Word: regiment
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...Minister Tony Blair announces plans to gradually withdraw British troops, PRINCE HARRY, 22, is set to embark on a tour of duty in Basra, according to sources in Whitehall. Britain's Ministry of Defence dismisses the reports, but Harry's past comments suggest that he'll report with his regiment. "There's no way I'm going to put myself through [Britain's military academy] Sandhurst and then sit on my arse back home while my boys are out fighting," Harry said in a 2005 interview. Should he serve, concerns for the royal's safety will dog Harry as they...
...stretch of southeastern Iraq poses anything but a relaxing prospect for army chiefs. Browne announced that the junior royal will go on active service this summer, confirming days of rumors about a six-month Iraqi tour of duty for the Household Cavalry, including Harry's Blues and Royals regiment, as part of Operation Telic...
...military operation, the regiment is broken into squads, each commanded by a captain in radio contact with Gen. Treb. Under the captain, Treb says, "You will be instructed in how to fluff confetti," which isn't quite as salacious as it sounds. With a final invocation he sends us - mostly New Yorkers, but including recruits from California and Georgia - to our battle stations. We'd be there until after midnight, when we'd fulfilled our final mission: confetti accompli...
...later, the 145,000 Americans serving in Iraq rely on their own talismans to protect them from the barrage of sniper bullets, mortar fire and roadside bombs that have claimed the lives of more than 2,700 of their comrades. The Marines of Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment spent much of this year deployed in Ramadi, the heart of the Sunni Triangle and one of the most dangerous outposts in Iraq. The things they carry are often emblems of love or faith, reminders of home and a higher purpose. PFC Phillip Busenlehner's good-luck charm...
...results from Friday’s Ivy League Heptagonals championships, but the one that best encapsulated the Crimson cross country team’s performance this weekend was: the more things change, the more they stay the same. In the end, a new coaching staff, a different training regiment and a renewed vigor weren’t enough to keep the men’s cross county team out of the Ivy League cellar, as the Crimson once again finished last at the Heptagonal Championships at Van Cortlandt Park in New York City this past weekend, placing...