Latest Mississippi Military News
- Saban is happy he left Fins 25 Jul 2008 07:32 GMT
... one to the SEC West's traditional doormat (Mississippi State) and one to an intrastate rival ... Saban acknowledged Miles' honesty and used a military metaphor in the same breath: '[Miles] told the ...
- New education commissioner known as strong leader 25 Jul 2008 07:31 GMT
... years working behind the scenes, the retired military officer raised his profile Thursday by taking over ... a job with an education-related foundation in Mississippi. He was first appointed in February to ...
- McCain looking for a break 25 Jul 2008 06:37 GMT
... tanker collided with a barge on the Mississippi River, creating a 12-mile oil slick and ... wisdom of his pledge to remove U.S. troops from Iraq within 16 months of taking ... the Awakening, which started months before the military buildup, forced a day of explanations from ...
- U.S. Navy cuts off future buys of costly destroyer class 25 Jul 2008 05:55 GMT
... U.S. Navy cuts off future buys of costly destroyer ... ships. Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Ingalls shipyard in Mississippi is building the other. Senators from Massachusetts, ... threatening to block future shipbuilding funds unless military officials can better justify their move. Earlier ...
- 'Don't ask' weakens our defenses 25 Jul 2008 05:55 GMT
... sexuality. As we fight two wars, our military is stretched thin. Those gay and lesbian soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and members of the ... but I don't. I grew up in Mississippi and attended segregated schools until I was ...
- Our duty to our gay defenders 25 Jul 2008 05:54 GMT
... sexuality. As we fight two wars, our military is stretched thin. Those gay and lesbian soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and members of the ... but I don't. I grew up in Mississippi and attended segregated schools until I was ...
- Obituary Harrison 'Bud' Tordoff, 85 / U scientist's restoration efforts revived peregrine falcon population 25 Jul 2008 05:50 GMT
... to shoot down one of the German military's newly developed fighter jets. Perhaps that is ... the form of pigeons and the nearby Mississippi River. The first peregrine was released in ... son said. In 1943, Tordoff joined the Army Air Force. He escorted bombers on the ...
- Whether it's karate class or college, busy mom likes to grow 25 Jul 2008 05:43 GMT
... Wilson, an air traffic controller in the military, had left the Air Force in May 1995 ... continue her studies at the University of Mississippi at the center. When the family moved ...
- NAACP stance raises fairness issue 25 Jul 2008 05:08 GMT
... flag. The NCAA also has sanctions against Mississippi. Neither organization, however, penalizes Alabama, which also ... that placed a Confederate flag at the Soldier Monument on the State House grounds, has said ...
- Vets need more mental health help 25 Jul 2008 05:06 GMT
... W.Va. psychologist tells Senate vets need more mental health ... in combat zones." The West Virginia Returning Soldiers Study surveyed 848 veterans who applied for ... Caring Beyond the Yellow Ribbon (www.carenetwv.org) and Military OneSource (www.militaryonesource.com) as helpful resources outside of ...
- America First 25 Jul 2008 04:38 GMT
... black poverty only need to visit the Mississippi Delta or some of the neighborhoods in ... trade does not require treaties, alliances, or military forces stationed overseas. It does not require our ...
- An interview with Starhawk; sacred activism, collapse and the role of permaculture 25 Jul 2008 01:57 GMT
... to street activism to non-violent interventions in military situations, things that have ranged from the ... who is the mother of a young soldier who was killed in Iraq. She started ... and someone else would say “what about Mississippi, we're not even talking about Mississippi, and ...
- Stumping McCain blown off course Hurricane, gaffes, bad luck stalk... 25 Jul 2008 01:55 GMT
... tanker collided with a barge on the Mississippi River, creating a 12-mile oil slick and ... wisdom of his pledge to remove U.S. troops from Iraq within 16 months of taking ... the Awakening, which started months before the military buildup, forced a day of explanations from ...
- Friday, August 1 25 Jul 2008 01:49 GMT
... the Irish Republican Army kills a British soldier at an army barracks in London and ... Capt. Erich Priebke is absolved by a military court in Rome of charges for a ... into huge sections and collapses into the Mississippi River, pitching dozens of cars 60 feet ...
- Navy cuts off future buys of costly destroyer 25 Jul 2008 00:50 GMT
... one of the ships. to reconsider the Navy's plan. The lawmakers - led by - ... threatening to block future shipbuilding funds unless military officials can better justify their move. , ... are built in shipyards in Maine and Mississippi. The Zumwalt was conceived as a stealth ...
- Navy changes budget plans to buy less costly ships reach expansion faster 25 Jul 2008 00:44 GMT
... much higher, making it difficult for the Navy to build large numbers of them. Maine's ... ships. Northrop Grumman Corp.'s Ingalls shipyard in Mississippi is building the other. Senators from Massachusetts, ... threatening to block future shipbuilding funds unless military officials can better justify their move. Earlier ...
- Veterans Project: Flying a Cobra in Nam 25 Jul 2008 00:42 GMT
... James Newman was a student at Mississippi College in the mid sixties. A Navy ... wanted to fly." Newman ended up in Army aviation flying a Cobra gunship in Nam ... gunship in Nam trying to protect the soldiers on the ground. "When I was there, ...
- Tupelo, Miss., airport executive says extension is vital to region 25 Jul 2008 00:40 GMT
... TUPELO, Jul 23, 2008 (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via ... aviation refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline flights, both private and commercial. ...
- WILLIAM HONEST BILL GAYLORD ALDRIDGE 24 Jul 2008 22:35 GMT
... his country for 22 years. During his military career, he was stationed in and traveled to ... Forks, MT, all the way to the Mississippi River in Missouri. “Honest Bill” believed in ...
- Senators object to impending Yazoo pumps veto 24 Jul 2008 20:37 GMT
... like the Yazoo Backwater Project was dead, Mississippi's senators are trying to bring it back ... under the act in 1977. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has modified the plans in ...
- Okla. crane fall kills man watching construction 24 Jul 2008 17:35 GMT
... in the Vietnam War was impressive: two Army tours and several honors, including a Bronze Star. ... from traversing a closed stretch of the Mississippi River from New Orleans to the Gulf ...
- NY commission charges 4 ex-Spitzer aides 24 Jul 2008 17:35 GMT
... in the Vietnam War was impressive: two Army tours and several honors, including a Bronze Star. ... from traversing a closed stretch of the Mississippi River from New Orleans to the Gulf ...
- Tupelo, Miss., airport executive says extension is vital to region... 24 Jul 2008 17:31 GMT
... airport's runway is necessary to help Northeast Mississippi grow. "The region won't be built on ... aviation refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline flights, both private and commercial. ...
- Group provides disaster relief 24 Jul 2008 17:10 GMT
... working with local churches and the Salvation Army with flood relief efforts. For Irwin, it's his way ... water in them 36 days after the Mississippi River invaded them. Convoy of Hope will ...
- Summer camp on the move 24 Jul 2008 17:01 GMT
... helmet as he looked over the 11th Mississippi infantry monument on the Gettysburg Battlefield. But ... had a few good shots of the soldier carrying a flag, Christian rejoined the group ... Lawn-Highland home in Virginia to Gettysburg National Military Park. The students travel to several historic ...
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