Word: airmen
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...described the highest quality of care, professionalism and dedication of the clinicians at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. But comments in the Oct. 23 Letters column questioned whether Weisskopf received special treatment. In fact, the extraordinary care that Weisskopf received is the same care our soldiers, Marines, sailors and airmen receive every day. The amputee services available across the military health system and in partnership with the exceptional medical services provided by the Veterans Administration ensure that our military personnel receive the best rehabilitative care available in the world...
...prevent his men from watching the scenes of destruction wrought by Israeli warplanes in Lebanon, even for the sake of morale. "I can't order them ?Don't watch TV.' But my men know they're doing the right thing.' He says that from the first day his airmen enter flight training school, they're taught that "they have massive destructive power in their hands." He adds, "They're very conscious of this...
...spent a year training with U.S. airmen in Alabama, and all shared their experiences - and frustrations - over 21st-century warfare in which air power is no longer facing conventional, easily identifiable armies but stealthy terrorists who use civilian populations as both shields and targets. He says, "We're fighting the same battle as the U.S. is with al-Qaeda." Hizballah, he says, are hard to spot among Lebanese civilians because they don't wear uniforms and they ride around on motorcycles and in pick-up trucks. Hizballah also hides its rocket launchers in houses, garages and in teeming neighborhoods...
...album’s saving grace is its second half, the soundtrack to a documentary about the Tuskegee Airmen titled “The Red-Tailed Angels.” Byron finally comes home to the major scale, composing a piece that beautifully expresses the tension between duty and rebellion that the Airmen embodied...
...Pete Schneider, spokesman for the Louisiana National Guard, said his men were ready to help. "The Guard's been pretty busy, but if the governor decides, the Guard will make it happen. It's a mission they can do. Particularly in Louisiana, our soldiers and airmen have already been in Iraq and Afghanistan. They've been in combat very recently - not that New Orleans is a combat zone. But other professional law enforcement may be able to provide help first...