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LAKE MEAD (FOX5) - A section of Interstate 11 opened Wednesday between the 95 and Railroad Pass Casino. But some drivers said they are having a hard time navigating it, thanks to a glitch from GPS technology. When a 2.5 mile stretch of I-11 opened, Apple and Google maps didn't register it. Instead, it caused a major glitch, and instead of routing people down the 95 toward Boulder City and Arizona, drivers were being redirected all the way through Lake Mead National Park. The route takes more time and also comes with a $20 toll. "I pulled over with all...

It may have looked like they were ready for war or some deranged person looking for his late Social Security benefits. But it was only Federal Protective Service officers with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security who were conducting a random training operation early Tuesday morning when they surprisingly showed up at the Social Security Administration office in downtown Leesburg. With their blue and white SUVs circled around the Main Street office, at least one official was posted on the door with a semiautomatic rifle, randomly checking identifications. And other officers, some with K-9s, sifted through the building. "I thought...

WASHINGTON, June 10, 2010 – A multinational team in Afghanistan is working to manage and execute the funding and development of Afghanistan’s national security forces. “I've seen some pretty dramatic improvement over the last four years,” U.S. Army Col. Curt A. Rauhut, director of NATO’s financial controller office that oversees the Afghanistan mission, said yesterday during a "DoDLive" bloggers roundtable. “Four years ago a bunch of us were sent over here to try to help expand commercial banking, because the manual system they had trying to pay people was a challenge,” Rauhut said. Also, there were numerous reports of corruption...

CHICAGO (AFP) – US President Barack Obama visited oil-stricken Louisiana, where he saw a little oil, a lot of officials but none of the local inhabitants he promised not to leave in the lurch amid the worst oil spill in US history. Breaking off from his three-day, Memorial Day weekend in his home city of Chicago, Obama early Friday flew to the Mississippi delta, where fragile wetlands and nature preserves are being coated with crude from the April 20 Deepwater Horizon rig disaster. On a beach of white sand between Port Fourchon and Grand Ile, some 100 kilometers (62 miles),...

Rarely are currency exchange rates as good for the American dollar as that of Asian countries. In Asia, the American dollar carries a lot of clout and with the recent devaluation of the USD; it is a good thing that these countries offer an excellent trip for so little cost to Americans.

Courtesy UK Ministry of Defence As Operation MOSHTARAK enters its second week, local people in Marjah have voiced their thanks to the ISAF troops involved in clearing the area of insurgents. In a briefing to the media today, Friday 19 February 2010, UK military spokesman Major General Gordon Messenger said that locals within the agricultural population of the town are welcoming troops arriving in the area. Operation MOSHTARAK is being conducted in Marjah area by predominantly American and Afghan troops, while British troops and their Afghan partners have been concentrating in the Nad 'Ali district. Maj Gen Messenger said...

Iraqi Soldier Hussein Ali and Sgt. Jeremy Fouts, a security non-commissioned officer from Charleston, W. Va., assigned to B Troop 1st Battalion, 150th Armor Reconnaissance Squadron, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, formulate a plan on how to pass out the school supplies to the children at the Mullah Fayyad Primary School in Yusifiyah, Oct. 15. Photo by Staff Sgt. Peter Ford, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. BAGHDAD — U.S. Soldiers here interact with the citizens of the Yusifiyah region every day to build stronger relationships and ensure the safety of the community. "This results in a peaceful community, with people living...

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Oct. 6, 2009 – In a Soviet-era aircraft hangar here, a rivalry born during the Battle of the Red River is still alive and well. But now that energy is supporting the Afghan people. Air Force Maj. Tobin Griffeth, an avid University of Texas fan, and Air Force Capt. Katie Illingworth, a University of Oklahoma alum, created a personal game honoring the two schools' annual football rivalry, which every year is the talk of the two bordering states. Air Force Maj. Tobin Griffeth, left, and Air Force Capt. Katie Illingworth are using the hotly contested football rivalry...

PAKTIA PROVINCE, Afghanistan, April 23, 2009 – Village elders here, in conjunction with the Paktia Provincial Reconstruction Team, held a bidders’ conference at the governor’s compound in Gardez this month to give local contractors a chance to compete for construction projects in the area. Air Force Lt. Col. Daniel Moy, commander of the provincial reconstruction team in Afghanistan’s Paktia province, speaks with contractors following a bidders conference at the governor's compound in Gardez, April 2, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Andrya Hill  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. In the past, the PRT has selected contractors from a...

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan , March 4, 2009 – Task Force Spartan soldiers with the 10th Mountain Division’s 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, have been working closely with the local populace and security forces in Afghanistan’s Vardak province since their deployment to Regional Command East two months ago. The “Catamount” battalion has had recent success with the Afghan security forces in the province’s Jalrez and Sayed Abad districts. This partnership signifies a commitment to helping the Afghan government become better connected with outlying provinces, officials said. Team Comanche, whose area of operations extends into eastern Vardak, conducts daily patrols over rugged...

HABBANIYAH — With violence in the region down nearly 80 percent from pre-surge levels in many areas, Iraqi citizens have begun focusing on economic development and essential services. Citizens of Habbaniyah came together recently to improve the Mudiq clinic by constructing a drainage system, which will help rid stagnate water collecting between it and the road. Two cement drains were built on both ends of a sloped section of ground directly in front of the clinic, forcing the water flow away from the entrance and into collection points. The need for such a project was brought to the attention of...

FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON — The “Warriors” of 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, achieved a significant goal in July by officially transferring authority of a sizeable portion of the Rashid district to their Iraqi Security Forces counterparts. In doing so, the Warriors, attached to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, facilitated the transition of responsibility from Coalition forces to ISF, and supported the MND-B mission to set conditions for transition in Iraqi security self-reliance. “Transitioning authority to the Iraqi Security Forces in accordance with MND-B goals has been a top priority,” said Maj. Mark...

COB ADDER, Iraq – U.S. and Iraqi ophthalmologists teamed up to provide eye care to approximately 100 Iraqi citizens as part of a U.S. and Iraqi medical engagement at Camp Mittica, May 19-20. Dr. Stephen G. Waller, an ophthalmologist from Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio led a team of local Iraqi and Aegis Defense Services medical personnel in administering care to the Iraqi people. The team performed surgeries on the surface of the eye, such as cancers and other growths as well as eyelid deformities during the medical engagement. The team also provided eye check-ups and handed out...

BAGHDAD — Eerily quiet best described the streets in central Baghdad Saturday. The curfew imposed during recent fighting in Baghdad and Basra reduced traffic, but young airmen of the Air Force 732nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, who police the International Zone police, still conduct patrols, even under the heightened security measures. Immediately following an attack, the IZ Police respond and assess the damage. They disseminate information to the control center and take pictures, getting on and off the site as quickly as possible. Since March 23, there have been more than 80 indirect fire attacks in the IZ. Capt. Thomas...

HOUSTON - Mayra Figueroa — a naturalized U.S. citizen, community organizer and licensed driver — had no reason to fear being arrested, no need to worry about deported. Then she was pulled over by a Houston police officer, who told her he found it suspicious that a Latina was driving a late-model car. The first thing the officer requested? Figueroa's Social Security card, as proof of citizenship. Until now, few local police and sheriff's departments wanted any part of enforcing federal civil immigration laws. They had their hands full with local crime — and needed witnesses and victims to work...

A ‘Son of Iraq’ speaks with Soldiers of Company A, 1st Battalion 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, during Operation Browning in southern Arab Jabour. The Sons of Iraq have been assisting Coalition forces in finding improvised explosive devices and weapons caches throughout the 2nd BCT area of operation. Photo by Sgt Luis Delgadillo. FOB KALSU — In efforts to secure their own neighborhoods, the Sons of Iraq (SoI) are assisting Coalition forces during Operation Marne Thunderbolt by removing threats posed by improvised explosive devices (IED) and weapons caches. Soldiers of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team,...

BAGHDAD — When one thinks of a police force, he may think of a two-man team, patrolling through a neighborhood in their white-Chevy Monte Carlo, with blue and red lights, and the word “police” written on the side. They move throughout talking with local citizens at the diner, coffee shop, or on the streets corners. No matter what community, country or religious sect, policemen are there to “protect and serve.” Take away the type of vehicle, re-write it in Arabic, from right to left, and an average policemen in Iraq is no different. One of the biggest areas of focus...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2007 – In the Arab Jabour area of Iraq, a local butcher is back to work in a new shop with plenty of business and plans to expand, thanks in part to some small grants given to local businesses to help jump-start their operations. Six months ago, the area was an insurgent stronghold, and the butcher sold only one or two sheep a month. Now he is butchering four or five a day and has added cows two days a week, Army Lt. Col. David Kennedy, a deputy economic provincial reconstruction team leader in Iraq, said in...

HUSSEINIYAH, Iraq – A citizen of Husseiniyah led Coalition Forces to a building where explosively formed penetrators and improvised explosive devices were being constructed Oct. 31.Soldiers of Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, from Fort Lewis, Wash., discovered a large cache of explosives at the home, including about 10 fully assembled EFPs of various sizes including one 12-inch EFP – the largest found in Iraq – approximately 90 copper plates of various sizes, more than 200 pounds of C-4 explosive, other explosive materials including TNT and numerous other materials used in...