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Still, in other respects, Bush's war on terror has made some progress lately--partly because there are just more terrorist hunters than there used to be. In addition to the 8,000 members of the armed forces in Afghanistan, there are now nearly 800 U.S. forces based in the East African nation of Djibouti, across the Red Sea from Yemen, and a Marine Corps amphibious assault ship, the Belleau Wood, has been in the area since August. Sources tell TIME the U.S. is looking to use the port of Assab in Eritrea as a naval base to keep...
...last year's playoffs - or, for that matter, like Gehrig in 1939, with the death sentence of amyotrophic sclerosis. Late in his career, even in the first stages of the disease that would be named after him, Gehrig was still a potent offensive player, leading the league in on-base percentage and home runs...
...year’s trial period. Bartch declines to say one way or the other whether she’s positive she’ll continue with her commitment. When she moved into Weld Hall this fall, it was the first time she ever lived off a military base, and the rhythm of Air Force training keeps her grounded. “I’ve always sort of been a tomboy. I love lifting weights, hanging out with boys. I feel comfortable with the group and it makes me feel closer to home,” she says...
...present. She couldn’t really imagine college any other way. “A lot of military kids end up doing it—they know what they’re getting into. I don’t know how you can grow up on a base and not have such respect for people who serve their country like that,” Bartch says...
Cadet Bartch tells a story about working out in the gym at the base where her family lives. A newly-enlisted man, probably about 18 or 19, was working out next to her. She says a TV news segment came on about troops deployed to Afghanistan and the new enlistee broke down and cried...