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Newsletter #90
01/15/01
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Boot Camp Challenge, Part III - Join our young hero, Private
Joe, as he continues to stumble his way through Military Boot Camp.
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Photo of the Week - There were so many great responses that I found it hard
to select my three favorites. I'm still laughing. Big Guy took first place honors
this week. Check out the other submissions and send in your idea for Contest
#3.
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NEWS AND COMMENTARY:
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Children's Scholarship Deadline Approaching: FORT LEE, Va. -- The Feb. 15 deadline is fast approaching for students to apply for $1,500 scholarships in a new program funded by manufacturers and business partners of the military commissary system.
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Marine, Sailor Found Guilty of Refusing Vaccination: A military judge on Okinawa found a Marine and a sailor guilty Friday of refusing direct orders to take anthrax vaccinations. Lance Cpl. Jason R. Stonewall, 27, received 90 days’ confinement, was busted to private and forfeited $1,500 pay. Petty Officer 3rd Class David Ponder, 21, was busted two pay grades to E-2 and received 60 days’ confinement. The military judge, Marine Maj. Eric Stone, recommended suspending the brig times in both cases.
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Dependent Sentenced to 30 Months in Korean Jail: SEOUL — A South Korean judge sentenced a 19-year-old U.S. military dependent Friday to 30 months in prison for robbery, larceny and assault. Adrian D. Courtney, the son of a servicemember at Yongsan Garrison, could be released in 24 months for good behavior, the three-judge panel ruled. Courtney, who has denied the charges, has a week to file an appeal. Courtney stole about $11 from a taxi driver in Itaewon and slapped a Korean woman Sept. 24, according to a prosecution report. On Nov. 4, he snatched a 17-year-old girl’s handbag outside the Hannam Village housing area, knocking her to the ground when she resisted. The girl’s knee was hurt. Her purse contained about $66.
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No Whitewash in No Gun Ri Investigation, Says Clinton: WASHINGTON — President Clinton rejected allegations Friday that the United States "whitewashed" an investigation of the killing of unarmed Korean civilians by American soldiers early in the Korean war. Elaborating on his own statement of regret about the shootings, he said, "We are profoundly sorry."
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Koreans Press for More Probes: SEOUL, South Korea — With the completion of a
probe into the killing of refugees by U.S. troops at the hamlet of No Gun Ri,
Koreans are pressing for an investigation into other alleged attacks on civilians
by American forces in the early days of the Korean war.
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Security Tightened at US Bases in Germany: Security measures have increased at U.S. military installations throughout Germany, according to various sources, including an e-mail message sent to U.S. civilian personnel directors. As a result of the change, people entering installations can expect random automobile inspections, tighter identification card checks, traffic barriers and longer lines getting on or off base. "Due to a recent increase in threat activity across Europe, we have raised the Threatcon level to Bravo," according to the message, which stated the information had been generated by the Army’s V Corps.
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Clinton Approves Iraq Operation: With barely a week left in office, the Clinton
administration has approved a plan to help Iraqi opposition groups reestablish
their presence inside Iraq, a potentially high-risk operation that could test
President-elect Bush's commitment to ousting Saddam Hussein, administration
officials said.
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China and Russia to Sign Pact: BEIJING -- China and Russia are negotiating their
first political treaty since an ill-fated peace and friendship pact at the outset
of the Cold War, united this time by a desire to counter U.S. preeminence in
world affairs and oppose U.S. proposals for building a missile defense shield.
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Rumsfeld Impresses Armed Services Panel: Donald H. Rumsfeld, President-elect
Bush's pick to be defense secretary, sailed through a confirmation hearing yesterday
that focused heavily on missile defense, Third World missile proliferation,
information warfare and other emerging 21st century threats to U.S. security.
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Are Military Slot Machines Overseas a Bad Idea?: WASHINGTON –– In the darkness
and cold of an Iceland winter, Senior Airman Lenyatta Tinnelle found her spark
feeding quarters into slot machines on her U.S. military base.
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Report Says Pilot was Seen Alive in Iraq: WASHINGTON –– A U.S. Navy pilot initially
presumed to have died in a shootdown over Iraq during the Persian Gulf War in
1991 was seen alive in Iraqi custody afterward, according to unconfirmed reports
reaching intelligence officials in recent years.
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Air Force Academy Plans More Drug Tests: COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A top officer
at the U.S. Air Force Academy this week said the academy will step up its drug
testing in the wake of an investigation involving 35 cadets.
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LST-325 Arrives Home: MOBILE, Ala. — A rusting World War II ship and its crew
of mostly 70-something veterans docked at Mobile’s harbor Wednesday, capping
a trans-Atlantic voyage that the Coast Guard said was too dangerous to attempt.
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3 SSgts Complain of Sexual Harassement: KADENA AIR BASE — Three female staff
sergeants here have lost faith in the Air Force’s "zero tolerance" policy against
sexual harassment. Staff sergeants Adrienne Payne, Shaninero Hervey and Jennifer
James are not satisfied with the action taken against two male supervisors who
allegedly tried to use their positions of power to gain sexual favors. And they
say they feel the system favors protecting the perpetrators’ rights rather than
the victims’. As a result, two of the women are preparing to leave the Air Force.
The women say they suffered humiliation and one said she contemplated suicide.
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Marines Investigated for Porn: TWENTYNINE PALMS – The Marine Corps is investigating
whether Marines at Twentynine Palms and other bases have posed naked for gay
pornography being sold on the Internet.
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Submarine Crewmember Charged with Sabotage: BREMERTON, Wash. – A Navy missile
technician was charged with sabotaging the Trident nuclear submarine where he
worked.
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AF Gives Extra Bonus to January Recruits: SAN ANTONIO — The Air Force is offering
up to $17,000 in bonuses to recruits who enlist in selected career fields and
report for training during January.
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Navy's New Slogan: The Navy is moving into a new year with a new slogan that
rings of putting the pedal to the metal. “Accelerate your life” is to replace
“Let the journey begin” as soon as the Navy’s new advertising agency can create
television and print ads, according to a recruiting specialist who talked with
Navy Times.
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Army Drops "Be All You Can Be": WASHINGTON – The Army is dropping its nearly
two decade-old "Be all you can be" slogan as part of $150 million advertising
campaign aimed at recruiting a new generation of soldiers. The new slogan, "An
Army of one," was created by the Chicago-based advertising agency Leo Burnett,
which was hired by the Army last summer in hopes of improving its pitch to potential
recruits.
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Soldiers Reach Out to Help Family of Slain Kosovo Girl: DEBELDE, Kosovo — When
a convoy of Humvees came to a stop near an Albanian family’s small farm in this
village, adults and children ran up in a frenzy of anticipation. Children’s
faces beamed with smiles; older members of the family had tears in their eyes.
This wouldn’t be unusual if it were a regular humanitarian visit to a group
of needy Kosovars. But this family lost a member because of the gruesome actions
of a U.S. soldier. Special Note: WHERE TO DONATE: Donations for the Merita Shabiu
Headstone Project can be made through Heart to Heart International World Headquarters
at 401 S. Claiborne, Suite 302, Olathe, Kan., 66062, or through their Web site
at: www.hearttoheart.org.
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They said what??? (Selected excerpts from the Forum)
SHOWERING IN BASIC TRAINING: "mine [high school] closed the showers down, A kid was killed in the shower by some other kids . He was beaten and thrown into the water knobs on the wall one of the knobs was metal and bent upwards creating a sharp point. it slashed his testicles open and he laid there and bled to death. " - MRRAN
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NEW ARMY SLOGAN: "Just in case you haven't noticed by how I listed my military genealogy, I think this new slogan STINKS! I noted our duties to emphasize one thing--the Army has two purposes--to kill people and break things in protection of the national interest! It isn't nation-building and it isn't peacekeeping, and it isn't to give soup to children. It isn't a social experimentation, it isn't a job as the "new" Army would have you believe, and it certainly isn't to "find yourself" as this new smear campaign (against brass-balled team-oriented men) would have you believe. " - MILLIONBUCKS
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MILITARY HUMOR: It seems that a young man volunteered for Navy service during
World War II. He had such a high aptitude for aviation that he was sent right
to Pensacola skipping boot camp.
The very first
day at Pensacola he solos and is the best flier on the base. All they could
do was give him
his gold wings and assign him immediately to an aircraft carrier in the Pacific.
On his first day aboard he took off and single-handedly shot down 6 Japanese Zeroes. Then climbing up to 20,000 ft. he found 9 more Japanese planes and shot them all down, too. Noting that his fuel was getting low, he descended, circled the carrier and came in for a perfect landing on the deck.
He threw back the canopy, climbed out and jogged over to the captain. Saluting smartly he said, "Well sir, how did I do on my very first day?"
The captain turned around, bowed, and replied, "You make one velly impoltant mistake!"
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With those words
of wisdom, I once again leave you.,
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