During M249 light machine gun drills

 U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Derek R. Connelly, left, assigned to the Theater Security Cooperation Task Force, observes Colombian naval infantryman Victor Velasquez during M249 light machine gun drills at the Colombian military’s Marine Infantry Training Base in Covenas, Colombia, Feb. 1, 2011. The drills were part of a subject matter expert exchange supporting Amphibious Southern Partnership Station (A-SPS) 2011. A-SPS is an annual deployment of U.S. ships to the U.S. Southern Command's area of responsibility in the Caribbean and Latin America. The exercise involves information sharing with navies, coast guards and civilian services throughout the region. (DoD photo by Cpl. Brittany J. Kohler, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)

The clothing and school supplies were donated

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Johanna Ciezczak, with Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, fits a student with donated shoes during exercise Cobra Gold 2011 at Ban Muang Rae School in Rayong province, Thailand, on Feb. 7, 2011. The clothing and school supplies were donated by U.S. service members and their families stationed in Okinawa, Japan, as part of a community relations program. Cobra Gold is a regularly scheduled joint/combined exercise designed to ensure regional peace and strengthen the ability of the Royal Thai Armed Forces to defend Thailand or respond to regional contingencies.





DoD photo by Lance Cpl. Alejandro Pena, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)

Jumping down from a mud wall

 U.S. Army Pfc. Andrew Ballard jumps down from a mud wall during a foot patrol with his squad in Arghandab district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 31, 2011. Ballard is an infantryman assigned to 2nd Squad, 3rd Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. (DoD photo by Spc. Breanne Pye, U.S. Army/Released)

This is his FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT not charity...!

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The Committee for the Release of Binayak Sen, Mumbai unequivocally condemns the brutal and undemocratic police action against students and human rights activists holding a peaceful demonstration at Churchgate, and sitting in a collective at The Oval Maidan,Churchgate. The demonstration was against the manifestly unjust decision of the Chhattisgarh High Court prolonging the incarceration of Dr. Binayak Sen, an internationally reknowned physician facing the persecution of the State, because he spoke up for the oppressed and Adivasis.

Daniel Mazgaonkar, a septuagenarian Gandhian activist, along with others- mostly college professors and students, were jostled and dragged away to Azad Maidan police station.

Kamayani Bali Mahabal, a lawyer and human rights activist, was brutally assaulted by the police and dragged to Colaba Police Station,along with student bystanders who protested against such high-handedness. Her crime- standing at Kala Ghoda silently with a poster proclaiming peace and justice!

 If, in a "democracy", the law and its guardians act with such impunity in throttling every voice of public dissent, then very "democracy" and civil liberties and human rights are in grave peril.

- Committee For Release of Binayak Sen, Mumbai

Adv Kamayani Bali Mahabal

Have a Heart: Release Prisoners of Conscience

First he was denied the right as a doctor to treat his patients. Now Dr. Binayak Sen is denied the right to his own treatment. He needs an urgent Heart Checkup and possible bypass surgery urgently We DEMAND the Chhattisgarh Government IMMEDIATELY allow Dr. Sen to seek the best medical care for his heart condition wherever he Chooses!. This is his FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT not charity of his captors! Design: Hiran Venugopal Download Posters Below JPG – BIG SIZE(6.5MB) PNG – BIG SIZE(10.8 MB) PDF – A4 SIZE (3.6 MB) PS: Please ask your printer to adjust the contract of image properly to display poster well

Landing Team

U.S. Marines with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Regimental Combat Team 2, prepare to board an MV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing at Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 25, 2011. Elements of 26th MEU deployed to Afghanistan to provide regional security in Helmand province in support of the International Security Assistance Force. (DoD photo by Gunnery Sgt. Bryce Piper, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)

After a mission

A United Arab Emirates Air Force (UAEAF) maintainer gives hand signals to a UAEAF F-16 Desert Falcon pilot after a mission during Exercise Red Flag 11-2 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Jan. 31, 2011. The UAEAF was participating in Red Flag for the second time. Red Flag is an advanced aerial combat training exercise held several times a year at Nellis AFB to strengthen international relations and training. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Wilson, U.S. Air Force/Released)

Mullen: Army Looks to War College for Leaders

By Jim Garamone of American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 2011 - If the military takes care of its people and their families, then the future will be assured no matter what it brings, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told students at the Army War College today. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses audience members at the U.S. Army War College in Carlsile Barracks, Pa., Feb. 10, 2011. DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley  Navy Adm. Mike Mullen spoke at the Commandant's Lecture Series at Carlisle Barracks, Pa. He told the students that they cannot underestimate the scope of the change the military has been through in the past 10 years. "We're depending on leadership in these extraordinarily challenges times," he said. The past decade has changed the services and now is the time to sort through that change to answer the question of "who we are right now," he said. The military has gone through rough times in the past decade, he said. He challenged the students to examine the change and see if "the ethical compass is true, is our overall compass true? Where are we going in the future? What have our young ones ... learned about us that we need to address as leaders, and what do we need to teach them as they mature? Are we keeping our best young officers?" The chairman said that as budget time approaches, most people measure it in the missions given and the equipment bought. "The missions and stuff make no difference in our health in the future," he said. "(Our future is) guaranteed in terms of good health if we keep the right people." One fundamental change in the military over the last decade is the role that military families have played and the relationship of the services with those families. He said a ground forces junior officer in 2001, has probably deployed five or six times in the past decade, forcing families to cope with long absences. The services have put in place programs to help families and redeploying personnel. But as budget pressures begin to grow – and they are growing now, Mullen said – the family programs are the first to unwind. "I don't want to do that," he said. "I think we would do that at our peril. The challenges keep coming and we can't seem to get them off the plate. In yesteryear an issue would come up, we'd deal with it as a country and we'd move on," Mullen added. "Now the plate isn't getting any bigger, but they won't go away. You as the future leaders of our military must understand it." The chairman discussed the nature of the change and the issues around the world. He told the students – almost all of whom served multiple deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan – that the military must continue to change and adjust. He said they need to examine all of the world. The preponderance of resources today flow to U.S. Central Command, Mullen said. As it should with American troops are involved in two conflicts there. "But this means there is an inability to invest in small ways in other parts of the world, and if this continues, this can be very dangerous," he said. He told the students that American forces will be out of Iraq at the end of the year, and said those who served there should be proud of the work they did. "There is a night and day difference every time I visit," he said. Iraq has formed a government and they are dealing with politics and not with war as they move forward. The major U.S. effort is now, of course, in Afghanistan. "In a very tough fight, but it's better there," Mullen said. "But as I said many times it's not just security, there has to be a level of legitimacy in the government of Afghanistan. That's got to be created over the next three to four years." Mullen also praised the efforts of Army Lt. Gen. William Caldwell's NATO Training Mission in Afghanistan. He said they have built the training infrastructure, trained the instructors and developed the curricula for the Afghan Army and police. "On average we have 30,000 to 35,000 trainees at one time," he said. "Two years ago that number was miniscule." This was Mullen's third trip to the Army War College, and he spoke of his 43-year career. "To cycle from the war we were in when I was first commissioned, to the wars we are in in the last decade in a position of leadership has truly been an extraordinary opportunity," he said. "It's been a great ride."

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