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Navy commander pilot passes 1,000th ‘trap’ aircraft carrier by
Otis Willie
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...
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Navy planes wrap up night landing practice at Iwo Jima, Atsugi by
Otis Willie
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...
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Six aboard USS Kitty Hawk injured in F/A 18 landing accident by
Otis Willie
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...
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Why the sudden push for military benefits by
Otis Willie
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...
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Nelson asks Navy for second aircraft carrier at Mayport by
Otis Willie
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...
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Navy pilots wont be coming to Las Cruces this year by
Otis Willie
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...
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Common Myths About the Purple Heart Medal by
Otis Willie
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...
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Military Funeral Honors "Honoring Those Who Served" by
Otis Willie
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...
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Lists of Military Casualties by
Otis Willie
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...
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Navy cutting pilot training by 13 percent in Pensacola, elsewhere by
Otis Willie
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...
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by Jim
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The Vanishing Honorable Discharge by
Otis Willie
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...
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Cope Thunder to help pilots hone war skills by
Otis Willie
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...
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Marines mark copter's 40th birthday by
Otis Willie
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,...
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Navy search for crew of jet continues by
Otis Willie
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
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Remains of fliers returned to U.S. by
Otis Willie
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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22 Aug 2004 - Today’s Military, Veteran, War and National Security News by
Otis Willie
22 Aug 2004 - Today’s Military, Veteran, War and National Security
News
You can also receive this resource listing that is published
daily via
email by The American War Library (www.amervets.com). Go to this
URL for more info: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/war-correspondents/
Marine on trial...
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The Silver Star Medal Registry by
Otis Willie
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...
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Reconstructing lost/destroyed DD-214s by
Otis Willie
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.)
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