U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Baghdad Counts on Local Improvements U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News
Following is a release from the US Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Baghdad Counts on Local Improvements RedNova
To: National Desk, Photo Editor Contact: Norris Jones of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 540- 665-2644 or Norris.Jones@tac01.usace.army.mil BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 4 /U.S.
US deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan Boston Globe
The Pentagon has released the names of the following US service members killed recently in Iraq and Afghanistan. According to an Associated Press count, at least 2,901 members of the US military have died since the Iraq war began in March 2003. At least 21,921 have been wounded, the military says. In Afghanistan, 291 US personnel have died and 1,051
'Strategic pause' halts levee work in New Orleans The Columbus Dispatch
NEW ORLEANS — For months, the Army Corps of Engineers raced through the city, frantically patching broken levees and building floodgates to prepare for a hurricane season, now ending, that produced no hurricanes here.
After a Rush to Make Repairs, Pace of Levee Work Downshifts New York Times
Now that the hurricane season has ended, New Orleans residents notice a lag in work to rebuild the flood protection infrastructure.
Luna Pier Marine Injured In Mortar Attack NBC 24 Toledo
To some, diamonds represent a commitment to a relationship meant to last a lifetime. August 31, 2006 Vietnam Vet Rewarded After 40 Years War veteran Ronald Allgire, who served in the Vietnam War, finally receieved honors for his military series - some 40 years after the conflict.
Disaster Design Kurdish Media
The destruction of Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine and previously Kurdistan was planned and designed by the same lot even though these acts occurred at different periods in time.
The challenge of making sound engineering decisions The Space Review
During the development of the components of NASA’s Constellation program literally millions of engineering decisions, large and small, will be made.
Stories Japan Update
Okinawa’s 9th Engineer Support Battalion has earned the President’s Volunteer Service Award in recognition of its volunteer service. Eleven members of the battalion’s Key Volunteer Network were honored by III Marine Corps Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Bases Japan.
How armies build better bridges Boston Globe
Brits build better bridges; certainly they can build them quickly, under difficult conditions. Route 3 commuters today might think about military bridging as they creep past the Route 228 temporary bridge project in Rockland. In Iraq, American GIs erect two-lane, heavy-duty bridges quickly; they built a pair across the Kazer River in three days, working mostly by hand. But the
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