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SECURITY
Protective Security Specialists (PSS)
These positions currently include:
Protective Security Specialist (PSS)
PSS/Designated Defensive Marksman (DDM)
Explosive Detection Dog (EDD)/Handler
Administrative and Logistics Security Specialist (ALSS)
Intelligence Analyst (IA)
Armorer
Maintenance Positions
Medical Officer
Physician Assistant
PSS/Emergency Medical Technician (EMT1)
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Blair surprised by scale of insurgency in Iraq
No deadline set on troop withdrawal, but it could begin next year
Prime Minister Tony Blair said Sunday he had not expected the ferocity of the insurgency in Iraq, but he insisted British troops would stay as long as the Iraqi government needed them.
As Blair's governing Labor Party gathered for its annual conference, the prime minister said he had not set a deadline for withdrawing some 8,500 British soldiers from Iraq.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9478195/
Professor Using High Tech to Detect IEDs
Hardly a day passes without news of U.S. troops being killed or wounded in Iraq, often from car bombs, roadside explosives and similar methods. Halfway around the world, Bill Dunn, a Kansas State University nuclear engineering professor, works on ways to detect such
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050925/D8CR8HEO0.html
Bush: U.N. Must Review Iran Nuke Record
The Bush administration said the United Nations Security Council must review Iran's nuclear record after a harsh assessment from its nuclear watchdog agency Saturday, and U.S. officials warned that Iran is losing the support of influential friends.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050925/ap_on_re_mi_ea/us_iran;_ylt=Aj3YtsftaeRhOzmYAD3XA8YLewgF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
Pakistan Says Bin Laden Is Isolated
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Osama bin Laden is hiding out with a small core of mainly Arab supporters, and the al-Qaida leader now only sends messages by courier because his communications network has been destroyed, senior Pakistani military and intelligence officials said Sunday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050925/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_bin_laden;_ylt=AuofQ1laHay6LXKl7wcLa20Bxg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
IRA 'on the threshold' of full disarmament
Outlawed group's political wing holds 'fruitful' talks with Irish government
The outlawed Irish Republican Army is on the verge of disposing of its stockpiled arms in a long-sought peace move, Sinn Fein leaders said Friday after their first meeting with the Irish government in eight months.
The British and Irish governments have also forecast that the IRA could confirm it has scrapped its weapons arsenal by the middle of next week.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9453474/
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FRANKS REVIEW |
Tactical Equipment Review:
Para Ordnance 6.45 Stainless Steel Carry
By: Vaughn Johnson
Having been in law enforcement for the past twelve years, I feel safe in estimating that there still aren't that many of us that religiously carry a backup firearm on a daily basis. I've had this conversation with many of the officers that I work with, day in and day out. There probably isn't an excuse that I haven't heard as to why they don't carry a backup. I still haven't heard one that carries any weight with me.
Much like your body armor that you should be wearing every time you step outside of your house in uniform, your backup gun is added insurance that you set foot back INTO your house upon completion of your shift.
For the rest of the story: http://www.borelliconsulting.com/evals/guns/paraord645.htm
Recreational Equipment Review:
SnugPak Sleeping Bag
By: Frank Borelli
As the faithful readers of the BTW know I just spent two weeks in New Orleans on contract to Blackwater. I'm home now and have had a couple of days to contemplate the gear I was issued to use while in N.O.. Certainly, the conditions varied from comfortable to, ah, less-than-comfortable, but the gear I was issued was sufficient to keep me at least able to survive. One of those items was a SnugPak Sleeping Bag. Right on the stuff-sack itself it shows that the bag is rated to 32 degrees for comfortable sleeping, or down to 18 degrees for simple survival.
The mere fact that the sleeping bag fit into a stuff-sack was a strength to me. When I was an MP I was issued a sleeping bag that, when rolled, was 18" long and about 15" across. It was not a small package to pack and/or hump. The infantry was nice enough to issue me the same type of sleeping bag, but the NCOs readily informed me that I wasn't expected to carry it. I was issued two ponchos (one to make a hooch and one to sleep under or wear) and two poncho liners (to be used for sleeping warmth). Of course, the motto "fight light, freeze at night" was a clear indicator that no one expected us to be comfortable when we slept. The Combat Engineers also issued me that same sleeping bag, but... they were nice enough to almost always give me a bunk to put it on. I got spoiled.
For the rest of the story: http://www.borelliconsulting.com/recevals/campback/snugpaksb32.htm
Frank Borelli
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CHAPLAINS CORNER |
TO AND FOR PEACE KEEPERS OF THE MILITARY AND ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AT ALL LEVELS AND ALL OF THOSE IN THEIR SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND ALL
WHO CARE ABOUT THEM AND THEIR WELFARE.
LIFE IS ARBITRARY AND CANNOT BE AVOIDED..OUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IS MERCIFUL TO US, HE MAKES PROVISION WHEN WE REQUEST IT
AS WE ARE INSTRUCTED TO DO!
COMMUNICATING...
In last week's Chaplain Corner I used some info
supposedly written by a volunteer
who worked with the evacuees. I
received it from what I believed to be a reliable
source and I did not check
with Snopes. Very soon after it went out I received a
response from a
reader advising that the information I used was from an unverified
source
according to Snopes. That means it has not been proven either true nor
untrue. I should have taken the time to check. Since I did not check I
ask that you
disregard that portion of the message which was only a short
paragraph. If you
want to decide for yourself here is the link with
Snopes.
http://www.snopes.com/katrina/personal/volunteer.asp
As some of you have discovered from writing and
responding (communicating,
which involves two or more peole)there are many
and greatly varied opinions
among us. I readily admit that much of my
weekly messages are my opinion that
has been formed from many years of
training, application,observation and
experience. I wish only to
convey to you what I know from experience that works.
Once in a while
I rile someone's sensibilities or sensitivities and get a response
that
requires some communication to iron out. I am not the easiest person in
this
world to get along with but I will always do my best to maintain
communication until
someone tells me they do not wish to communicate with
me. If you write I will respond.
I may not agree but I will
respond... and be reasonable.
Today our country is in dire straits
again... Hurricane Rita is wreaking havoc in much
of the same area as
Katrina. Death and destruction are still reigning in Afghanistan,
Iraq,
Iran, Gaza, Africa, most of the Mid-East and much of the rest of the
world.
http://www.blackwaterusa.com/btw2005/articles/092605chaplain.html
Be Blessed(a condition to be envied by the world).
Be Successful. Be SAFE.
VSP ALUMNI 757-431-2190
Chaplain D.R.Staton, VBPD (Don, C1)
chpln1@verizon.net
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