Night dive with Special Forces on a reef
A former Marine columnist recalls a perilous night dive with United States Special Forces at Fort Gulick Panama eight years ago. He and his wife joined Capt Keith Huber and teammates for a flashlightless reef navigation test amid sharks and toxic sea urchins, nearly stranded on a reef top before a risky swim back to deep water.
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United States Special Forces
Fort
Mexico
Army Times
Fort Gulick
Special Forces
Panama
Chuck Frye
Keith
Huber
Webb
T —E
Amoray
Griffiss Commanders' Day features vintage aircraft and Blue Angels
Griffiss Air Force Base Rome hosts Commanders Day with World War II planes including B-29 B-17 P-40 P-51 B-25 A-26 and T-8 plus a Grumman X-29 mock-up. Blue Angels perform at 2 p.m. events run 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and public gates open at 9 a.m. Navy and safety displays supplement the day.
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Blue Angels
Navy
Griffiss Air Force Base
Rome
Frontline standoff at the Fulda Gap in West Germany
U.S. and Soviet forces face each other across the Fulda Gap near Fulda Germany as NATO and Warsaw Pact powers amass in Europe. Col. Thomas White leads the 11th Armored Cavalry at observation outpost Alpha while constant patrols and East German border scrutiny continue.
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Fulda
West Germany
U.S
Here
Europe
United States
West Geremany
East Germany
Czechoslovkia
Soviet Union
NATO
Frankfurt
Thomas White
Detroit
Czechoslovakia
Fulda Gap
West Rmany
Washington
Howard Crowell Jr
New Bedford
Mass
European Command
Social Democrats
Horst Ehmke
Erich Albrecht
Free University of West Berlin
Memorial for forgotten war correspondents endorsed in House hearing
A House hearing endorsed a bill to build a Washington memorial for war correspondents and photographers killed from World War II to Afghanistan. Rep. Mary Rose Oakar proposed private funds cover construction and upkeep on federal land, with an estimated cost of 4 to 5 million dollars. Endorsing groups include the American Newspaper Publishers Association, the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the Overseas Press Club of America, and Gen. Paul X. Kelley.
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Navy
Washington
Pentagon
Inspector General
Naval Investigative Service
RMI Inc
National City
Calif
RMI
Afghanistan
Mary Rose Oakar
Ohio
American Newspaper Publishers Association
The
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Overseas Press Club of America
Gen
Paul X. Kelley
Marine Corps
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Fun
Fred Reed
Washington Post
Harper's
Washington, D.C
Fred Raed
Syracuse Herald-Journal
Griffiss Open
Air Base
Gaffiss Air Force Base
Consolidated Base Personnel Office
Building
Griffiss Air Force East Gymnasium
San Griffiss Air Force Base
Air Force
Hughes Aircraft Co
Tucson
Ariz
Raytheon Corp
Bristol, Tenn
Hughes
Air Porce
Eon
General Motors Corp
Raytheon
Colorado Springs
We Wasenchion
Rostock
Balfic
West
Germany
Berlin
Leipzig
Dresden
Miles
Knight-Ridder Graphics
Notwan
War Correspondents’ Memorial
House Administration
Ction
National Park Service
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