Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2011. “I enthusiastically support President Obama’s choices to fill these key military leadership positions. “General Dempsey, Admiral Winnefeld, and General Odierno have all excelled in key command and staff roles within their services and in the joint arena. They possess the right mix of intellectual heft,[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Remarks by President Obama at a Memorial Day Service
Arlington, VA–(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2011 – 11:25 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you so much. Please be seated. Thank you, Secretary Gates, and thank you for your extraordinary service to our nation. I think that Bob Gates will go down as one of our finest Secretaries of Defense in[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama in Department of Defense Personnel Announcements
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2011 – 10:06 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: All right. Good morning. In a few moments, I’ll be joining members of our armed forces, their families, and veterans for the Memorial Day observance at Arlington. There, and across our nation, we’ll pause to honor all those who’ve given[Read More…]
Veteran Carl Dalke On His Service During World War II (Video/Story)
Army Veteran Carl Dalke at Monday’s Memorial Day ceremony in DownTown Park Forest. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Veteran Carl Dalke talks with eNews Park Forest about his service during World War II. According to Dalke, who served in the Army’s 100th Infantry Batallion, he once single-handedly took 22[Read More…]
Park Forest Memorial Day Observances 2011 (Video/Photos)
The honor guard prepares before Monday’s Memorial Day observance on the Park Forest Village Green. More photographs are available here. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Memorial Day ceremony in DownTown Park Forest, May 30, 2011. Hosted by Park Forest. VFW Post 3579, Mr. Bill Patterson, served as master of[Read More…]
Brisk Walking May Help Men With Prostate Cancer, UCSF Study Finds
San Francisco, CA-(ENEWSPF)- A study of 1,455 U.S. men diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer has found a link between brisk walking and lowered risk of prostate cancer progression, according to scientists at the University of California, San Francisco and the Harvard School of Public Health. The scientists found that men[Read More…]
Unusual Earthquake Gave Japan Tsunami Extra Punch, Say Stanford Scientists
This diagram shows the March 11 fault motion sequence. 1. Rupture of the fault plane begins at the epicenter. 2. Rupture travels westward, down the fault plane towards Honshu. The island suffers violent shaking for 40 seconds. 3. The upward sloping east side of the fault plane begins to rupture,[Read More…]
NASA-Funded Scientists Make Lunar Watershed Discovery
Moffett Field, CA-(ENEWSPF)- A team of NASA-funded researchers has measured for the first time water from the moon in the form of tiny globules of molten rock, which have turned to glass-like material trapped within crystals. Data from these newly-discovered lunar melt inclusions indicate the water content of lunar magma[Read More…]
NASA’S Hubble Finds Rare ‘Blue Straggler’ Stars In Milky Way’s Hub
Blue straggler stars. (NASA) Washington-(ENEWSPF)- NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has found a rare class of oddball stars called blue stragglers in the hub of our Milky Way, the first detected within our galaxy’s bulge. Blue stragglers are so named because they seemingly lag behind in the aging process, appearing younger[Read More…]
Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2011. For over two centuries, brave men and women have laid down their lives in defense of our great Nation. These heroes have made the ultimate sacrifice so we may uphold the ideals we all cherish. On this Memorial Day, we honor the generations of Americans[Read More…]
