/1431), Joan of Arc is acquitted
1607 "God Save the King" is 1st sung
1668 Isaac Newton receives MA from Trinity College, Cambridge
1753 - English parliament grants Jews English citizenship
1754 Kings College in NYC opens (renamed Columbia College)
1768 Firm of Johann Buddenbrook founded, in Thomas Mann's novel
1802, The first comic book was published in Hudson, NY this day. It was about "The Wasp" and was created by Robert Rusticoat.
1838 Central American federation is dissolved
1846 US annexs California
1862 Land Grant Act endows state colleges with federal land
1863 1st military draft by US (exemptions cost $100)
1865 4 Lincoln assassination conspirators, including Mary Surratt, hanged
1867 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #92 Undina
1891 Travelers cheque patented
1898 Pres McKinley signs resolution of annexation of Hawaiian Is
1898 US annexes Hawaii
1904 A Charlois discovers asteroid #537 Pauly
1905 127ø F (53ø C), Parker Ariz (state record)
1908 Great White Fleet leaves SF Bay
1911 Dorothea Lambert Chambers beats Dora Boothby 6-0, 6-0 in a record 25 minutes for Wimbeldon championship
1919 Phillies tie major league record of 8 steals in 9 inn game
1923 Cleve Indians beat Boston Red Sox 27-3 with 13 runs in 6th inning
1923 University of Delaware invents the "junior year abroad" (at Sorbonne)
1924 E Hertzsprung discovers asteroid #1702 Kalahari
1924 Robert LeGendre of the US, sets then long jump record at 25' 5«"
1928 Edward Hamm of the US, sets then long jump record at 25' 11"
1930 Construction begins on Boulder (Hoover) Dam
1934 Elizabeth Ryan wins her 12th Wimbeldon doubles championship
1936 NL beats AL for their 1st All Star victory, 4-3 (Boston Braves Field)
1937 AL beats NL 8-3 in 5th All Star Game (Griffith Stad, Washington)
1937 Japanese & Chinese troops clash, which will become WW II
1941 US forces land in Iceland to forestall Nazi invasion
1946 Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini canonized as 1st American saint
1948 6 female reservists become 1st women sworn into regular US Navy
1948 Cleveland Indians sign Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1949 "Dragnet" premiers on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 & 1967
1954 T.A.N.U. party founded in Tanzania
1956 7 Army trucks loaded with dynamite explode in the middle of Cali, Columbia killing 1,100-1,200, destroyimg 2,000 buildings
1958 Pres Eisenhower signs Alaska statehood bill
1959 NL beats AL 5-4 in 26th All Star Game (Pittsbugh Forbes Field)
1960 USSR shoots down a US aircraft over Barents sea
1962 Bill Hartack becomes 8th jockey to win 3,000 horse races
1964 NL beats AL 7-4 at 35th All Star Game (Shea Stadium, NY)
1965 Otis Redding records "Respect"
1967 Beatles' "All You Need is Love" is released
1968 Rock group "The Yardbirds" disband
1969 Canada's House of Commons approves equality of French-English lang
1972 Billie Jean King beats Evonne Goolagong to win Wimbeldon
1973 1st all-US women's Wimbeldon, Billie Jean King beats Chris Evert
1973 78 drown as flash flood sweeps a bus into a river (India)
1973 All women board of directors takes control of ABA's Kentucky Colonels
1973 Balt Orioles pull their 4th triple play (5-4-3 vs Oakland)
1973 Glenda Reiser (Canada) sets record women's mile (4:34.9)
1973 Shoelace Park in the Bronx named
1974 West Germany beats Neth 2-1 for soccer's 10th World Cup in Munich
1975 TV soap opera "Ryan's Hope" premieres
1976 Viking 2 goes into orbit around Mars
1978 Martina Navratilova captures Wimbledon defeating Chris Evert
1978 Solomon Is gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1980 1st solar-powered aircraft crosses English Channel
1980 Az Judge Sandra Day O'Connor 1st female nominated to Supreme Court
1980 Jim King completes riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours
1981 1st solar-powered aircraft, Solar Challenger, crosses English Channel
1981 Ben Plucknett of US throws discus 72.34 m, but throw is disqualified
1981 Solar Challenger powered only by solar energy crosses English Channel
1982 David Moorcroft of UK sets record for 5000 m, 13:00.41
1982 Steve Scott of US runs the mile in a record 3:47.69
1983 11 year old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, leaves for USSR
1984 5 die in a train crash in Williston Vt
1985 Boris Becker at 17 beats Kevin Curren for Wimbeldon title
1986 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 (updated) released
1986 Supreme Court struck down Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law
1987 Kiwanis Clubs end men-only tradition, vote to admit women
1987 Lt Col Oliver North began public testimony at Iran-Contra hearing
1987 Yanks trailing by 7 score 7 in 7th on 7/7 & 5 in 8th-Beat Twins 12-7
1988 Soviet Union launches Phobos 1 to probe Martian moon (unsuccessful)
1990 Greg Lemond wins his 3rd Tour de France (90:43:20 avg 23.3 mph)
1990 Martina Navratilova beats Zina Garrison for rec 9th Wimbeldon title
1991 Michael Stich beats Boris Becker for Wimbeldon championship

Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
USA National Peach Month
Bhutan : Guru Rinbochy
Equatorial Guinea : P.U.N.T. Anniversary
Japan : Star Festival/Tanabata
Pamplona, Spain : Fiesta de San Fermin-running of the Bulls
Tanzania : Saba-Saba Day-founding of TANU party (1954)
Iowa : Independence Sunday - - - - - ( Sunday )
Caribbean Common Market : Caribbean Day (1973) - - - - - ( Monday )
Lesotho : Family Day - - - - - ( Monday )
Zambia : Heroes Day - - - - - ( Monday )
Zambia : Unity Day - - - - - ( Tuesday )

Religious Observances
Orth : Nativity of St John the Forerunner (6/24 OS)
Old Catholoic : Comm of St Methodius (Cyril), devise Cyrillic alphabet

Religious History
1586 Birth of Thomas Hooker, colonial American pastor and an originator of the earliestsystem of federal government in America.
1851 Birth of Charles A. Tindley, African-American Methodist preacher and songwriter.His most enduring gospel hymns include 'Stand By Me,' 'Nothing Between,' 'Leave It There'and 'By and By.'
1946 Italian-American educator, Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917) became thefirst American citizen to be made a saint in the Catholic Church. She arrived in the U.S.in 1889, and was naturalized in 1909.
1952 Six churches met to form the Southern Baptist Association of Colorado, the firstorganization of this denomination in the state.
1959 English apologist C.S. Lewis wrote in a letter: 'I "believed" theoretically inthe divine forgiveness for years before it really came home to me. It is a wonderful thingwhen it does.'

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

Thought for the day :
" Bachelor's wives and spinster's children are always perfect. "

Today's 'You Might Be A Redneck If' Joke...
"You use a '55 Chevy as a guest house."

I'm in.

A friend of mine, George Adam Haas, is currently in Baghdad with a medical unit.
Last I knew, his rank was PFC. Though I don't expect him to stay there long.

Keep him in prayers.
Though I'd rather be there with him.

Just when I thought everyone I know had gotten out of there by now, I end up having to send another. *Ofacious 'harrumpf' snort.* Oh well, I do hope he's drinking plenty of water and keeping his head down.

Sorry about missing yesterday. Did you ever have one of those days? One matter what you do it's not gonna work.

Absolutely, he will be added to my prayer list.

George Adam Haas.

Thank you Darksheare for letting us know.

Good morning EGC, running behind, one of my terrible traits. lol.

The usual hot and humid, storms through the night, more this morning. I long for cool weather!

Good!

;)

Good morning 'joe'.

Did you ever have one of those days? One matter what you do it's not gonna work.

LOL. Did I ever? All the time it seems. Glad you're back.

Good Morning Everybody.

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Started out with a tripped circiut breaker, which of course lead to a computer crash, then a flat tire on the way to church(now I get to take my suit to the dry cleaners), and as a extra bonus a speeding ticket.
It's always darkest before it turns completely black.

Good Morning Snippy.

Too many casualties being listed.

It seems that it would make sense to keep an experienced crew together after a ship is decommissioned. Any Navy folks out there now why it wasn't done before?