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Patriots Point Development Authority will hold a meeting next Tuesday afternoon to gather public input on a master plan for its 445-acre site on the Cooper River. The Journal reports that the site includes Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum, a tourist attraction featuring the USS Yorktown and other historic...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman John P. Murtha died Monday at 1:18 p.m. at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA. At his bedside was his family. Murtha, 77, was Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. First elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in February of 1974, Murtha dedicated his ...
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Danish forces storm ship captured by pirates and rescue 25-strong crew Published Date: 06 February 2010 By Katharine Houreld DANISH special forces yesterday stormed a ship captured by armed Somali pirates and freed the 25 crew on board, marking the first time a warship has intervened during a hijacking in the troubled ...
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Beck claims Marines were created by Thomas Jefferson to combat Islamic pirates Bookmark this story: Buzz up!ShareThisOn his Fox News program on Jan. 29, 2010, Glenn Beck was providing a history lesson on progressives in U.S. politics when he made the point that the difference between progressives and the Founding...
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our nation lost one of its great heroes with the passing of Col. Bob Howard. Bob was a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor for actions above and beyond the call of duty during the war in Vietnam. He may have been the most decorated veteran of that war. He will be laid to rest in Arlington Cemetery on Feb....
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VIDEO HERE think Obama needs to have his teleprompter programmed phonetically so he can avoid embarrassing mistakes like the ones he made this morning at the National Prayer Breakfast. TWICE, Obama was trying to say "corpsman," but instead said "corpse-man." Note to Obama: The "s" is silent. How could this brilliant...
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The military's top uniformed officer on Tuesday made an impassioned plea for allowing gays to serve openly in uniform, telling a Senate panel it was a matter of integrity and that it is wrong to force people to "lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens." The comments by Adm. Mike Mullen,...
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USS Kearsarge (Jan. 29, 2010) Aviation Boatswains Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Marcialiced Arrendondo, left, and Aviation Boatswains Mate Airman Christina Marszalek build a snowman on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) during a snow storm off the coast of Virginia. Kearsarge completed...
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Terror attack on U.S. 'certain,' Senate told (great time to have Bozo as Prez) Eli Lake The five senior leaders of the U.S. intelligence community told a Senate panel Tuesday they are "certain" that terrorists will attempt another attack on the United States in the next three to six months. The warning came during the ...
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Rep. John Murtha has been hospitalized in intensive care stemming from complications related to gallbladder surgery. Spokesman Matt Mazonkey says the 77-year-old Pennsylvania congressman underwent scheduled surgery last week and is currently at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington. Murtha was also hospitalized in...
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Bring Our Marines Home Pat Buchanan Tuesday, February 02, 2010 A month after Germany surrendered in May 1945, America's eyes turned to the Far East, where the bloodiest battle of the Pacific war was joined on the island of Okinawa. Twelve thousand U.S. soldiers and Marines would die -- twice as many dead in 82 days of ...
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Wharf Rat, Dont feel left out. I sent Chief Dan a picture or two of Mrs.Bwana and he has not put it on the forum, either.

Obama calls for 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network praises Obama's call for repeal NEW: Sen. John McCain says policy is "understood and predominantly supported" by servicemembers Military policy prohibits openly gays and lesbians from serving Former Joint...
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maybe you were in a drunken stupor and sent it to the wrong address; try this ussyorktown@comcast.net

BAIE DE GRAND GOAVE, Haiti (Jan. 30, 2010) Lt.j.g. Natalie Shaffer, a nurse assigned to Fleet Surgical Team (FST) 8 and embarked aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), hands over a newborn Haitian baby boy to his father. The child was the first baby ever born aboard Bataan. Bataan is...
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Male counterpart to Statue of Liberty pitched for Patriots Point Patriots Point board members, in the process of reimagining the best use of their 445 acres landside, heard a proposal today for construction of a male counterpart to the Statue of Liberty on Charleston Harbor to honor freedom. video too:...
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GRAND GOAVE, Haiti (Jan. 29, 2010) A young Haitian girl holds onto a Sailor from the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) while watching other Bataan Sailors clear rubble and debris from an outdoor classroom at the Lifeline Christian Ministries Mission in Grand Goave, Haiti. Bataan is supporting...
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>Here's one for you. > > > > >A Thank You to all Vietnam Vets from a Marine in Iraq > >A guy gets time to think over here and I was thinking about all the support >we get from home. Sometimes it's overwhelming. We get care packages at >times faster than we can use them. There are boxes and boxes of toiletries >and...
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HI Vet's Letter To Obama Stirs Internet Retired Sailor Criticizes President's Actions, Words POSTED: 1:33 pm HST January 25, 2010 UPDATED: 11:09 am HST January 26, 2010 HONOLULU -- A letter from a 95-year-old retired World War II sailor in Hawaii to President Barack Obama has stirred up attention on the Internet....
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