Observation Point

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates look out over North Korea from Observation Point Ouellette during a tour at the Demilitarized Zone that separates South and North Korea, July 21, 2010. Defense Department photo by Cherie Cullen.


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Mullen arrives on the garrison

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Nidal Saeed, left, and Army Col. Hank Dodge, commander of U.S. Army Garrison Red Cloud, South Korea, center, greet U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, right, as Mullen arrives on the garrison, July 21, 2010. Mullen met with 2nd Infantry Division soldiers assigned to the garrison located between Seoul and the demilitarized zone. DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley


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Transfering a simulated casualty

  U.S. service members transfer a simulated casualty to a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., July 16, 2010, during exercise Global Medic. Global Medic is the U.S. Army Reserve Command's largest annual joint patient movement/medical field exercise and provides medical units with an opportunity to plan, prepare, and execute medical training as part of a deployed task force. (DoD photo by Senior Airman Jimmy L. Dang, U.S. Air Force/Released)

Amphibious assault vehicle

 
Colombian marines board a U.S. Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicle at the beach at Ancon, Peru, July 16, 2010. Marines from 4th Platoon, Charlie Company, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division and attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 24 were transporting service members from partnership nations to USS New Orleans (LPD 18). The ship will be transiting to Salina, Peru, for the final exercise in Partnership of the America's Southern Exchange. (DoD photo by Lance Cpl. Ammon W. Carter, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)

Operation Healthy Hands

From left, U.S. Army Pvt. Nicholas Lucas, Sgt. James Triplett and Pvt. Richard Franco provide security during a mission in the village of Padkhab Shana near Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan, July 17, 2010, during Operation Healthy Hands. The Soldiers are assigned to Alpha Company, 173rd Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team. (DoD photo by Sgt. Derec Pierson, U.S. Army/Released)

Coast Guard 'Superstar' Wins Coveted Award

By Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Nick Ameen   U.S. Coast Guard Station Key West U.S. COAST GUARD STATION KEY WEST, Fla., July 19, 2010 - Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Carlos Camacho became an expert on his service's newest class of boats and earned a prestigious award during his first-ever tour-of-duty here. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Carlos Camacho is the winner of the 2009 Fireman First Class Paul Clark Boat Forces Engineering Award. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nick Ameen  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. One of the Coast Guard's unique attributes, Chief Warrant Officer Todd Stoughton, commander of Coast Guard Station Key West, said, is the large amount of responsibility his organization gives to its junior members and, in turn, how much those junior members routinely accomplish. Camacho, he said, worked hard to become an expert on the new Response Boat-Medium. "He is one of the most knowledgeable RB-M engineers in the Coast Guard," Stoughton said of Camacho. "He read the manual cover-to-cover and found dozens of mistakes and made many recommendations that ended up becoming part of the actual manual." Camacho plans to bring a lot to the table when he arrives at his next duty station: his integrity, his work ethic, and his willingness to learn what he needs to know. "I am one of those people that completely believes in the fact that knowledge is power; the more I know about something, the better I'm gonna be at it," Camacho said. While at Key West Camacho also provided more than two-dozen emergency medical training sessions to Coast Guard personnel, resulting in 67 members receiving life-saving certifications. Camacho also speaks Spanish, having been born and raised in Cali, Colombia. Camacho's duties as the Spanish interpreter at the Key West station have been critical in successful illegal migrant interdiction operations, including the safe transfer of undocumented migrants and the apprehension of suspected smugglers, Stoughton said. "Out there on the water, Carlos Camacho is a superstar," Stoughton said. "He has demonstrated maturity beyond his years, and he has the ability to communicate effectively in high-stress situations." In light of Camacho's abilities and drive, it's perhaps easy to understand why he also won the Fireman First Class Paul Clark Boat Forces Engineering Award for 2009. The prestigious annual award recognizes a Coast Guard boat forces engineer who demonstrated sustained superior performance, exception technical skills, and exemplary leadership. Stoughton said Camacho is only the second similarly ranked individual he has nominated for the award. Fifteen other nominees from throughout the Coast Guard competed for the award that Camacho ultimately won, said Stoughton, noting that most of the competitors were higher-ranking first class petty officers. "I've had a lot of great people," Stoughton said. "But, honestly, he deserved it. I wouldn't have put him in [for the competition] if he didn't, and that's how I feel."

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A Fantastic Sentence written on every Japanees Bus Stop.....:“Only Buses Will Stop Here, not your Time..
So Keep Walking Towards your Goal”  Sent by Sai Mera Rakhwala. 

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My dearest friends,

Hope you are doing great!

Here is the story of today.

An old story is told of a king in Africa who had a close friend with whom he grew up. The friend had a habit of looking at every situation that ever occurred in his life (positive or negative) and remarking, "This is good!"

One day the king and his friend were out on a hunting expedition. The friend would load and prepare the guns for the king. The friend had apparently done something wrong in preparing one of the guns, for after taking the gun from his friend, the king fired it and his thumb was blown off. Examining the situation the friend remarked as usual, "This is good!" To which the king replied, "No, this is NOT good!" and proceeded to send his friend to jail.


About a year later, the king was hunting in an area that he should have known to stay clear of. Cannibals captured him and took him to their village. They tied his hands, stacked some wood, set up a stake and bound him to the stake. As they came near to set fire to the wood, they noticed that the king was missing a thumb. Being superstitious, they never ate anyone that was less than whole. So untying the king, they sent him on his way.


As he returned home, he was reminded of the event that had taken his thumb and felt remorse for his treatment of his friend. He went immediately to the jail to speak with his friend. "You were right," he said, "it was good that my thumb was blown off." And he proceeded to tell the friend all that had just happened. "And so I am very sorry for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for me to do this."


"No," his friend replied, "This is good!" "What do you mean,'This is good'? How could it be good that I sent my friend to jail for a year?"

"If I had NOT been in jail, I would have been with you."

So dearest friends, everything that happens in our life happens for a reason and it is always good!!!

Have an excellent day!

Much Love,
Priya:))