The FReeper Foxhole - Military Related News in Review - September 22nd, 2003

various news sites

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Lord,

Keep our Troops forever in Your care

Give them victory over the enemy...

Grant them a safe and swift return...

Bless those who mourn the lost.
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FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer
for all those serving their country at this time.


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Casuality Identification List for the past week from the DoD

September 15, 2003
DoD Identifies Army Casualties

The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of three soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Master Sgt. Kevin N. Morehead, 33, of Little Rock, Ark., and Sgt. 1st Class William M. Bennett, 35, of Seymour, Tenn., were killed on Sept. 12, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. Both soldiers died of wounds they received when their unit executed a raid on enemy forces. The soldiers were assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Ky.

Sgt. Trevor A. Blumberg, 22, of Canton, Mich., was killed on Sept. 14 in Baghdad, Iraq. Blumberg was on patrol when two improvised explosive devices struck his vehicle. Blumberg was assigned to 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

These incidents are under investigation.

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September 16, 2003
DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today that Staff Sgt. Kevin C. Kimmerly, 31, of North Creek, N.Y., was killed on Sept. 15, in Baghdad, Iraq. While on patrol, Kimmerly's vehicle was hit by a rocket propelled grenade. Kimmerly died of his injuries.

Kimmerly was assigned to B Battery, 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, based in Baumholder, Germany.

The incident is under investigation.

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September 17, 2003
DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today that Spc. Alyssa R. Peterson, 27, of Flagstaff, Ariz., died on Sept. 15 in Telafar, Iraq. Peterson died from a non-combat weapons discharge.

Peterson was assigned to C Company, 311th Military Intelligence Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

The incident is under investigation.

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September 17, 2003
DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today that Spc. Craig S. Ivory, 26, of Port Matilda, Pa., died on Aug. 17 in Homberg University Hospital, Germany. Ivory was medically evacuated from Kuwait on Aug. 12. Ivory died of a non-combat related cause on Aug. 17.

Ivory was assigned to the 501st Forward Support Company, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Southern European Task Force, Vicenza, Italy.

The incident is under investigation.

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Georgia on their minds
DefendAmerica.mil Photo Essay

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Behind an M14 rifle, Cpl. Pawel Pazgan, and his spotter Lance Cpl. Ian Gray, both Designated Marksmen with Task Force Rawhide, site in on a target more than 100 yards away during a live-fire training exercise at CT-5 Range, Aug. 26. The exercise helped Task Force Rawhide hone their skills to better support Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa's mission of detecting, deterring and defeating transnational terrorists in the region. U.S.
Army photo by Sgt. Bradly Shaver

September 16, 2003

Designated Marksmen Put Djibouti in Crosshairs

Camp Lemonier, Djibouti – Marines and Designated Marksmen with Task Force Rawhide participated in a live-fire training exercise here in late August, honing their skills to better support Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa’s mission.

The marksmen, DMs in Marine lingo, recently joined CJTF-HOA as part of Task Force Rawhide whose task is to provide security for Camp Lemonier personnel here supporting the mission of detecting, disrupting and defeating transnational terrorism in the East African region.

“It’s critical that we have the DMs with us; it’s not only to (deter) the enemy, but they are a key element of our success in the (Horn of Africa),” said Marine 1st Lt. James Moran, executive officer of Task Force Rawhide.

Having Designated Marksmen in the Horn of Africa is important because it gives Camp Lemonier a precision fire capability it would otherwise not have.

Carrying M14s, DMs are highly qualified in marksmanship and observation, providing precision shots on identified targets, according to Marine Cpl. Pawel Pazgan, DM team leader with Rawhide.

One well-aimed shot is considered to be the deadliest force on the battlefield, according to said Marine Lance Cpl. Hans Allen, DM with Rawhide.

“As designated marksmen, we are always in support of security missions wherever needed,” said Pazgan. “We provide security inside and outside of Camp Lemonier. We are the first to take out a threat if an advance is made near the perimeter.”

“It’s important that we get our DM Marines out to the firing range before we put them on post,” Moran said. “You can never live-fire enough with Marines, it’s a valuable asset to them. In the future we’ll have two live-fire training exercises each week.”
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Soldiers Patrol on Horseback in Afghanistan


U.S. Army Lt. Col. Monti Zimmerman (left), Coalition Joint Civil Military Operations Task Force, Danish Golum Ail, an interpreter, and Maj. Nigel Gattsche, a New Zealand Army engineer officer, ride through Bamian's bazaar to show a U.S. and coalition presence.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Stephanie Hall

BAMIAN, Afghanistan, Sept. 17, 2003 — Shouts of joy from the townsfolk rise as the four mounted “cowboys” ride through the small, desert town they help keep safe from a gang of ruthless “renegades.”

No, this isn’t a scene from an old western movie; it’s as real as it gets. The cowboys are the U.S. and coalition forces in the Bamian Province, the renegades are the Taliban, and the townsfolk are the people of Bamian City.

At least once a week, the Bamian Provincial Reconstruction Team Civil Affairs Team rides horse back through the bazaar, the central point of the city, to show the people that they are and will remain safe from the Taliban.

“The purpose of the rides is to show (U.S. and coalition) presence to the people of Afghanistan that we have come (and) that we’re not like the Taliban,” said Lt. Col. Monti G. Zimmerman, Coalition Joint Civil Military Operations Task Force.

The sense of security is emphasized because “there was an edict written and prepared by the Taliban that said it was against the law to ride a horse in and through a bazaar, and therefore we demonstrate that you can safely ride a horse in and through a bazaar,” said Zimmerman.

Ever since the Taliban were driven out of town by the U.S. and coalition forces, the townsfolk do feel a sense of security, said Zimmerman. The fact that businesses, school attendance and the overall town’s activities have increased shows that the people do feel safe, he said.

The CA team tries to spread that sense of security to the entire Bamian Province to include those parts that are almost impossible to get to, said Zimmerman, even if it means riding a horse through rough terrain for several days to get to that location. “There’s not a lot that we’ve been doing in Afghanistan that I would say is normal,” he said.

“What we’ve been doing is doctrinal in terms of our interactions, but how we’ve been doing the interactions has had unique challenges based on the terrain and the environment and the people that we’re coming to see,” said Zimmerman. “The fact that the majority of the people here live at such a basic level (has) meant that we have had to go back to more basic means in order to” get the team out to the villages, he said.

Riding out to the more difficult locations “shows that we can get to the same places the (locals) can get, and we’re not only limited to vehicles and those sorts of things,” said Maj. Sid McKissock, the New Zealand Army operations officer at the Bamian PRT, who plans on continuing the horse operations.

“So when we say we’re going to achieve something, and it might be in a very inaccessible place, people will start to believe that yes we can go out and do that even if we have to walk, ride a horse or whatever,” he said.

Zimmerman’s predecessor first initiated the concept of Civil Affairs personnel riding out to the remote villages, and since he took over, Zimmerman has ridden out to more than a dozen villages.

Many times the people are initially startled to see the soldiers ride up to their village on horseback, said Zimmerman. “The only people that had ridden horses to them prior were the Taliban to burn the houses, kill the people, and steal their livestock.”

But once the villagers see that the soldiers are there to provide instead of pillage, they welcome them with smiles and shouts of “Tashakor” which means thank you in Dari, said Zimmerman. “Just having the fact that they can live their lives without interruption is a huge success for them and for us.”

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Posted on Fri, Sep. 19, 2003


Agency Seeks Former POWs Lacking Benefits
Associated Press

WASHINGTON - Veterans Affairs wants former prisoners of war who are not getting disability compensation, health care and other benefits to contact the department.

The agency said Friday an estimated 11,000 former POWs are not getting benefits to which they are entitled. The VA issued the plea in conjunction with National POW-MIA Recognition Day.

VA Secretary Anthony Principi said more ex-POWs are eligible for benefits as new illnesses are determined to be related to their captivity. In July, VA said it would provide benefits to former POWs with cirrhosis of the liver.

Former POWs are eligible for VA medical care and are exempt from health care co-payments. Free dental treatment is available if their captivity lasted more than 90 days.

"These veterans sacrificed for their country in time of war, and it's the nation's turn to serve them, to help them determine if they are entitled to compensation, health care or other services," Principi said.

The VA said more than 23,000 former POWs receive compensation. The VA sent a letter to another 4,700 to tell them that they were entitled to benefits.

VA said it is hard to find many former POWs because they served during World War II, before Social Security numbers were used as military service numbers.

VA is asking anyone who knows of former POWs who are not enrolled for benefits or who did not receive a letter to call 1-800-827-1000.

ON THE NET -- VA services for former POWs and their survivors

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Foxhole NEWS Alert:

After considerable thought I've come to the decision to discontinue posting the "News in Review" threads on Monday. I will be posting threads, but just not the News.

I hesitated in the beginning with my decision to post News considering all the news that is already on FR but decided to try it. Now after a few months and seeing more threads that have started posting the news in a consolidated fashion more regularly, I've decided to move on to something else for Monday's.

At this time I'm making no commitment except to bring you something I think will be of interest to Foxhole readers and of course staying in line with our mission statement.

Of course, as always we encourage you to post items of interest to our readers as you see fit any day and any time.

As it is now I don't really have a "theme" for Mondays or Fridays except for leaving the "Battles and Military Biographies" up to SAM.

Thankfully for me SAM gives me free reign and so I'm left with direction based on our mission statement yet free will on what to post.

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snippy about it

[maestro]

Amen,........More Grace and Mercy,.......In Jesus' Precious Name, Amen!!!

Ephesians chapters 1,2,3...

[E.G.C.]

Good morning, Snippy and everyone here at the Foxhole.

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning maestro.

[The Mayor]

Happy Monday!

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning EGC. Cool fall morning today, but rain, too.

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning Mayor.

Happy Monday to you too. Good positive attitude for a Monday. ;)

[Darksheare]

Morning.
Wandering aimlessly as I do.
Gonna bounce about the threads.
Be back in a bit.

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning Darksheare.

Searching for inspiration myself today. ;)

[Darksheare]

We always do.
The weather is odd, kinda one of those mind-slurping grey overcast days here at the moment.
It's 'ugh' here in every sense of the word.
But at least my cat won't have to be afraid that the evil Starlings are going to try to carry her 24 pound self off.
And she won't have to belly to the floor and try to hide from them.
(Strange cat, not afraid of woodpeckers, but terrified of starlings..)

[manna]

Present!

[snippy_about_it]

Raining here, grey and cool. Good day to stay home and crawl back into bed.

[Darksheare]

If I do that, I'll never wake back up.
Then I'll be zombied the rest of the day and be awake all night.
(Nightowl by nature, day creature by necessity.)

[manna]

No suggestions. I liked the Monday review.

Good luck with your new format.

[Johnny Gage]

Good morning everyone.

A big "Firehouse Breakfast" is now being served.
Come get a fire truck ride too!

Time Out: 08:30
KMG-365

[SAMWolf]

Good morning Snippy.

Love the ppicture of the Sniper. Good to see a version of the old M-14 rifle is still in service.

[SAMWolf]

Good morning E.G.C. Cool and Clear with a beautiful sunrise here.

[SAMWolf]

Good morning maestro

[SAMWolf]

Good morning Mayor.

Aren't "Happy" and "Monday" mutualy exclusive?

[SAMWolf]

Hiya Darksheare. Bouncing around early today.

[SAMWolf]

Good Morning manna.

[SAMWolf]

Good Morning Johnny.

I like the word "big" in "big Firehouse Breakfast" make room at the table for me.

[snippy_about_it]

Woo-hoo. Good food and a ride. I'm on my way!!!


Good morning Johnny.

[Darksheare]

Well, yes.
I woke to the smell of garlic and this awful pounding and shuffling with a pain in my chest.
And the poor man who was helping me with the pain in my chest looked so shocked when I opened my eyes.
I explained to him that I often have sharp pains in my chest, and that I didn't see how pounding a wooden thingie with a mallet would change it at all.

He then pulled out a small bottle and splashed some water on me.
I kindly took him up on his offer of a drink, and took a few gulps from the waterbottle.
For some reason, his eyes got MUCH bigger than they were before that.
I walked him to the door and let him out, he was making strange keening noises by then, and set him free to run with the rest of his herd.

Now I'm wet, garlicy, and looking like a pincushion.
*Sigh*
Some people just have to be so rude and wake people up from unholy slumber so early like that.
/ joke.

Actually, my eyes opened and I wondered why the clock said '4:30'.

[Valin]

On this day In History


Birthdates which occurred on September 22:
0130 Claudius Galenus, Italian physician/scholar
1290 Bilbo Baggins (in Shire Reconning)
1694 Lord Chesterfield letter writer; introduced Gregorian calendar (1752)
1791 Michael Faraday discovered principle of electric motor
1822 Brig Gen Eppa Hunton fought in most ANV campaigns
1878 Shigeru Yoshida Japanese PM (most of 1946-54)
1885 Erich von Stroheim early film director/actor (Grand Illusion)
1892 Frank Sullivan humorist (New Yorker Magazine)
1895 Paul Muni actor (Acad Award 1936-Angel on My Shoulder, Juarez)
1901 Allan "Rocky" Lane Mishawaka Ind, actor (voice of Mr Ed, Red Ryder)
1902 John Houseman Bucharest Romania, actor (Kingsfield-Paper Chase)
1912 Alfred G Vanderbilt thoroughbred horse owner (Native Dancer)
1913 Leroy Holmes Pittsburgh Pa, orch leader (Tonight Show, 1956-57)
1914 Martha Scott Jamesport Mo, actress (Dallas, Bionic Woman, Our Town)
1918 Henryk Szeryng Zelazowa Wola Poland, violinist (Brahms Concerto)
1919 Jack Russell Saratoga Springs NY, singer (Your Show of Shows)
1920 Bob Lemon pitcher (Cleveland Indians)/manager (NY Yankees)
1922 Chen Ning Yang China, physicist/disproved parity (Nobel 1957)
1924 Norvel Lee US, light-heavyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1952)
1927 Tom Lasorda baseball manager (LA Dodgers)
1928 Eugene Roche actor (Foul Play, Slaughterhouse Five)
1932 Ingemar Johansson Sweden, world heavyweight boxing champ (1952)
1935 Harriet King US, fencing (Olympic-1972)
1936 Art Metrano Bkln NY, comedian (Amy Prentiss, Joanie Loves Chachi)
1939 Junko Tabei Japan, 1st woman to climb Mount Everest
1939 Mike Sullivan (Gov-Wyoming)
1940 Anna Karina actress (Alphaville)
1949 David Coverdale rocker (Whitesnake-Here We Go Again)
1949 Harold Carmichael NFL wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles)
1954 Shari Belafonte Harper NYC, actress (Julie-Hotel)
1956 Debby Boone Hackensack NJ, singer-had her life lit up
1957 Lynn Herring Enid Oklahoma, actress (Lucy-General Hospital)
1957 Mark Johnson Madison WI, NHL forward (Olympic-gold-1980, Pitts, NJ)
1960 Joan Jett Phila, singer (Blackhearts-I Love Rock 'n Roll)
1960 Scott Baio Bkln, (Joanie loves Chachi, Charles in Charge, Zapped)
1961 Catherine Oxenberg actress (Dallas)
1962 Rob Stone Chicago Ill, actor (Kevin-Mr Belvedere)
1964 Marq Torien rocker (Bullet Boys-For the Love of Money)
1969 Melissa Lynn Costello Shenandoah WV, Miss WV-America (1991)
1971 Chesney Lee Haskes England, singer (Feels So Alive)

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Deaths which occurred on September 22:
1408 Johannes VII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor
1520 Selim I, captured Baghdad/Sultan of Turkey (1512-20), dies at 53
1554 Coronado dies, without finding the fabled cities of gold
1776 Captain Nathan Hale, American patriot, was executed by the British for spying.
1923 Marquess of Ripon game hunter, dies, after shooting 52nd grouse
1987 Dan Rowan, actor (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in), dies at 65
1989 Irving Berlin composer, dies at 101
1996 Dorothy Lamour, actress (Road to Bali, Road to Rio), dies at 81
1997 Shoichi Yokoi, Japanese WW II fighter (surrendered in 1972), dies at 82

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Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1966 KNOCHEL CHARLES A. LAFAYETTE IN.
1968 KUHLMANN CHARLES F. NEW BRITAIN CT.
[REMAINS IDENTIFIED 01 SEPT 95]
1968 WRIGHT BUDDY
[10/06/68 ESCAPED]

POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.

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On this day...
530 Boniface II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
530 St Felix IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
530 [Discorus] begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1656 The General Provincial Court in session at Patuxent, Maryland, impanels the first all-woman jury in the Colonies to hear evidence against Judith Catchpole, who is accused of murdering her child. The jury acquits her after hearing her defense of never having been pregnant.
1692 Last person hanged for witchcraft in US
1735 Robert Walpole is 1st British PM to live at 10 Downing Street
1756 Nassau Hall opens at Princeton University
1776 Nathan Hale executed as a spy by the British
1784 Russian trappers established a colony on Kodiak Island, AK
1789 Office of Postmaster General of the US established by Congress
1792 Origin of French Republican Era
1817 John Quincy Adams becomes secretary of State
1862 President Lincoln, says he will free slaves in all states on Jan 1
1863 President Lincoln makes his Emancipation Proclamation speech
1868 Race riots in New Orleans La
1869 The opera "Das Rheingold" is produced (Munich)
1893 1st auto built in US (by Duryea brothers) runs in Springfield
1903 Italo Marchiony granted patent for the ice cream cone
1905 Race riot in Atlanta Georgia (10 blacks & 2 whites killed)
1911 Cy Young at 44, wins his 511th & final game
1912 Eddie Collins steals 6 bases in a game, for 2nd time in 11 days
1913 Coal mine explosion kills 263 at Dawson New Mexico
1915 Southern Methodist University (Dallas Texas) holds its 1st class
1918 General Allenby leads the British army against the Turks, taking Haifa and Nazareth, Palestine
1919 Steel strike begins in US
1920 Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series
1925 Yank Ben Paschal hits 2 inside-the-park homers
1927 Famous "Long count" fight (Dempsey loses boxing title to Tunney)
1927 Yanks Earle Coombs hits 3 triples
1937 Forest fire kills 14 & injures 50 in Cody Wyoming
1944 Boulogne reoccupied by Allies
1945 Stan Musial gets 5 hits off 5 pitchers on 5 consecutive pitches
1946 Evelyn Dick charged with butchering husband
1949 USSR detonates its 1st atomic bomb
1950 Omar N Bradley promoted to rank of 5-star general
1954 Brooklyn Dodger Karl Spooner strikes out 15 NY Giants in his 1st game
1955 Commercial TV begins in England
1955 Heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano KOs Archie Moore in 9
1957 "Maverick" premieres
1959 Chicago White Sox clinch the AL pennant
1959 The first telephone cable linking Europe and the United States is inaugurated.
1960 Mali (without Senegal) gains independence from France (National Day)
1961 Antonio Albertondo (Argentina) at 42, completes the 1st "double" crossing swim of the English Channel in 43 hrs. 10 min
1964 "Fiddler on the Roof" opens on Broadway, runs 3,242 performances
1964 "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." premiers on NBC-TV
1966 Only 413 show up at a Yankee Stadium game
1967 Phillies release pitcher Dallas Green, their future manager
1968 Twins' Cesar Tovar pitched a hitless inning & plays all 9 positions
1968 Zond 5 completes flight
1969 SF Giant Willie Mays, becomes 2nd player to hit HR # 600
1970 Pres Nixon requests 1,000 new FBI agents for college campuses
1972 Dictator Idi Amin throws 8,000 Asians out of Uganda
1973 "A Little Night Music" opens at the Majestic Theater on Broadway
1973 Balt Oriole Al Bumbry hits 3 triples vs Milwaukee Brewers
1973 Henry Kissinger, sworn in as America's 1st Jewish Secretary of State
1975 Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate President Ford in SF Calif
1975 World Football League folds
1977 Minn Twin Bert Blyleven no-hits Calif Angels, 9-0
1978 Israeli PM Menachem Begin returns home after Camp David summit
1980 Iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a border dispute; war begins
1980 John & Yoko sign a recording contract with Geffen Records
1983 NASA launches Galaxy-B
1983 Zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4"
1985 Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes to become Heavyweight Boxing Champ
1985 Rock & country musicians participate in FarmAid in Champaign, Ill
1985 St Louis Cardinals set an unusual streak record by winning 9 of 10 games, each pitched by a different man
1986 LA Dodger Fernando Valenzuela is 1st Mexican to win 20 games
1987 2nd regular-season National Football League player strike begins
1987 Red Sox Wade Boggs gets his 200th hit in 5 straight seasons
1988 South Korean coaches attack the New Zealand referee after disputing his decision, the Olympic Korean boxer stages a 67 minute sit-in
1990 Saudi Arabia expells many Jordanian & Yemeni envoys
1990 Andre Dawson steals his 300th base & is only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 HRs, 300 steals & 2,000 hits
1991 Calif University makes the Dead Sea Scrolls public
1991 NY MTA yanks 6,000 ads for "Dr Tusch" (Dr Jeffrey Lavigne)

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Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Ancient Egyptian New Year
Mali : Independence Day (1960)
Wheaton, Illinois : Autumn Harvest Festival
US : Good Neighbor Day (4th Sunday in September) (Sunday)
US : Press Sunday (Sunday)
US : American Indian Day (4th Friday in September) (1916) (Friday)
National Tie Week (Day 2)
National Dog Week (Day 2)
National Ballroom Dance Week (Day 4)
Classical Music Month

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Religious Observances
Cristian : St Thomas of Villanova, bishop of Valencia, confessor

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Religious History
1601 The first (Catholic) priests of the newly established Christian Church in Japan -- Sebastian Chimura and Aloysius Niabara -- were ordained in their hometown of Nagasaki.
1692 During the famous Salem Witch Trials, the last 8 "witches" were hanged in Massachusetts. When the turmoil finally settled, 13 women and 7 men had been executed, and over 150 others remained in jail through the next summer.
1827 The angel Moroni reportedly revealed the golden tablets (containing the "Book of Mormon") to Joseph Smith. They were hidden near the family farm, in Palmyra, NY. Smith's English translation of their strange hieroglyphics became the literary foundation for the new Mormon religion.
1871 Death of Charlotte Elliott, 82, English devotional writer and author of the enduring hymn, "Just As I Am." (A serious illness at 33 had left her an invalid her remaining 50 years.)
1950 Basil and Esther Miller incorporated World-Wide Missions in California. Headquartered today in Pasadena, this evangelical missions agency specializes in providing relief and medical aid to over 30 countries worldwide.

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

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Thought for the day :
"Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought."

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You might be a net junkie if...
You're reading this at 3:30am, while chugging a bottle of jolt.

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Murphys Law of the day...(Sattinger's Law)
It works better if you plug it in.

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It's a little known fact that...
Phoebe Harrius was the last person burned at the stake. Convicted of coining false money in 1786.

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning and thank you manna.

I hadn't really heard one way or another which makes decisions a little difficult. ;)

[snippy_about_it]

1959 The first telephone cable linking Europe and the United States is inaugurated.

...and now we are just a mouse clic away from the world.

Good morning and thank you Valin.

[w_over_w]

Morning Glory Snip & Sam~

I won't say it . . .

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning w/w.

Won't say what?

[w_over_w]

Okay . . . you asked for it.

Busy day, bump for a later read.

[snippy_about_it]

LOL! I was worried.

[SAMWolf]

1957 "Maverick" premieres

Great TV Series

[SAMWolf]

Morning w_over_w.

[manna]

I'm not against change, I just liked the weekly review, because everything was gathered in one place. Does that make me lazy? ... Yeah, I guess it does.

[SAMWolf]

Our Military Today
Hey Taliban
Meet one of your worst Nightmares

Habiba Sultan, center, helps Gulalai Sedeqi, left, 19, handle an AK-47 rifle as Suraya Barekzai, right, looks on during a weapon's class for women at the police academy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 15, 2003. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)


Habiba Sultan, 40, right, and Suraya Barekzai, 25, holding a AK-40 rifle, walk out of the police academy building for a course on weapons in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 15, 2003. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)


Mojgan Osmani, 17, practices holding a AK-47 rifle during a class at the police academy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 15, 2003. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)


Nafissa Sahar, 30, left, attends a class at the police academy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 14, 2003. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)


Instructor Sayed Habib Panjshiri, 41, right, gives shooting lesson to a class of women recruits at the police academy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 15, 2003. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

[snippy_about_it]

That was the intent, to have everything in one place. We'll see if I can be persuaded to NOT change Monday's. lol.

[snippy_about_it]

Talk about being empowered. From staying behind burkas to being armed. Woo-hoo.

[SAMWolf]

Yep. It'd be interesting to see if these woman would be willing to live under the Taliban again.

[Samwise]

My heroes have always been cowboys.

[Johnny Gage]

Air Power
Typhoon EF-2000 Eurofighter

Eurofighter is a single-seat, twin-engine, agile combat aircraft which will be used in the air-to-air, air-to-ground and tactical reconnaissance roles. The design of Eurofighter Typhoon is optimised for air dominance performance with high instantaneous and sustained turn rates, and specific excess power. Special emphasis has been placed on low wing loading, high thrust to weight ratio, excellent all round vision and carefree handling. The use of Stealth technology is incorporated throughout the aircraft’s basic design.

In September 1998 the Eurofighter was also designated the Typhoon, though this nomenclature is intended only for use in export markets outside Europe. Eurofighter remains the offical name in Europe, and Typhoon will not automatically be the EF2000s name with the four partner air forces when it enters service.

Eurofighter's air dominance supremacy and versatility as a multi-role combat aircraft is marked by its highly potent and comprehensive air-to-surface attack capability:

- Air Interdiction - capable of delivering a large payload over long distances, by day or night. Multiple, flexible sensors coupled with passive modes of delivery, and the retention of a full air-to-air fit ensure a formidable weapon system
- Close Air Support - ability to remain on task for long periods. Its sophisticated sensor suite allows close co-ordination with ground commanders, and the identification of individual targets
- Suppression of Enemy Air Defences (SEAD) - the combination of pinpoint navigational accuracy, highly sophisticated onboard sensors and dedicated 'fire and forget' weapons, ensure effective targeting of enemy air defences
- Maritime Attack - dedicated radar modes and datalink enable Eurofighter Typhoon to operate autonomously, or as part of an offensive force
- Eurofighter’s high performance is matched by excellent all round vision and by sophisticated attack, identification and defence systems which include the ECR 90 long range radar and Infra Red Search and Track (IRST) system, advanced medium and short range air-to-air missiles and a comprehensive electronic warfare suite to enhance weapon system effectiveness and survivability. Eurofighter Typhoon is intentionally aerodynamically unstable to provide extremely high levels of agility, reduced drag and enhanced lift. The unstable design cannot be flown by conventional means and the pilot controls the aircraft via a computerised ‘fly by wire’ system.

The Eurojet EJ200 military turbofan was designed specifically to match Eurofighter Typhoon’s mission requirements. The overall design ensures a small lightweight engine with the thrust and strength to match the typically on demand reheat temperatures generated during combat. The EJ200 engine combines high thrust with low fuel consumption. To reduce ownership cost over Eurofighter Typhoon’s in-service life of 25 years or 6,000 flying hours, and to ensure maximum availability, the important areas of Reliability, Maintainability and Testability have been given equal priority to performance and flight safety.

Since Eurofighter first flew in Germany on 27 March 1994 all seven development aircraft have flown. Aircraft in the flight test program have completed over 790 sorties (658 hours). Full carefree handling and a speed of Mach 2.0 have been achieved as have air to air refuelling and weapons firings of Sidewinder and AMRAAM. Pilots have described the aircraft as 'exhilarating' to fly.

Eurofighter production will make use of several innovations in production engineering. These include the use of a modern integrated design, manufacturing and management systems and the introduction of automated processes for the production of a number of aircraft components.

Production contract for the first batch of 148 aircraft were placed by the Eurofighter management agency NETMA (NATO Eurofighter 2000 and Tornado Management Agency) on behalf of the partner nations. Fixed prices were agreed prior to the commitment of each contract. The contracts were signed by NETMA, Eurofighter GmbH and Eurojet GmbH.

Germany plans to assemble 180 Eurofighters of the 620 that consortium members are to buy. Britain is to take 232, Italy 121 and Spain 87. British Eurofighter aircraft will be assembled at British Aerospace sites in Lancashire from components manufactured by companies in the four partner nations. Rolls Royce will manufacture the engines, mainly in Bristol and Derby. In the other nations the respective partner companies will have their own assembly lines in Munich, Turin and Madrid. Some 200 UK companies, including GEC Marconi, Dowty, Lucas, Martin Baker, Normalair Garrett, Pilkington Thorn Optics, Smiths Industries, Computing Devices and Ultra Electronics, are involved in the development of a range of equipments for Eurofighter, including the radar and defensive aids subsystem. In the UK, over 6000 jobs depend on the Eurofighter development phase and this is expected to rise to some 14000 at the peak of production.

The UK intends to procure 232 aircraft to replace the Tornado F3 and the Jaguar. Deliveries to the Royal Air Force began in June 2002 and are scheduled to run until the year 2014. The current estimated total procurement cost of the program to the UK is £15.9Bn.

As of August 1995 delivery of the first aircraft to the Royal Air Force was scheduled for December 2000, some three years later than planned at the start of the development phase. The roots of much of the cost escalation and re-scheduling can be traced to the collaborative commercial and managerial arrangements for the program rather than to major technical difficulties. In particular, the requirement for worksharing at all levels between the partner nations has, in some cases, resulted in work being placed with specially created industrial consortia with variable levels of technical expertise. Compared to the original 1988 estimate the cost to the United Kingdom of the development phase had risen by some 23 per cent.

The commercial arrangements put in place in 1988 were seen as a step forward on previous practice for collaborative projects and were thought to deal pragmatically with the complexities of a development program stretching over 10 years. However, in practice they did not encourage efficient performance by industry and left nations exposed to a higher degree of commercial risk than expected. These shortcomings have been addressed as part of the "re-orientation" of the development program which the partner nations formally agreed at the end of July 1995. This permited the placing of revised main development contracts which will reduce nations exposure to cost increases and provide significantly greater incentive on industry to manage the project efficiently.

The managerial arrangements were modelled upon those for the tri-national Tornado program and were thought at the time to be appropriate for such a complex project. In practice they have proved somewhat cumbersome and bureaucratic. Steps are being taken to rectify this. The industrial management of the program improved, while the government management arrangements are being overhauled as part of the merger in 1996 of the international management agencies for Eurofighter 2000 and Tornado. Overall, these improvements, taken together with the revised commercial arrangements, placed the program on a much firmer footing.

Political and financial uncertainties, although difficult to quantify, have also played a part in the rescheduling of the reorientated program.

In July 2002 the Austrian government selected the European-built Eurofighter Typhoon to replace its aging fleet of jet fighters. The contract could be worth up to $1.76 billion if Austria opted for the full order of 24 planes. The order was the first confirmed export for the Eurofighter, which had 620 orders from the countries that are building it. Cutting costs after the destructive August 2002 floods in Europe, Austria lowered its Typhoon order to 18 planes instead of 24. Greece has put off till after 2004 an announced plan to buy at least 60 Typhoons.

The consortium also is trying to sell Typhoons to Australia, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Saudi Arabia and Singapore. The Netherlands and Norway have signed up as partners on the F-35 JSF and Australia is expected to do so. Unlike the F-35, the Typhoon is not a "stealth" aircraft, but the Eurofighter's radar cross-section is significantly below the F-16.

One disadvantage in the Typhoon's $58 million price. It is more expensive than the $30 million F-16, while the F-35 is expected to cost on average about $50 million when it comes into production. Eurofighter originally planned to bring the Typhoon to the market in the mid-1990s, a decade before the next-generation US fighter would be ready. But budget cuts, technical problems and disagreements among the four Eurofighter partners led to a delay of seven or eight years.

Specifications:
Manufacturer: Multi-nation comglomerates
Primary Role: Multi-role fighter/interdictor aircraft
Crew: One
Powerplant: 2 - EJ200 Turbofan Engines / 20,000 lbf (90 kN) each with Afterburner / 13,500 lbf (60 kN) each without Afterburner

Dimensions:
Length: 14.96m
Height: 5.28m
Wing Span: 10.95m
Empty Weight: 9750 kg (approx)
Internal Fuel Load: 4000 kg (approx)
External Store Load: 6500 kg (approx)
Max Takeoff Weight: 21000 kg

Performance :
Maximum Speed: 2125 km/hr
Climb rate: Time to 10670m 2.5 minutes
Runway Requirement: 700m
G Limits: +9/-3 with internal fuel and two AIM-120

Armaments:
Internally mounted 27mm Mauser gun
Total of 13 external stores stations: 5 (incl one wet) under fuselage
4 (incl one wet) under each wing
Mix of Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missiles (BVRAAM) and Short-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (SRAAM) carried externally
Four BVRAAM under fuselage in semi-conformal carriage configuration
Laser guided bombs
Advanced anti-armour weapons
Conventionally armed stand-off missiles

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