Securing our southern border
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The US Border Patrol has stationed almost 90%of its troops along the US, -Mexico border to secure the border and are faced with drug smugglers, criminals and families looking for a better living in the US. A glimpse into the high risk life of an agent where he is a one man army who defend and fight and even die fighting to secure the border and protect the lives of Americans, is presented in the firsthand review of a single day spent in the Arizona .
Publication Name: VFW Magazine
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0161-8598
Year: 2006
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'Screaming eagles' solder on in Iraq
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A Battery, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment patrols, and 101st Airborne Division are training Iraqi Army forces and Iraqis have demonstrated their abilities well enough for a small portion of the 101st's Area of Operations to be turned over to them. The IA and 101st had reasonably solid intel that Al Qaeda or insurgents had cached explosive material there and were using it as a base for construction and disbursement of the materials.
Publication Name: VFW Magazine
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0161-8598
Year: 2006
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