DefenseLINK News: DoD Contract U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contract On the Web: http://defenselink.mil/contracts/2006/ct20060703-13379.html Media Contact: (703)697-5131 Public contact: http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 FOR RELEASE AT 5pm ET ...Continue Reading

Today in the Department of Defense U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Today in DoD On the Web: http://defenselink.mil/today/2006/to20060704.html Media Contact: (703)697-5131 Public contact: http://www.dod.mil/faq/comment.html or +1 (703) 428-0711 Today in the Department of Defense, Tuesday, July 4, 2006 Secretary of De ...Continue Reading

America Supports You: Baseball's Nationals Honor Armed Forces By Petty Officer 3rd Class John R. Guardiano, USNAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, July 3, 2006 – Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals honored members of the U.S. armed forces yesterday during pre-game festivities that highlighted the organization's annual military appreciation day. Eighteen new ...Continue Reading

Daughters of American Revolution Honor Soldiers, Supporter By Gerry J. GilmoreAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, July 3, 2006 – The Daughters of the American Revolution honored two soldiers and the founder of an organization that builds adaptive homes for wounded servicemembers at their 115th annual meeting here June 30. The evening's events included an address by ...Continue Reading

JCS Chairman Salutes U.S. Military, Families, at DAR Event By Gerry J. GilmoreAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, July 3, 2006 – Military members serving in the global war against terrorism, as well as their families, are true American patriots, the Pentagon's top officer told the Daughters of the American Revolution here June 30. Each servicemember swears an ...Continue Reading

America Supports You: Florida Moms Help 'Cell Phones for Soldiers' By Monique ReubenAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, July 3, 2006 – Two teens' ongoing effort to help deployed servicemembers communicate with their loved ones back home inspired the Orlando-Conway, Fla., chapter of International Moms Club to donate $4,000 to "Cell Phones for Soldiers" June 2 ...Continue Reading

Cheney Thanks NASCAR Community for Troop Support By Steven Donald SmithAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, July 3, 2006 – Attending his first NASCAR event July 1, Vice President Dick Cheney thanked the car racing community for its continued support of America's servicemembers. /Vice President Dick Cheney meets members of ...Continue Reading

U.S. Navy Ships Arrive in Vietnam for Port Visit By Petty Officer 3rd Class Adam R. Cole, USNSpecial to American Forces Press Service HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, July 3, 2006 – Two U.S. Navy ships - USS Patriot and USS Salvor -- completed a five-hour, navigationally complex transit down the Saigon River to arrive here July 1 for a scheduled port visit aimed at enhancing ...Continue Reading

NORTHCOM, Canada Command Cooperate to Secure North America By Tech. Sgt. Devin Fisher, USAFSpecial to American Forces Press Service PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo., July 3, 2006 – U.S. Northern Command has a new partner in defending North America from future terrorist and natural disasters. During his first official visit to NORTHCOM headquarters here as the commander ...Continue Reading

Marine, Soldier Killed in Iraq; Earlier Casualty IdentifiedAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, July 3, 2006 – A Marine was killed in action today in Iraq's Anbar province, a soldier died in a roadside bomb explosion yesterday north of Baghdad, and the Defense Department has identified an airman who died in Iraq over the weekend. The names of the Marine and the soldier are being withheld until their families ar ...Continue Reading