Deployed GIs Watch Kids' Graduation Online
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When 17-year-old Reyniza Sherrell was handed her high school diploma, two of her family members watched with admiration &#151; from thousands of miles away. Sherrell's father is deployed in Iraq and her older sister is stationed at an Air Force base in Ramstein, Germany, but both of them were watching live video online of her graduation Friday night in Clarksville.
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Footage is released by US and Iraqi forces claiming to depict al-Qaida militants training children under the age of 11 how to fight and kidnap
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By Jan A. Igoe, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  May 30--While Army Sgt. Melissa Dion was serving in Iraq last year, she still found a way to surprise her dad with a fabulous Christmas present. Dion chartered the Southern Exposure out of Georgetown for a Memorial Day weekend fishing trip.
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As head of the Junior ROTC program at Gar-Field High School in Woodbridge, Gunnery Sgt. Lester James had to tell his cadets last month that one of their own, a 2002 graduate, had been killed in Iraq.
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For all the billions of dollars being spent on the war in Iraq, 14-year-old Brittany Bergquist is surprised that the U.S. military doesn't do what she and her little brother are doing: helping soldiers phone home free.
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The National Endowment for the Arts earlier this year asked U.S. soldiers and their families to write down what they saw, heard and felt during the Iraq war for a program called "Operation Homecoming." The reflections compiled to date offer a poignant glimpse into soldiers' lives and how they are affected by war.
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Graduations are a big deal in my family. Whether it's for high school or college, everybody makes it a point to send along at least a token to acknowledge the recent grad's accomplishment.
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To the casual eye, they looked like nothing more than eager sixth-graders tackling a computer course. Officer Tim Dickerson of the Camas Police Department knows better.
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The military's videogame recruiting tool does more than just lure future troops. It also teaches the kind of medical skills that can help save lives.
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By ADRIA HAIRSTONBY ADRIA HAIRSTON  Students at General Greene Elementary witnessed technology in action at the school's annual technology fair May 25.
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Caisha Gayles graduated with honors last month, but she is still waiting for her diploma. The reason: the whoops of joy from the audience as she crossed the stage.
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Stationed in a remote corner of Iraq, Marine Corps reservist Karl Linn's only means of communicating with the outside world was through a computer. Several times a week, the 20-year-old combat engineer would log on and send out a batch of e-mails and update a Web site with pictures of his adventures.
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Schoolchildren will be shown how to stay safe online as part of a national campaign backed by the government.
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One of the soldiers has proudly served in the military for 10 years. Another passed up a chance to remain safely at home, instead re-enlisting in the Army Reserve and heading to Iraq so "the young kids in that unit" would have someone experienced alongside them.
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It is a U.S. service academy situated just outside New York City. Its graduates have fought and died in all corners of the world, and since Sept. 11 have played a key role in bolstering homeland security.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II passes grandson Prince William as she inspects graduates at the Royal Military Academy Sand- hurst, near Camberley, England, Friday.  (c) 2006 Deseret News (Salt Lake City). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.
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Each Tuesday, the US Department of Defense provides an online update of American military casualties (the number of wounded or dead) from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.