Attention all National Guard and Reserve personnel who have served in the Global War on Terror: Soldier of Fortune is gathering information on the training of reservists who have served in the Global War on Terror.

Do you feel that you got sufficient range time and enough rounds for training prior to your deployment as part of Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom?

How many rounds did you fire for your issue weapons when you trained?

How much range time did you receive?

Here's a petition concerning the Hmong issue

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/hmong-stand-for-justice.html

Here is schedule (from the Hmong American Ad Hoc Committee website) for
the 10/15/10 PROTEST RALLY for ongoing Hmong federal court case in
Sacramento:

TENTATIVE AGENDA ON OCTOBER 15, 2010

6:00 AM --Arrive at West Steps of State Capitol
8:00 AM --March to the Federal Court House
9:00 AM --Arraignments before Magistrate Judge Brennan in Courtroom 24
9:30 AM --Motions hearing before Judge Damrell in Courtroom 2
1:00 PM --Hearing is over

AT 7:00 AM, FRIDAY ON OCTOBER 15, 2010, HUNDREDS WILL GATHER ON AT THE WEST STEPS OF THE CA STATE CAPITOL BLDG AND MARCH TO THE FEDERAL COURT IN PROTEST OF “OUTRAGEOUS GOVERNMENT CONDUCT”* IN THE HMONG CASE THAT IS BEING HEARD BEFORE FEDERAL JUDGE DAMRELL… THEY WILL ASK THAT THE CASE BE IMMDEIATELY THROWN OUT OF THE FEDERAL COURT.

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Oct. 6, 2010) - The president will bestow the Medal of Honor this afternoon upon the family of Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller, whose actions allowed seven of his Special Forces teammates and 15 Afghan soldiers to escape an ambush kill zone.

Video by Air National Guard Training and Education Center/Television Branch

A Pakistani-born U.S. citizen who tried to bomb New York City's Times Square has been sentenced to life in prison.

A federal judge in New York sentenced 31-year-old Faisal Shahzad Tuesday.

Shahzad pleaded guilty in June to 10 counts of weapons and terrorism charges. In court papers filed last week, prosecutors said Shahzad picked a spot in the busy entertainment district where he felt the bomb could inflict the most damage.

Prosecutors said if Shahzad not been captured, he planned to detonate another bomb in New York City two weeks later.

The State Department alerts U.S. citizens to the potential for terrorist attacks in Europe. Current information suggests that al-Qa'ida and affiliated organizations continue to plan terrorist attacks. European governments have taken action to guard against a terrorist attack and some have spoken publicly about the heightened threat conditions.

The International Security Assistance Force confirmed a precision air strike in Kunar province Saturday killed Abdallah Umar al-Qurayshi, an Al Qaeda senior commander who coordinated the attacks of a group of Arab fighters in Kunar and Nuristan provinces.

The Al Qaeda facilitators and extremists he worked with throughout the Middle East directly threaten the safety and security of Afghan civilians. He routinely facilitated the travel of foreign fighters, including Arabs, into the region.

Here are the Harrison Jack defendants' motion reply briefs, which have been
filed in the last couple weeks. The next hearing is still set for October
15, 2010, at 10 a.m.

http://edca.typepad.com/eastern_district_of_calif/us-v-harrison-jack/