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‘It Was Just Wild’: Guardsmen Fight Fires From the Sky ‘It Was Just Wild’: Guardsmen Fight Fires From the Sky | BY KATIE LANGE, DOD NEWS A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew chief uses a Bambi bucket to collect water for aerial firefighting. Several Idaho National Guard members battle wildfires in the …

NOTE: More than 2,557,537 acres have burned in 104 large fires/complexes in 12 states. All large fires in CA were active August 20. The Dixie Fire burned 35,000 acres and is now 662,547 acres. The Caldor Fire made a run of nearly 40,000 acres. Dr. Gary Stephen Maynard, U.S. Attorney …

by Alex QuadeDiyala Province, Iraq — Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha (A-Team) 072 rolled into the village. It was dead quiet. Nothing moved. Suddenly, “squirters”—people running away from the village and cars leaving at a high rate of speed. Clearly, something of interest was in that village. A-Team Commander Captain …

“I am deeply honored & grateful to join the ranks of men & women across this great nation who have committed to defend the United States against small & large threats, known and unknown. I promise to uphold that trust to the fullest extent of my abilities,” Dr Rachel Levine …

Series: OSS Training in the National Parks and Service Abroad in World War II NPS Although the most publicized achievements of the OSS occurred in Europe and North Africa, Donovan’s organization also contributed to the war against Japan in the Far East. That contribution was mainly in the China-Burma-India Theater …

Here are a few more pictures of the 7:15am swearing-in with our local, state and federal law enforcement partners. 18 January, Approximately 400 to 450 people were inside the protest area today (excluding law enforcement). in the Insurrection II protest. “The comedy of today’s protest, billed by the media as …

the Karada bombing that killed 250 and wounded 200 was the deadliest bombing since the beginning of the war. More than five years after the Karrada bombing, which broke the hearts of Iraqis, our heroic forces, after a complex intelligence pursuit outside Iraq, succeeded in arresting the terrorist Ghazwan al-Zawba’i, …

Operation Desert Storm Caption: US and British military personnel converse in Bahrain on a pier beside the Royal Navy’s logistic landing ship RFA Sir Galahad (L-3005). Pictured, from left, are: Corporal Lemuel Maynor, USMC; Lieutenant Paul Dobson, Lieutenant D.P. Wolstenholme, and Diver Steven Fitzjohn of the Royal Navy; Lance Corporal …