Military Officer - June 2008 - (Page 25) rapidfire NEWS YOU CAN USE You’re A-OK! The Navy Exchange’s A-OK Student Reward Program allows students with a GPA of B or better to enter a drawing to win a $5,000, $3,000, $2,000, or $1,000 U.S. savings bond (denomination at maturity). Four drawings are held each school year. Children enrolled in first through 12th grade who are dependents of active duty Eliminating One Piece at a Time A compound that had served as an al-Qaida detention and torture facility was destroyed March 10 by a B-1B Lancer bomber, which used six 500-pound, GPS-guided bombs to level a compound in Zambraniyah, a village south of Baghdad, Iraq. “The precise targeting, synchronized employment, and focused effects that eliminated these facilities demonstrate the outstanding capability our integrated ground and air team brings to this fight every day,” says Air Force Col. Robert Gass, commander of the 379th Expeditionary Operations Group. Terrorists used the compound to hold and torture captives, say officials, citing a post-attack discovery of handcuffs attached to walls (pictured) and bare wires plugged into electrical outlets. Soldiers also found interrogation manuals after the attack. The destruction of the compound, which was used to illegally detain, falsely convict, and torture innocent Iraqi civilians, helps bring closure to family and friends of the victims. “The air strike removes the last remnants of al-Qaida from this area,” said U.S. Army Lt. Col. Mark Solomon, commander of the 6th Squadron, 8th U.S. Cavalry. servicemembers, guardmembers and reservists, and military retirees are eligible. Each student may enter only once each grading period and must reenter with each qualifying report card. Visit a Navy Exchange with the child’s current report card to enter. The child also is eligible for an A-OK ID so he or she can get discount coupons for Navy Exchange products. MILITARY OFFICER PHOTOS: ABOVE, MASTER SGT. ANDY DUNAWAY, USAF; RIGHT, GETTY IMAGES JUNE 2008 25
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