Do you know which U.S. armed service is opening a new museam this week,which is dedicated to it's .....?
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The United States Marine Corps Museum will be located near the Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Virginia.  It is opening its doors to the public on November 13th....hours 0900-1700 (closed Christmas day).  It is going to be open before then, but only by special invitation.  \n\nMy husband did a walk through a couple weeks ago and he said it is outstanding!!!  I can't wait to go!
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Info about it may be found here:\n\nwww.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/kopp/apjemp.html
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The U.S. Army's pursuit of a weapon to replace the aging M-16 rifle is still on track despite a failed congressional attempt to pump nearly $26 million into the federal budget to manufacture the weapon in 2005.\n\nMilitary and legislative officials said development and testing of the new XM8 assault rifle will run through December. It is the second round of tests for the highly anticipated rifle, with evaluations taking place in the hot, gritty desert near Yuma, Ariz., the tropical jungles of Panama, and the arctic climate of Alaska, said Col. Mike Smith, who oversees the XM8 testing program at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey.\n\n"After this round of testing, we will present our findings and our ability to meet the requirements, which are developed at Fort Benning, to the Army leadership, which should be in the late February time frame," Smith said.\n\n"Then they'll make a decision on how to go forward on the program, and how fast to go forward on the program."\n\nGerman gunmaker Heckler & Koch, which has a U.S. site in Sterling, Va., is working with the military on the prototype rifle. It would be mass-produced by H&K at a 150,000-square-foot plant the company plans to build in Columbus, Ga.\n\nH&K spokeswoman Jimmi Clifton said initial work could mean about 200 jobs, although more could be added as production ramps up. The company has said a contract with the government could be very lucrative, perhaps worth up to $1 billion over 10 years.\n\nClifton said the company remains in a testing mode and is hoping to begin plant construction soon and have at least part of the facility up and running by early 2005. But it's unlikely the entire factory will be built until H&K receives some signal that federal funding for mass production of the XM8 is forthcoming, she said.\n\n"There's no way I can put a time on that," Clifton said of a production contract. "It could be tomorrow. It could be a year away."\n\nIt appeared funding was on the way in July when U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey's office said $25.9 million had been tucked into a $417.5 billion House appropriations bill for the XM8.\n\nThe Georgia Republican, whose district includes a portion of Columbus, backed off that assertion after learning the money had been squeezed out of the budget to make room for additional funding for the war on terrorism.\n\nThe next chance for the XM8 program to receive money for manufacturing and procurement will be when Congress reconvenes Sept. 7, said Brian Robinson, communications director for Gingrey.\n\n"We're going to do everything we can to get this into the next supplemental budget," Robinson said.\n\n"We understand what happened and we want to fix it as soon as we can."\n\nShould funding come through this year, Smith said the XM8 could be in soldiers' hands as soon as summer 2005. If not, the weapon would be in the 2006 budget and make its way into the ranks by that spring.\n\nThe $26 million in funding that was shot down by Congress would have outfitted about two combat brigades, or about 8,000 soldiers, Smith said.\n\nAlthough Army leadership could decide in February to put a final approved version of the XM8 assault rifle out for competitive bidding, Smith said that's unlikely.\n\n"I can't make promises for senior Army leadership," he said. "But assuming H&K is successful testing against the requirements, it would be unusual" to take the production contract away from the company.\n\nThe weapon is getting high marks from troops during evaluations, said Smith.\n\nObservations include:\n\n• It's more versatile than the old M-16 rifle it will replace and should fire thousands of rounds before jamming, rather than the few hundred shots before the M-16 typically jams.\n\n• It's much easier to clean and maintain.\n\n• Training time is reduced since it's a single weapon that can be modified to fire short distances, long
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Armed Forces Day, third Saturday in May for USA.  Other countries celebrate it too - see this link.
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army.mil will have the latest unclassified info.
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I know alot of people in the military anyways, but when I get to talking with new people, I usually look on yahoo profiles and put the differernt Forts on the searches. Fort Hood and Fort Polk mostly are the ones that I have looked at, but there are many different ones.
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I have a link of Army art. dig aroun there and other links and you may find some info. I am sure the other branches have somthing like this. I went on a tour of the pentagon years ago as a kid and they had an art gallery of famous combat art,, like the " 1000 Yard Stare" Good Luck
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http://patriotfiles.org/WhoIsThisAmericanWarrior.htm
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I have heard of some local organizations that do that, but I do not know of a national organization that has taken that charge.\n\nDo you know a WWII vet that desires to see the memorial? I would concider asking the local veteran groups (American Legion, Veterans of Foriegn Wars, etcetera) to sponsor a trip for this vet. They may help foot the bill.\n\nKen
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Are you looking for current or historical?\n\nhistorical, look at the Springfield Armory website\n\ncurrent, look to Jane's
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I will give you an eyewitness statement. First, I'm not from Texas (I'm a Tar Heel!!! - GO NC!!), second I'm not in the National Guard, I'm active duty. Now the account, I served with an active duty battalion that was assigned 2 National Guard companies - one was from Kansas and one was from Texas. They were truck companies, and both saw heavy action. On a side note, I found both units to be extremely professional in their duties. Neither shirked from any mission assigned to them and had an amazing "Can Do" attitude. If I had any negative comments about the Guard units I have served with - they are minor. I found they had a bit of a height/weight and PT shortcoming, but they more than made up for that with their Mission First attitude. My BC had a board in his office/tent with a collection of all the Guard patches of units we had run into over there. I don't recall a single state missing from his board - we even had a couple territory patches (Guam and PR). So whoever posted that on a Yahoo Board is simply giving into conspiracy BS and once again, as they almost always seem to be - are yapping away and have NEVER spent a day. Isn't it curious how the folks who seem to to come up with this crap have a mysterious lack of service to go along with their tripe?
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It certainly will be in the george dubya bush prison library. Yes, you heard me. This will be the first presidential prison library, where inmates will learn how to engage in nefarious political activities. Highlights (lowlights?) will include tips on invading sovereign nations based on dishonest, made up and otherwise disingenuous information. An entire wing (I believe it will be Cell Block D) will be devoted to manipulation and distortion of facts, including indepth analysis of the whole concept of "truthiness" (thank you, Stephen Colbert!). \n\nThe "Dummies" series you've alluded to in your question, planksheer, will include "Presidenting for Dummies," "Lying to Congress for Dummies," "Obstructing Congress for Dummies," "Lying to the American People for Dummies," "Lying to the Entire Freaking World for Dummies," and of course the seminal "Rummie for Dummies" (a contribution from dubya's cellmate donald "rummie" rumsfeld, our nation's highest decorated nazi war criminal).\n\nI could go on about the wing (aka Cell Block C) devoted to picture books and featuring artistic exhibitions (including the commander-in-thief's own critically acclaimed -- ok, fox news acclaimed -- finger-painting collection) but that would spoil the fun. I guess we'll all just have to wait and see what other goodies are in store after the impeachments, war crimes tribunals and executions (yes, I'm afraid dr. evil cheney and piggy-man rove aren't going to quite make it to the big house, after all). \n\nAnd who ever said presidential library openings were dull? ;)
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Currently stationed at NAS JAX. THe Navy does indeed call it the N.E.X for all your hard goods. Almost like a self contained mall. The commissary is for all your food items, and apparently plants.
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This website looks pretty good.  I havent searched it, but it looks extensive.\n\nhttp://www.militaryconnections.com/default-adwords.cfm?gclid=CP3ZzI7j3ogCFU5xFQodtGZ-og
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http://unitpages.military.com/unitpages/unit.do?id=202011&ESRC=unitpages.kw\n\nhttp://www.military.com/Community/RegPage/1,14778,202011,00.html?member_internal_source=UNITPAGEMEMBERS&strGotoURL=http%3A%2F%2Funitpages.military.com%2Funitpages%2Fmembers.do%3Faction%3DviewByIndex%26startIdx%3D1%26id%3D202011\n\nThese are the only connections to the unit I could find so far. Still looking though. Is that ship still being used?
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A couple others - Castle Air Force Base (Atwater, CA) March Air Force Base (has been switched to an Air Reserve Base) Mare Island Naval Facility...hmm...Long Beach Naval Shipyard (I think).
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This might help:\nhttp://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:Jl-2x85QqekJ:www.news.navy.mil/local/view_photos.asp%3Fid%3D7+%22uss+enterprise%22+currently&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1