http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/force/ en-us Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:43:23 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030858/posts WASHINGTON, June 13, 2008 – The current number of forces in Afghanistan is enough to accomplish the mission, but it’ll take awhile to do so, the U.S. officer who just finished his tour as commander of NATO troops in Afghanistan said here today. “Let’s just say that somebody waved a magic wand, and by gosh, between the Afghans and the international force you’d produced a force that was well over 400,000,” Army Gen. Dan K. McNeill said to reporters at a Pentagon news conference. That larger force, McNeill said, likely would produce “instant quiet” across much of Afghanistan. Yet, “in... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030858/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:43:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980333/posts SENATE, No. 1415 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 213th LEGISLATURE INTRODUCED MARCH 3, 2008 Sponsored by: Senator STEVEN V. OROHO District 24 (Sussex, Hunterdon and Morris) SYNOPSIS Permits use of deadly force against black bears in certain cases. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT As introduced. An Act concerning black bears and the lawful use of deadly force, and supplementing chapter 4 of Title 23 of the Revised Statutes. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. a. In addition to the lawful taking of a black bear by a licensed hunter during authorized times... New Jersey State Legislature http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980333/posts#comment Tue, 4 Mar 2008 19:57:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1962870/posts WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2008 – As Iraqi maneuver units continue to make great progress, coalition trainers must concentrate on “enablers” of the force, the general in charge of the effort to train Iraqi forces said today. Army Lt. Gen. James M. Dubik, commander of Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq, spoke to military analysts by phone from his headquarters in Baghdad. He said coalition and Iraqi planners understand that enablers -- combat service support functions for the military -- must make progress for the Iraqi military to be a balanced force. The combat units of the Iraqi army are doing well;... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1962870/posts#comment Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:29:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957661/posts Hugo Chavez leveled a threat against Venezuelan farmers over the weekend, another step in creating his socialist paradise. He called farmers who sell abroad to gain a better price for their goods "traitors", and told his ministers to identify them so that he could send the Army to confiscate their property: President Hugo Chavez threatened on Sunday to take over farms or milk plants if owners refuse to sell their milk for domestic consumption and instead seek higher profits abroad or from cheese-makers. With the country recently facing milk shortages, Chavez said "it's treason" if farmers deny milk to Venezuelans... Captain's Quarters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957661/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:23:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928585/posts Tue November 20, 2007Hopes Flew With Lame Jet By Bryan Dean Staff Writer A four-star general pinned medals Monday on 12 airmen and nine civilians from Tinker Air Force Base for their role in salvaging a B-1B bomber after an engine fire left the jet crippled on an airstrip in Afghanistan. The plane landed at an airfield in Afghanistan in mid-August after a fire warning went off during a mission. The jet's No. 4 engine was in flames, and firefighters had to extinguish the blaze after the plane landed. The Air Force had a tough choice. The fire caused significant... The Daily Oklahoman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928585/posts#comment Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:44:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1920214/posts Does the United States Air Force (USAF) fit into the post–September 11 world, a world in which the military mission of U.S. forces focuses more on counterterrorism and counterinsurgency? Not very well. Even the new counterinsurgency manual authored in part by Gen. David H. Petraeus, specifically notes that the excessive use of airpower in counterinsurgency conflict can lead to disaster. In response, the Air Force has gone on the defensive. In September 2006, Maj. Gen. Charles Dunlap Jr. published an article in Armed Forces Journal denouncing "boots on the ground zealots," and insisting that airpower can solve the most important... The American Prospect http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1920214/posts#comment Fri, 2 Nov 2007 20:36:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1896347/posts Everyone knows our health-care system, superior as it is in so many ways, is too expensive, too bureaucratic and wasteful. Basically, we hand over about $2.2 trillion each year to hospitals, insurance companies and government paper-pushers -- and then we let them micromanage our health care like we are helpless babies, not rational consumers. Everyone also knows by now that Canada’s “free” national health care system -- like its sibling socialistic systems in Britain and France -- is a just another Big Government fraud. So can any wealthy, modern country get health care right without resorting to socialism? Yes. You... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1896347/posts#comment Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:02:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880711/posts WASHINGTON, Aug. 13, 2007 – The all-volunteer military force is serving the nation well, and no one in the Pentagon is considering a return to a military draft, a Defense Department official said today. “There is absolutely no consideration being given to reinstituting a draft,” Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said today during a morning meeting with reporters. Whitman said the current all-volunteer force is doing the job, and doing it well. “The all-volunteer force has surpassed all of the expectations of its founders,” Whitman said. “The volunteer force is more experienced, more motivated to serve and reenlist. It’s more educated,... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1880711/posts#comment Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:25:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1869882/posts US Force Not Ruled Out in Pakistan Sunday July 22, 2007 4:16 PM By HOPE YEN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. would consider military force if necessary to stem al-Qaida's growing ability to use its hideout in Pakistan to launch terrorist attacks, a White House aide said Sunday. The president's homeland security adviser, Fran Townsend, said the U.S. was committed first and foremost to working with Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, in his efforts to control militants in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region. But she indicated the U.S. was ready to take additional measures. ``Just because we don't speak... The Guardian (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1869882/posts#comment Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:51:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1869275/posts WASHINGTON, July 20, 2007 – What began as a shared love of German cars has morphed through friendship into a passion to honor, educate and entertain servicemembers, Operation Wheels of Freedom’s program director said. Military children receive large-scale Hot Wheels toy cars during an Operation Wheels of Freedom event to honor, entertain and educate servicemembers. Mattel, one of the group’s sponsors, has provided thousands of the toys. Operation Wheels of Freedom courtesy photo   (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. “We are a group of committed car guys who want to do our part to say thanks to the... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1869275/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:12:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1833834/posts Lawyers for Mohamed al Fayed today launched an astonishing bid to force the Queen to give evidence in the Diana, Princess of Wales inquest. They called for the monarch to be "directly approached" over conversations she allegedly had with former royal butler Paul Burrell. Mr Burrell, who previously worked for the Princess, claimed after the collapse of his Old Bailey trial for theft that the monarch had once warned him of "powers at work in this country which we have no knowledge about".Mohamed al Fayed has fought a long battle over the inquest of his son, Dodi, and Diana, Princess... thisislondon.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1833834/posts#comment Tue, 15 May 2007 13:55:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1817607/posts SAN YSIDRO -- As planning begins to reduce the number of National Guard troops along the border with Mexico, less than 1,000 of 6,000 new U.S. Border Patrol agents that the Bush administration wants in place by the end of next year have been hired. As of March 17, the Border Patrol has only been able to hire and train 593 new agents or 9 percent of the administration's goal, according to Javier Rios, a Border Patrol spokesman in Washington. Screening new agents and a lengthy training process have resulted in the relatively small number of new hires. By the... North County Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1817607/posts#comment Sun, 15 Apr 2007 06:58:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1813371/posts WASHINGTON, April 6, 2007 – The partnership between Iraqi and U.S. soldiers is helping to tamp down insurgent violence northwest of Baghdad, a senior U.S. military officer assigned in Iraq said today. “The key to this counterpart relationship is our partnering of one U.S. company to each Iraqi army battalion,” Army Col. Paul E. Funk, commander of the 1st “Iron Horse” Brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division, told Pentagon reporters during a satellite-carried news conference from his headquarters in Iraq. Assigned to Multinational Division Baghdad, Funk and his 3,800 soldiers have teamed with Iraqi Army troops and police forces... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1813371/posts#comment Sat, 7 Apr 2007 00:05:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1794540/posts An anonymous reader writes "The author of the Windows Vista keygen that was reported yesterday has admitted that the program does not actually work. Here is the initial announcement of the original release of the keygen, and here is the followup post in which the same author acknowledges that the program is fake. Apparently, the keygen program does legitimately attack Windows Vista keys via brute force, but the chances of success are too low for this to be a practical method. Quote from the author: 'Everyone who said they got a key is probably lying or mistaken!'" Slashdot http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1794540/posts#comment Sat, 3 Mar 2007 15:46:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791657/posts WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2007 – When troops ask the military’s highest-ranking officer questions about the war in Iraq, force levels or tour lengths, Marine Gen. Peter Pace is eager to answer frankly and completely. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff fielded questions Feb. 22 and 23 from active duty, National Guard and Reserve troops in Alaska at the Army’s Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, and at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage. After brief opening remarks, Pace told the troops he’d rather answer their questions than “talk at them.” The troops responded with questions on the global picture... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1791657/posts#comment Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:55:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1786960/posts NHRA and ESPN “Force Feeds it’s Viewers All Weekend” Some people like John Force. But, like oil in an engine, you can have too much. Last weekend’s broadcast of the Winternationals in Pomona was wall to wall Force; if it wasn’t John, it was his daughter Ashley. But the good news was that Ashley didn’t subject us to the yabber-yabbers that has made her father famous. He’s the Dino Flintstone of Auto Sports; Ashley is a mild mannered young lady straining to reach the loquacious levels of her father. The coverage of the qualifying days featured John and Ashley. Then... Loud Mime http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1786960/posts#comment Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:04:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1770461/posts WASHINGTON, Jan. 19, 2007 – An increase in the active-duty military and changes to the policies for reserve forces announced this month by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates are aimed to increase the military’s overall capabilities, a senior defense official said here today. “This build is about the whole range of capabilities that makes American military forces effective,” David S. C. Chu, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, said at a Pentagon news conference. “Particularly, it is designed to relieve the pressure on units that are described as ‘high-demand, low-density,’ meaning in plain English, there aren’t enough.” Gates... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1770461/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jan 2007 23:53:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1766309/posts BAGHDAD — The Airport Road here was once one of the most violent and dangerous roads in the country. Roadside bombs, small-arms and rocket-propelled grenade attacks were an everyday occurrence. Visiting dignitaries, news reporters and the soldiers tasked with providing security were well aware of these dangers along this five-mile stretch, known to the coalition forces as Route Irish. Things began to change in late 2004 and early 2005. The coalition recognized the critical importance of this main artery between Baghdad International Airport and the International Zone, located in the heart of Baghdad. A new focus was given to clear... Multi-National Forces-Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1766309/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:29:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1737440/posts The emergence of a video showing a Los Angeles police officer repeatedly punching a suspect in the face has thrust the LAPD into the national spotlight again over officers' use of force and whether the department has fostered a "warrior" culture despite more than a decade of reforms. The video, which surfaced on the Internet site YouTube.com last week, shows one officer holding down William Cardenas, 23, as another places his knee on Cardenas' neck and punches him a half-dozen times. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Los Angeles Police Department have launched investigations. Police and city officials have... L A Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1737440/posts#comment Sun, 12 Nov 2006 22:02:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1729491/posts WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2006 -- A planned increase in Iraqi security forces is a result of ongoing assessments of the situation in Iraq and will allow coalition forces to shift to more of a supporting role in that country, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said here today. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld escorts Estonian Defense Minister Jurgen Ligi through a cordon of honor guards and into the Pentagon, Oct. 31. The two defense leaders met to discuss a range of international issues of mutual interest. Photo by James M. Bowman   '(Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Speaking after... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1729491/posts#comment Wed, 1 Nov 2006 00:06:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1713911/posts This war against terrorism has been going on since the '80's, but no one has really wanted to understand what it is. It is never going away. You can't wash it away, or rehabilitate it. They will destroy every man, woman, and child on this earth who does not believe in and adhere to their way of life. It is as simple as that. The problem is we have, thus far, not been willing to destroy them. They get medals for cutting our heads off, whereas we go to jail for putting underwear on their heads. World Defense Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1713911/posts#comment Thu, 5 Oct 2006 01:12:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1705198/posts Nobel winner says feminism can help IranBy Erin Gartner, Associated Press Writer September 15, 2006 RALEIGH, N.C. --Shirin Ebadi, the Iranian human rights activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, said supporting feminist movements in the Islamic world would better promote democracy than military force. "Instead of bringing democracy with cluster bombs, we should support women fighting for democracy," Shirin Ebadi said through an interpreter Thursday during a speech at Meredith College, a women's university in Raleigh. A lawyer, former judge and writer in Iran, Ebadi spoke in Farsi to about 1,000 people about fighting for human rights... Boston.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1705198/posts#comment Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:30:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1704630/posts BAGHDAD — Coalition forces reiterated their commitment to the Iraqi security forces and the Government of Iraq on Monday, pledging to stand by them as they face the complex challenges inherent in building and protecting a new democracy. During a joint press conference, representatives of the Iraqi government and the multi-national Coalition discussed ongoing efforts to secure peace and prosperity throughout the country. Brig. Gen. Qassim Mousawi, spokesman for the general commander of the Iraqi Armed Forces, discussed the strength of Iraqi forces and the positive trend in the number of Iraqis who have volunteered to serve their country. “The... Multi-National Forces-Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1704630/posts#comment Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:34:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1703833/posts China ups Lebanon force to 1,000 China sent 180 engineers to Lebanon before the recent fighting China will increase its peacekeeping presence in Lebanon to 1,000 troops, Premier Wen Jiabao has confirmed. The move would make China one of the largest contributors to a strengthened UN force designed to keep the peace. It would also signal that China, now the world's fourth largest economy, was starting to lift its diplomacy in areas it had previously not seen as vital. The UN wants to raise troop numbers in southern Lebanon to 15,000 as part of UN Security Council Resolution 1701. It... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1703833/posts#comment Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:50:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1703411/posts Nothing on the planet can see the F-22, much less outfight it. But when the F-35 comes online, the two will literally dominate the skies. The F-35 will be able to see virtually hundreds of airplanes at distances far exceeding the scope of previous fighter systems. Tracking distances are classified, but the new aircraft's sight range is said to be twice that of existing fighters (about 40 miles in every direction for existing aircraft). The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1703411/posts#comment Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:44:42 GMT