American Heroes Press Top Stories May 31, 2010

Mullen: Military Will Continue to Support Spill Effort
The military will continue to support the effort to cap and mitigate the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, but it does not have the technical expertise to take over the operation, the nation's top military officer said on the morning news shows today. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also used the opportunity to ask Americans to remember the sacrifices of servicemembers throughout history and today in Afghanistan and Iraq, and to note the progress made in the two wars.
http://military-online.blogspot.com/2010/05/mullen-military-will-continue-to.html

Airman Touched by Memorial Service in Iraq
This Memorial Day in Iraq, I have shed many tears for a soldier I never met. I was asked to videotape a memorial service for an Army major killed in action May 24 when an improvised explosive device pierced his mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle near Numaniyah in southern Iraq.
http://terrorism-online.blogspot.com/2010/05/airman-touched-by-memorial-service-in.html

World Trade Center I-beam Unveiled at Bagram
May 31, 2010 - More than 200 multinational troops converged in front of the Regional Command East command building here to see an I-beam segment from the World Trade Center unveiled during a Memorial Day ceremony today. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of NATO's International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, and Army Maj. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, commander of Combined Joint Task Force 82, also attended the event.
http://terrorism-online.blogspot.com/2010/05/world-trade-center-i-beam-unveiled-at.html

Leaders Salute Fallen Troops at Arlington National Cemetery
Vice President Joe Biden today hailed the unselfish service and sacrifices of past and present generations of U.S. servicemembers during the annual Memorial Day observance held at Arlington National Cemetery.
http://military-online.blogspot.com/2010/05/leaders-salute-fallen-troops-at.html

Memorial Day Observed at NMCP Cemetery
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth held its 24th annual Memorial Day observance May 31 in the historic Captain Theodore H. Conaway Memorial Naval Cemetery, where more than 850 Soldiers, Sailors and Marines are interred. A light breeze fluttered the flags that Boy Scouts had placed at each grave site, identifying the home nation of the person laid to rest.
http://military-online.blogspot.com/2010/05/memorial-day-observed-at-nmcp-cemetery.html

Terrorism, safety and situational awareness
When the first aircraft struck the World Trade Center what were your thoughts? Was terrorism your first thought? Or, was your first thought more like How could that happen?
http://www.police-writers.com/situational_awareness.html