Navy commander pilot passes 1,000th ‘trap’ aircraft carrier http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=23288 {EXCERPT}, by Jason Chudy, Stars and Stripes European edition, Thursday, July 15, 2004 Carrier landings have been described as “controlled crashes.” Cmdr. David Landess has...

Navy planes wrap up night landing practice at Iwo Jima, Atsugi http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=26776 {EXCERPT} Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Wednesday, January 26, 2005 Navy planes completed night landing practice at Iwo Jima and Atsugi Naval Air Facility this...

Six aboard USS Kitty Hawk injured in F/A 18 landing accident http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=26892 {EXCERPT} Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Monday, January 31, 2005 Six crewmembers of the Strike Fighter Squadron 102 from Atsugi Naval Air Facility, Japan, were injured...

Why the sudden push for military benefits http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0203/p02s01-usmi.html {EXCERPT} Christian Science Monitor - 21 hours ago In recent years, both the Clinton and Bush administrations have looked to cuts in military retirement benefits as a source of budgetary...

Nelson asks Navy for second aircraft carrier at Mayport http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6926722/ {EXCERPT} MSNBC - 9 hours ago 27 letter to the Navy's top officer...... U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report cannot be provided...

Navy pilots wont be coming to Las Cruces this year http://kobtv.com/index.cfm?viewer=storyviewer&id=16936&cat=HOME {EXCERPT} KOB-TV, NM - 1 hour ago LAS CRUCES, NM (AP) - For the first time since 2001, the US Navy wont be bringing pilots to the Las Cruces International Airport for winter...

Common Myths About the Purple Heart Medal A website has been established to dispel common myths about the Purple Heart medal: http://members.aol.com/warlibrary/theheart.htm -- Otis Willie (Ret.) Military News and Information Editor The American War Library, Est. 1988 http://www.amervets.com Or...

Military Funeral Honors "Honoring Those Who Served" http://www.cem.va.gov/mhg.htm The Department of Defense (DOD) is responsible for providing military funeral honors. "Honoring Those Who Served" is the title of the DOD program for providing dignified military funeral honors to veterans who have...

Lists of Military Casualties For information about obtaining the free download Casualty Lists please travel to URL: http://members.aol.com/veterans/casualty.htm Holders of other casualty lists from any Nation who wish to make them available for free public downloading should email their list to...

Navy cutting pilot training by 13 percent in Pensacola, elsewhere http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=2843471 {EXCERPT} WAVY-TV, VA - 1 hour ago PENSACOLA, Fla. The Navy is cutting back pilot training because of high retention and low attrition rates and the looming retirement of some...

The Vanishing Honorable Discharge Once upon a time in America a veteran's "Character of Discharge" was considered the final word in determining whether or not a vet was fully employable by any company or eligible for all Veteran Administration benefits. But, recently, special codes placed on...

Cope Thunder to help pilots hone war skills http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=23295 {EXCERPT}, by Vince Little, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Friday, July 16, 2004 Officials plan to launch Cooperative Cope Thunder this week, the Air Force’s largest multilateral...

Marines mark copter's 40th birthday http://www.jdnews.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/Details.cfm&StoryID=24087&Section=News {EXCERPT} July 17,2004 ANDREW DEGRANDPRE DAILY NEWS STAFF Twenty-five years after the fall of Saigon, in a letter to a retired Marine master sergeant,...

The following was first posted on 29 december 2000. It remains just as important today: Making Sure Every Military/Veteran Vote Counts, by Phill Coleman Slightly under ten years ago a perceptive Vietnam vet, now working for an agency of the Veterans Administration, clearly recognized the need for...

Four Navy avaitors on San Diego-based carrier listed as missing http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20040810-1522-ca-navalaviatorsmissing.html {EXCERPT} ASSOCIATED PRESS 3:22 p.m. August 10, 2004

Navy search for crew of jet continues http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20040811-9999-1m11plane.html {EXCERPT} S.D.-based plane crashed on island south of Japan, by James W. Crawley UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER August 11, 2004

Remains of fliers returned to U.S. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20040819-9999-2m19remains.html {EXCERPT} Navy plane crashed in Greenland in '62, by James W. Cra wley UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER August 19, 2004

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The Silver Star Medal Registry An effort is now underway to register the names of all Americans, past and present, who received the Silver Star. All those who received the Silver Star, or know of a veteran -- living or deceased -- who received this High Award, can register at...

Reconstructing lost/destroyed DD-214s A website is established to provide Gulf War veterans information on how to replace lost, missing, destroyed or never obtained DD-214. Please see URL: veterans http://members.aol.com/forvets/dd214.htm -- Otis Willie (Ret.)