By Dr. Peter D. Skirbunt
Special to American Forces Press Service
FORT LEE, Va., Sept. 29, 2006 – The Defense Commissary Agency preserves a military benefit officially established 140 years ago, with a heritage extending back to the American Revolution.
In 1775, Congress created the Office of the Commissary General of Stores and Purchases to provide the Army’s [...]

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 — NASA is marking a historic moment in the life of the nation’s largest rocket engine test complex.
The Stennis Space Center conducted the final space shuttle main engine test on its A-1 Test Stand Friday. Although this ends the stand’s work on the Space Shuttle Program, it will soon be used for [...]

By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2006 – There’s no doubt of victory in the terror war — not just because the United States is committed to seeing it through, but also because of the quality of the troops carrying it out, President Bush told the Reserve Officers Association here today.
“We can have [...]

By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2006 – The presidents of the United States and Kazakhstan today reaffirmed their commitment to working together to defeat terrorism and promote peace and stability in Central Asia and elsewhere in the world.
Speaking in the Oval Office after his meeting with President Nursultan Nazarbayev, President Bush said [...]

By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2006 – The battle for Ramadi has “tipped” in favor of the government of Iraq and the coalition, the commander of 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, said today.
Army Col. Sean MacFarland told the Pentagon press corps in a video teleconference call that attacks are down 25 percent [...]

American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2006 – Iraqi national police detained eight suspected terrorists and seized a weapons cache in western Baghdad Sept. 26, U.S. military officials reported.
Policemen from 3rd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, were attacked by terrorists using small-arms fire from the Al Kur Mosque and requested assistance from Multinational [...]

By Steven Donald Smith
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2006 – The killing of al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in June severely disrupted the terrorist organization’s capability, but foreign fighters entering Iraq continue to cause problems, a senior Multinational Force Iraq spokesman told reporters in Baghdad yesterday.
“What the al Qaeda in Iraq [...]

By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2006 – President Bush reaffirmed today his commitment to stand by Afghanistan and Iraq as they develop new democracies and become solid partners in the war against extremism, and vowed that the United States won’t rest until Osama bin Laden and his fellow terrorists are brought to [...]

By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2006 – The soldiers of 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, greeted news of their extension in Iraq with “a collective shrug,” the unit’s commander said during a Pentagon teleconference today.
“Nobody is very happy about it,” said Army Col. Sean MacFarland, the commander of the Ramadi-based unit. “I’m [...]

By Susan Hammond
Special to American Forces Press Service
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo., Sept. 29, 2006 – U.S. Northern Command, which works to deal with threats to the U.S. homeland, celebrates its fourth birthday Oct. 2.
NORTHCOM became operational Oct. 1, 2002, although the Defense Department began reviewing the need for a homeland defense combatant command within [...]