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| WASHINGTON, May 8, 2007 - A national program is working to help make it easier for veterans to find meaningful jobs. |
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| CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 8, 2007 - NASCAR Nextel Cup points leader Jeff Gordon today unveiled a new design for his No. 24 Dupont-sponsored car sporting a Department of Defense color scheme and the America Supports You logo emblazoned on its hood. |
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| WASHINGTON, May 8, 2007 - National Guard troops responding to a tornado that devastated Greensburg, Kan., have the manpower and resources they need and can tap into additional support if they need it, defense officials said today. |
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| WASHINGTON, May 8, 2007 - Defense Department officials today announced the next 10 Army brigade combat teams to deploy to Iraq to replace units currently operating there. |
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| AUSTIN, Nev., May 8, 2007 - All five crew members of a Navy SH-60F Seahawk helicopter died yesterday in a crash about 10 miles west of here. |
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| WASHINGTON, May 7, 2007 - Iraq’s infrastructure is slowly improving despite years of neglect under Saddam Hussein’s Baath party and the current “costly insurgency,” a military commander said.
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| WASHINGTON, May 7, 2007 - More than 300 members of the Kansas National Guard have been activated in response to a powerful tornado that almost destroyed the town of Greensburg, Kan., May 4. |
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| WASHINGTON, May 7, 2007 - Operation Homefront takes its mission of caring for deployed servicemembers, the families they leave behind, and wounded troops very seriously.
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| WASHINGTON, May 7, 2007 - Coalition and Iraqi forces detained 24 suspected terrorists in operations in Iraq yesterday and today, military officials reported.
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| WASHINGTON, May 7, 2007 - Eighty percent of the U.S. military units involved with the surge of troops into Baghdad and western Iraq are now in place, a senior U.S. military officer said in Baghdad yesterday. |
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| WASHINGTON, May 7, 2007 - Three U.S. troops were killed yesterday, two in Afghanistan and one in Iraq, and two servicemembers were wounded yesterday in Afghanistan, military officials reported. |
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| WASHINGTON, May 7, 2007 - Coalition forces detained five suspected Taliban militants in Zabul province, Afghanistan, today, and Afghan civilians led coalition and Afghan security forces to a weapons cache May 5 in Paktia province, military officials reported. |
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| WASHINGTON, May 7, 2007 - Coalition experts have identified trouble areas in the training regimen for the Iraqi security forces but see cumulative progress overall, the top U.S. training official in Iraq said. |
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| MIAMI, May 7, 2007 - Maintaining good communications with civilian employers of National Guardsmen and reservists is a major component of mission success at the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, the agency’s new chief said in an interview. |
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| WASHINGTON, May 6, 2007 - Iraqi and coalition forces detained 26 suspects and seized multiple weapons caches in Iraq during several recent operations in the country, and terrorist bombers continued to strike against Iraqi civilians and security forces today. |
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| WASHINGTON, May 6, 2007 - Afghan and coalition forces thwarted an attack in Afghanistan’s Farah province yesterday, 10 suspected Taliban were detained in a separate incident, and the Afghan border police also stopped two suicide bombers near the Pakistan border. |
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| WASHINGTON, May 6, 2007 - Twelve U.S. servicemembers lost their lives over the past few days while serving in Iraq, and the Defense Department has identified eight pervious casualties. |
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| WASHINGTON, May 6, 2007 - Congress needs to provide the military with the funds and flexibility it needs to prevail to succeed in Iraq, President Bush said in his weekly radio address yesterday. |
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| WASHINGTON, May 4, 2007 - An Air Force construction specialist who served with a provincial reconstruction team in Afghanistan last year has dedicated his humanitarian work there to two fallen comrades. |
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| MIAMI, May 4, 2007 - Scores of young people raised their right hands and joined America’s armed forces during a joint enlistment ceremony here yesterday. |
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| WASHINGTON, May 4, 2007 - When Purple Heart recipient Earl “Scotty” MacKenzie was a World War II Army sergeant, communications with loved ones back home from the South Pacific where he was serving were extremely limited. Communication is no longer a problem for the former “fox hole technician.” MacKenzie now works with “Cell Phones for Soldiers.” |
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| WASHINGTON, May 4, 2007 - Twenty-eight America Supports You home-front support groups converged on the Pentagon today to share information about their organizations with the men and women who work inside the building during the U.S. military headquarters kick-off ceremony for Military Appreciation Month. |
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| WASHINGTON, May 4, 2007 - There aren’t enough “thank yous” in the world to express the gratitude felt for the members of the armed forces, said up-and-coming vocalist Jenny Boyle, the entertainer for the Pentagon’s kick off to Military Appreciation Month today. |
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| FORT POLK, La., May 4, 2007 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates visited the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk today to observe training as soldiers from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky., were rotating through the training center.
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| WASHINGTON, May 4, 2007 - Coalition forces identified bodies of two al Qaeda leaders, killed three additional terrorists and nabbed 39 others during operations across Iraq recently, military officials said. |
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| WASHINGTON, May 4, 2007 - The top installations from each of the military services and the Defense Logistics Agency were lauded today at the Pentagon for their superior mission support. |
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| WASHINGTON, May 4, 2007 - Seven U.S. Army soldiers were killed and 13 others were wounded recently in Iraq, military officials said, and the Defense Department identified 18 previous casualties. |
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| FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 4, 2007 - Seven Sunshine State employers of National Guardsmen and reservists were honored for exemplary support of their employees during a Defense Department-hosted award ceremony here yesterday. |
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| WASHINGTON, May 4, 2007 - The Pentagon kicked off Military Appreciation Month today with the third annual “America Supports You Salute Concert,” featuring local recording artist Jenny Boyle, in the national military headquarters’ center courtyard.
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| WASHINGTON, May 4, 2007 - The military has a robust system in place to deal with mental health issues, but longer and more frequent deployments are causing strain on servicemembers, a Defense Department study has found. |
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