The request to bury General Vang Pao in Arlington Cemetery is now at the top levels of the Secretary of the Army (Dept of the Army).

Please call and tell them to approve the request to bury the General in Arlington National Cemetery. As William Colby, former Director of the CIA, the General is the "biggest hero of the Vietnam War". He deserves to be buried in Arlington with other US Military Heroes.

Here is the contact info:

THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
Sec of the Army John McHugh
1400 Defense Pentagon
Washington DC 20301-1400
Phone: 703-545-0672

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Several insurgents were killed and wounded by International Security Assistance Force in southern Afghanistan over the past 24 hours.

In Helmand province, during separate clearing operations, three ISAF patrols were engaged by insurgents with small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades in Sangin and Kajaki districts. After gaining positive identification, coalition forces returned fire and called for air support. The air weapons team supporting ground forces engaged the enemy position, killing the insurgents.

Coalition forces in Helmand province have made tentative progress in winning over a small but significant itinerant population that insurgents have exploited in recent years, say Regimental Combat Team 1 officials.

After being driven out of Marjah and Nawa during the last year, insurgents have taken refuge in the desolate in-between region of Trek Nawa, which is populated mainly by three Pashtun clans.

Iraq Infantry School instructors led a two-day Basic 81mm Mortar Course live-fire exercise at the Besmaya Combat Training Center as part of the culminating exercise to a 21-day course in late November 2010.

The 81mm mortar is an indirect-fire weapon consisting of a four components - barrel, sight, bipod, and base plate.

During the exercise, infantry Soldiers from the Iraqi Army's 1st, 11th and 17th divisions fired high-explosive anti-tank and white phosphorous smoke rounds.

Numerous insurgents were killed by International Security Assistance Force during separate clearing operations in southern and eastern Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, Jan. 25.

In Helmand province, during separate operations, two ISAF patrols were engaged by insurgents with small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades in Musa Qal’ah district. After gaining positive identification, coalition forces returned fire and called for air support. The air weapons team supporting ground forces engaged the enemy position, killing several insurgents.

The Iraq Army Aviation Command accepted delivery of four new Mi-171E helicopters at its headquarters in Taji, as two were delivered Jan. 16 followed two more Jan. 23.

This latest delivery brings Iraq Army Aviation Command's total inventory of Mi-171E helicopters to 14, as part of a foreign-military-sales purchase made by the Iraqi Ministry of Defense. The delivery was part of an ongoing deal coordinated with the help of U.S. Forces-Iraq's Iraq Security Assistance Mission.

Since October, approximately 15 ordnance Marines with Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 3, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) have repaired and returned more than 500 weapon systems to coalition units operating in Afghanistan’s Helmand province.
In Afghanistan, coalition personnel face an unforgiving terrain that can damage their equipment. The primary function of CLB-3’s ordnance Marines is to support infantry and artillery units operating in Helmand province by repairing weapon systems that cannot be fixed at the organizational level and returning them in a timely manner.

A Chinese pianist who performed at the state dinner for Chinese President Hu Jintao last week chose an anti-American propaganda song from the Korean War. The song is "My Motherland" from a popular Chinese movie, Battle on Shangganling Mountain.