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malfunctioning because there were frequent drops in the i realized after a few Days that my radio was but it was in fact the lyrics of the songs that were a i would seriously like to know the percentage of songs that american forces network plays across the radio that Are edited because of the obscenity i would find it hard to explain to my 6yearold Why the radio station has to censor so much of the Content that it chooses to every top 10 list played each Day two or three times a Day seems to require the editing of some Vul to make it even the editing is so shoddy and i would bet Good Money that most children 10 years and younger can make out the words being How Many More years will pass before the songs Arent edited at All probably just maybe Michael Corbin Span Dahlem air Germany clarifying Cooks uniform in response to Cook was in uniform june if a Cooks mount had been the noncommissioned officer in charge would have stated that the Only acceptable jewelry is a Plain wedding band 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Brian k Blade Forward operating base Iraq muzzle awareness problem the deployed army has a serious prob Lem with muzzle i received a briefing in Kuwait that was supposed to be mandatory for All sol the soldiers there were told very clearly about muzzle for do my part and abide by this during operation iraqi Freedom i was detailed to be a dining facility guard one of my duties was checking weapons to be the biggest problem was the 9 my pistols not being mean ing the Magazine was left in the and when they started the Clearing pro clambering a from then on i have been concerned about the holsters that Point Between my eyes in the or anywhere else for that i addressed this locally last deployment and had no answer to my i am asking is this of for sol Diers to walk around with their weapon pointed in an unsafe direction Are these holsters issued or locally purchased is this unsafe act accepted As the or is this a violation of muzzle aware Ness staff Roger Grice Camp Iraq blaming the victim i would like to comment on hold cos to higher Standard june i agree with the punishment that was administered and do not feel sorry for the two careers that were these airmen committed a crime and to say that the noncommissioned officer deserves disciplinary action is just doonesbury i am an equal Opportunity playable sexual assault response coordinator deployed to and i Deal with sexual assaults As part of my the mentality of this former air Force Security policeman makes me wonder How much education he received when it comes to sexual what he is doing is called blaming the it should not matter if i am a officer or i do not deserve to get sexually part of the definition of sexual assault includes the words cannot or does not give the services Are taking sexual assaults to a higher a Vic Tim is a victim officer or i have the right to say and if i am too drunk to give it Doest mean that you can have your sexual As saults will not be tolerated in any of the and anyone who commits a crime should be 1st class Alicia Rivera Camp Iraq Carter versus Bush i must respond to the vicious attack on former president and Nobel prize recipient Jimmy Carter a National Dis May the Captain accused Carter of giving Aid to the terrorists because Carter said that president Bush was one of the worst presi dents in in my cart or was and since Carter was the third worst president my he would when Carter was commander in he mishandled the embassy takeover and hostage crisis in our armed forces were also demoralized by the failed res Cue with Bush As commander in our air Force was humiliated and demoralized by a Bunch of Amateur pilots on our nation suffered its worst defeat since Pearl Harbor unlike Pearl the person they say was responsible for the attack is still alive and free five years with Bush As commander in the North koreans have exploded a the iranians Are about to get and the rus sians want to Start the cold War All Over did i mention Iraq As for Carter giving Aid to the his action Doest even come the Captain should Check out Bush decision to remove sanctions on Libya that Deci Sion has allowed the Oil Industry to put Mil Lions of dollars in the pockets of the terrorist dictator Moa mar that Mur Dering terrorist ordered the killing of nearly 190 with the Aid of Bush and Tony the terrorist Qadhafi is get Ting i ask All americans to Check out the polls and youll see that the majority of the Republican presidential candidates feel the same As we liberals about the Bush and James Carrethers Germany by Garry Trudeau its not looking Aftuk Guiu about taking my Ken of competing Rivaux i kiu5p1hat zoom for
