May 24

Eighteen US troops with swine flu leave Kuwait 
    (AFP)

AFP – Eighteen US soldiers have tested positive for swine flu at an American military base in Kuwait and have left the Gulf emirate, a Kuwaiti health official said on Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »

May 24
US troops with flu leave Kuwait (AFP)
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US troops with flu leave Kuwait 
    (AFP)

AFP – Eighteen US soldiers who tested positive for swine flu were removed from a military base in Kuwait on Sunday, as Australia shut down a school after identifying two more cases of the disease. Read the rest of this entry »

May 24

Darfur fighters take Sudan army base: peacekeepers 
    (Reuters)

Reuters – Armed raiders using mortars and heavy guns seized a Sudanese army base near the Chad border in Darfur on Sunday, the second to have fallen in just over a week, international peacekeepers said. Read the rest of this entry »

May 24

US withdrawal from Iraq 'on track' despite violence: Mullen 
    (AFP)
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May 24

Mullen: Military to comply if gay ban law changes 
    (AP)

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May 24

18 US soldiers confirmed with swine flu in Kuwait 
    (AFP)

AFP – Eighteen US soldiers have tested positive for swine flu at an American military base in Kuwait and all have now left the Gulf emirate, a Kuwaiti health official said. Read the rest of this entry »

May 24

Good morning, Norm.

It’s Memorial Day, 7:29am Tonkin Gulf time.

Haven’t talked with you in a while. The USS ORISKANY, that magnificent lady on which we went through hell together, has slipped away into the deep and now rests forever in silent waters off the Florida coast.

Seems like a good day to make contact. This is the 43rd year since I last saw you, sitting on the edge of your bunk in our room on ORISKANY. You remember . . . it was the 26th Read the rest of this entry »