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Face of Defense: Future Airman Loses 160 Pounds, Gains Confidence

 

By Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jennifer Lindsey
Special to American Forces Press Service

RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas, Jan. 2, 2009 – For the past 15 months, Leo Knight-Inglesby has pushed himself beyond the limits he and his loved ones ever thought possible.

The 22-year-old Silver Spring, Md., native shed more than 160 pounds to meet the physical standard of Air Force enlistment, amazing his recruiter, family and friends.

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Bush: End in Sight for War in Iraq

 

By Samantha L. Quigley
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, DC - The war in Iraq isn't over, but a successful end is in sight, thanks to hard work between the United States and Iraq, President George W. Bush said in his weekly radio address on Saturday, December 6, 2008.

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Six Charged in Marijuana Distribution Investigation

 

LONDON, KY - The United States Attorney’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation jointly announced today that four USP McCreary County Inmates and two others were charged in two separate federal indictments. The defendants were charged with conspiring to distribute marijuana, providing a prohibited object to an inmate, and an inmate in possession of a prohibited object.

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Report Card on American Youth Shows Hole in Moral Ozone Getting BIgger

 

Survey of 29,000 high school students reveals entrenched habits of dishonesty in the workforce of future - stealing, lying, and cheating rates climb to alarming rates

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Bush Hails Passage of New U.S.-Iraq Security Pact

 

By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, DC - President George W. Bush and other senior U.S. officials hailed the new U.S.-Iraq security pact that was approved by Iraqi lawmakers in Baghdad on Thursday, November 27, 2008.

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National Resource Directory Helps Wounded Warriors

 

By Jamie Findlater
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, DC – A Web-based network of support for wounded warriors, veterans and their families, as well as the families of the fallen, has sprung from a collaborative effort by the departments of Defense, Labor and Veterans Affairs.

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Navy Thanksgiving Day Message 2008

 

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, DC – In his 2008 Thanksgiving Day message released today, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, noted the wartime similarities between today and the proclamation of the national holiday 140 years ago.

Here is the text of Mullen's message:

Citing the many blessings bestowed upon the United States, these timeless words were delivered by Abraham Lincoln in his 1863 proclamation establishing Thanksgiving Day as a national holiday:

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Staying Power: Major Returns to Eradicate Explosives that Nearly Killed Him

 

By Fred W. Baker III
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, DC – It's just after 5 on a weekday evening at Air Force Maj. Matthew Conlan's home in a leafy Northern Virginia subdivision. Conlan's son, Cameron, is home from college for the summer and playing with their dog in the three-story townhouse. Conlan's wife, Becky, just got home from work and is on the phone with a utility company.

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Wounded Warrior Diaries: Army Wife Enlists, Escapes Death on Afghan Mountain

 

By Navy Lt. Jennifer Cragg
Special to American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, DC –
Many wounded warriors who have served in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom have paid the price for their participation in combat. Depending on that price, many view not only themselves as a hero, but those who were lost.

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Wounded Warrior Diaries: Canine Handler Battles Injuries to Return to Duty

 

By Navy Lt. Jennifer Cragg
Special to American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, DC – Despite losing a leg in combat, Army Sgt. Chris Alvin Burrell is focusing on his rehabilitation to one day return to what he calls his "normal day of work."

 

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