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...part of an élite group of U.S. troops playing a crucial role in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from the U.S.'s most notorious playground. From Nellis Air Force Base, outside Las Vegas, Rogers controls a Predator, a flimsy drone that has been transformed from a spy plane into one of the wars' most lethal weapons. Predators played a key part in catching Saddam Hussein and have killed al-Qaeda suspects in Pakistan and Yemen. In September a Predator tracked 11 insurgents who had attacked a U.S. base in Iraq, then killed them as they fled...
What makes the Predator mission--and Rogers' job--so unusual is the 7,000 miles between pilot and plane. Basing the crew members at home rather than at the front keeps them out of harm's way and saves the military money. Still, "for us, it's combat," says Rogers, 34, who has been deployed to battle zones twice, most recently Iraq this summer. "Physically, we may be in Vegas, but mentally, we're flying over Iraq. It feels real...
...feeds infant but forgets to feed self," "total disconnection from sexuality," and other details not often mention in baby books. Other stories include two different tales of elderly women being exploited by younger Lotharios, the challenges of substitute teaching, and a moment-by-moment recounting of a nightmarish plane ride with an antsy toddler and a severe head cold...
...York philanthropist George F. Baker III ’61 went missing when the plane he was piloting off the coast of Nantucket disappeared from the radar yesterday afternoon, The Associated Press reported late last night. Reportedly a major donor to Harvard Business School (HBS), Baker, 66, is the great-grandson of George F. Baker, whose donations were crucial to the construction of the HBS campus...
...Lost” ABC, Wednesdays, 9pm So, “The Tailies” (the passengers at the back of the plane) have also spent 48 days on the island—but they only get an hour to talk about their tale! Get it—tail? Tale? When multiple people are taken by The Others, Ana Lucia smells a rat, and throws her suspect (Nathan) into that same pit she threw Michael, Jin, and Sawyer. Only problem is, she has the wrong guy! Oh, snap! An evil fellow named “Goodwin” actually conned everyone...