Word: 501st
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...civilian patrols are having an effect. Soldiers say 57 improvised explosive devises, or IEDs, exploded or were discovered in May. In August, however, only six went off or were found. "It's pretty much shut 'em down," says Maj. Craig Whiteside, the executive officer for the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Batallion...
...newly armed and deputized groups have contributed to the biggest dip in violence and the lowest casualty rates since the battalion arrived a year ago. "Fewer of my guys have been killed than at any time before," Lt. Col. Robert Balcavage told TIME. Balcavage, commander of the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 25th Division, said the locally organized Sunni groups have already driven al-Qaeda out of the urban areas and into a rough no-man's land to the north, sandwiching them precariously between his paratroopers and elements of the 10th Mountain Division. In and around...
...only do such groups usually accomplish nothing, but they also promulgate the disturbing idea that joining a Facebook group is somehow a contribution to democracy. Groups are, in this way, more harmful than beneficial. The voices of those who could affect real change are drowned, simply because by the 501st Facebook group, no one is left listening...
...This was actually a smart way to go for him," says TIME reporter Staci Kramer from St. Louis, where McGwire proceeded to smack his 500th and 501st home runs on Thursday night. "He?s really sick of this story, and of all the attention in general. "If he'd made this announcement at the beginning of the season, every game, every home run, would be a running comparison to last season. This way he gets the message out there without a replay of the added daily distraction that he got during most of the record race." This...
...spring we worked with Breeding, and he couldn't quite make it. Then, ten minutes before an exhibition game in Richmond, he caught on. He got it. The double play." Adds Coach Harris: "I bet Richards showed Breeding what he was doing wrong 500 times. It was the 501st time that Breeding caught on. He won't give up, that Richards...