Pacific Fleet Helping American Samoa, Indonesia, Philippines

NAVY.MIL, From Pacific Fleet Public Affairs, Story Number: NNS091003-12, Release Date: 10/3/2009 - PEARL HARBOR (NNS): The U.S. Pacific Fleet is deploying personnel and units to provide humanitarian aid in the wake of natural disasters that have stricken the Philippines, American Samoa and Indonesia. ∴ The United States extends its sincere condolences to the people of these areas in the wake of the recent natural disasters. ∴ The United States has military capabilities positioned in the affected regions that are ready to support emergency relief efforts and minimize human suffering. Read more at Navy.mil...

Boston Globe photos of Typhoon Ketsana (Ondoy) in the Philippines

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A Family's Valor, a Nation's Freedom

WSJ OPINION JOURNAL, 7/2/2009 by Karl Rove - Why would a 61-year-old civilian surgeon volunteer for Iraq? At a dinner last week in California, I was reminded of the debt we owe to those who have, for 233 years, sustained our freedom and independence. One remarkable family in particular exemplifies the best in the American spirit of courage and sacrifice. Read more at Opinion Journal... Read More......

Major military operation under way in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Marines and Afghan security forces moved into Taliban-infested villages Wednesday evening in one of the Obama administration's first major military operations in the previously forgotten war in Afghanistan. ∴ The offensive was launched shortly after 1 a.m. local time in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province. More than 4,000 Marines and an estimated 650 Afghan soldiers and police sought to clear insurgents from towns and villages along the Helmand River Valley before the nation's Aug. 20 presidential election.

"Where we go we will stay, and where we stay, we will hold, build and work toward transition of all security responsibilities to Afghan forces," Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson said in a statement.

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Memorial Day (Echo Taps, U.S. Marine Band)

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