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BELT FED NEWS: April 2009
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009. 29 April MARFORCOM Media Summary. Wednesday’s Early Bird leads with an article from the New York Times reporting that American commanders are planning to cut off the Taliban’s main source of money, the country’s multimillion-dollar opium crop, by pouring thousands of troops into the three provinces that bankroll much of the group’s operations. New consideration is being given to a long-dormant proposal to allow U.S. counterinsurgency training for Pakistani troops somewh...Said ...
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BELT FED NEWS: March 2009
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Marine LCpl. Brandon Collingwood returns to his sandbagged sleeping quarters after serving his time on guard duty on March 30, 2009 in Now Zad in Helmand province. Of southern Afghanistan. Marines from Lima Company of the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment. Http:/ www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article? Article published on March 31, 2009. A Marine laid to rest. Fellow officers travel from far away to honor Ouellette. By MADDIE HANNAMonitor staff. They watched as two Marine...
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BELT FED NEWS: February 2009
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Thursday, February 26, 2009. Thursday’s Early Bird. Leads with a story from the New York Times. The New York Times. The New York Times. The London Daily Telegraph. Leon E. Panetta, the new director of the Central Intelligence Agency, said Wednesday that the agency’s campaign against militants in Pakistan’s tribal areas was the “most effective weapon” the Obama administration had to combat Al Qaeda’s top leadership, according to the New York Times. President Barack Obama will sketch out a robust U.S&#...
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BELT FED NEWS: Media Summary 9 June 2009
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009. Media Summary 9 June 2009. Marine Night story and photos now posted at http:/ www.marines.mil/. Http:/ www.marines.mil/units/marforcom/Pages/MarineNight2009.aspx. NORFOLK, Va.-Col. Christopher McCarthy, ACS/G-3/5/7, addresses a group of retired, reserve, active-duty and civilian Marines at a pre-game dinner at “Hits in the Park” restaurant at Harbor Park in Norfolk, Va. prior to the start of “Marine Night 2009”, June 6., Dennis Neal, 6/6/2009. NORFOLK, Va. —. The festivities began ...
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BELT FED NEWS: June 2009
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009. 16 June Media Summary. Tuesday’s Early Bird. Leads with an article from the Washington Post. Echoed by USA Today. And the Christian Science Monitor. The Los Angeles Times. The Obama administration will order the Navy to hail and request permission to inspect North Korean ships at sea suspected of carrying arms or nuclear technology, but will not board them by force, senior administration officials said Monday, according to the New York Times. The New York Times. Reports that the D...
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BELT FED NEWS: 16 June Media Summary
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009. 16 June Media Summary. Tuesday’s Early Bird. Leads with an article from the Washington Post. Echoed by USA Today. And the Christian Science Monitor. The Los Angeles Times. The Obama administration will order the Navy to hail and request permission to inspect North Korean ships at sea suspected of carrying arms or nuclear technology, but will not board them by force, senior administration officials said Monday, according to the New York Times. The New York Times. Reports that the D...
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BELT FED NEWS: January 2009
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Friday, January 30, 2009. Friday’s Early Bird. Leads with an article from the Washington Post. The New York Times. Other noteworthy stories in Friday’s EB:. 167; The New York Times. 167; Bloomberg.com. 167; The New York Times. 167; London Times. 167; The International Herald Tribune. 167; Meanwhile, Financial Times. 167; The Washington Post. 167; The New York Times. 1 Leading newspaper headlines. Leads with more data that came down the pipeline yesterday. 2 Tight security before Iraq polls. A series of e...
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BELT FED NEWS: 26 May Media Summary
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009. 26 May Media Summary. New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain looks on as Lieutenant General Richard F. Natonski, Commander of the United States Marine Corps Forces Command, waves to the crowd as he takes the mound to throw out the first pitch before the baseball game between the Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium in New York, Thursday, May 21, 2009. (Associated Press Photo). Tuesday’s Early Bird. Leads with a report from the Wall Street Journal. Facing the first...
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BELT FED NEWS: November 2008
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008. News for 25 November. SAN JUAN DEL SUR, Nicaragua-Sgt. Joshua J. Thomas, a MCTAG trainer-advisor, referees a pugil stick match between two Nicaraguan soldiers in San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan soldiers graduated from a two-week Marine Corps Martial Arts Program and Scout Swimming Operations course provided by MCTAG. The CSM reports about the rise in entrepreneurial kidnapping and crime in the Afghan Capital. Leading Newspaper Headlines: The New York Times. And the...
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BELT FED NEWS: 19 May Media Summary
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009. 19 May Media Summary. Naval Officers Association awards scholarships to local students. FLAGSHIP Newspaper, Naval Station Norfolk, VA. By Dennis Neal, MARFORCOM. The recipients of the Vice Admiral Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Scholarship from NNOA were:. 8226;Cheri Farrior of Newport News, a senior at Woodside High School, who received a $1,500 scholarship. Farrior plans to attend North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, N.C., majoring in Mass ...8226;Aaro...
