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 SAN DIEGO - When football star Pat Tillman gave up a multimillion-dollar NFL contract to fight for his country in the wake of 9/11, the Bush administration thought it had found the poster boy to help sell their wars to the American people. But as Amir Bar-Lev’s documentary “The Tillman Story” shows, they picked the wrong man — and the wrong family — to mess with. When Tillman made the stunning announcement that he and his brother were enlisting as Army Rangers, he refused to make any public comment about his reasoning; he wanted no special treatment, no fuss. |
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 FORT IRWIN, Calif. — Marines from 2nd Air-Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group trained with Army soldiers at the Army’s National Training Center aboard Fort Irwin, Calif., July and Aug. 2010 to prepare for an upcoming Afghanistan deployment. The deployment will require Marines from 2nd ANGLICO to link U.S. and coalition forces to the firepower of the Marine Corps: such as Marine aviation and artillery. |
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 MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. — More than 400 spectators gathered at the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Youth Sports Complex for an up-close view of the San Diego Chargers during their 4th Annual Military Appreciation Day. The team rehearsed plays for their preseason game against the Dallas Cowboys Aug. 21. “[The event] shows the community does care about the military,” said Staff Sgt. Rupert Palmer, the motor transportation chief with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, Marine Wing Support Group 37, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force. |
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 NORTH CAROLINA - Officials in Dare County, North Carolina, issued mandatory evacuation orders Thursday for visitors to the coastal county, including the Outer Banks. It extended to residents in the town of South Nags Head and Hatteras Island. Dare County schools and courts are closed Thursday and Friday. "Residents of Dare County have been through this many times," the county's emergency response coordinator, Warren Judge, told CNN's "American Morning." |
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 TIJUANA, Mexico — The state of Baja California has joined forces with its five municipalities in a $500,000 public relations effort aimed at changing Americans’ negative perceptions about the region and winning back the confidence of U.S. tourists.
Leading the year-long campaign is Allison & Partners, a U.S. public relations firm with offices in San Diego. The company signed a $300,000 contract with Baja California officials this week. Tim Wheatcroft, general manager of the firm’s San Diego office, said he expects to use a range of approaches “to make sure that the state has a more positive image.” |
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 LOUISIANA - An oil rig off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico has exploded, sending all 13 oil workers into the Gulf, one of whom remains missing. A search and rescue effort by the U.S. Coast Guard is already underway. The explosion comes shortly after oil finally stopped flowing into the Gulf (for the moment) from another rig that had been severely damaged by a large explosion. Fortunately, early reports say this explosion occurred at an oil rig that is not currently producing, drastically reducing the potential for further environmental damage. |
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 HOLLYWOOD - As Sandra Bullock mulls her next move — most likely starring opposite Tom Hanks in an adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close — EW takes a look inside her stunning comeback, examining how she consciously retooled her career, how she transcended the tabloid noise, and where she might go from here.
One thing’s for sure: Bullock has no shortage of options. |
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 SAN DIEGO, CA - San Diego County's military payroll is now the largest in the country, reflecting the Defense Department's decision to shift resources to the West Coast to contend with real and potential threats from China and the Middle East. The payroll of local active duty personnel increased by $1.3 billion last year to $11.1 billion, pushing the San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos metro area ahead of the huge military complex in Virginia Beach, Norfolk and Newport News , says the Commerce Department. It was the first time since 1986 that the local payroll was bigger than that area of Virginia. |
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 CAMP PHOENIX, Afghanistan, Aug. 31, 2010 – Army Spc. John Hanson, who has a form of cerebral palsy, spent 11 years fighting to join the military. He never gave up and now he is a soldier serving in Afghanistan.
Hanson still faces the everyday challenges of cerebral palsy – a condition that can affect brain and nervous system functions such as movement, learning, hearing, seeing and thinking. As a member of the Sioux Falls, S.D.,-based 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, South Dakota Army National Guard, Hanson’s condition doesn’t restrict his ability to perform and support the mission of his unit in Afghanistan. |
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 WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2010 – As monsoon rains continue to fall on Pakistan, the United States is sending aid as fast as the flood-stricken country can absorb it, a Defense Department official said here today. United Nations officials estimate that some 20 million Pakistanis are affected, with about 1,500 dead, as the Indus River and its tributaries continue to rise. The United States has provided more than $90 million in support since the flooding began July 29, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said. |
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  (CNN) -- Before she uttered the N-word, before her remarks on cheated-on wives, before the controversies over homosexuality and religion and morality, Laura Schlessinger was considered a breath of fresh air. "Despite the fact that many consider Laura Schlessinger the dragon lady of talk radio, some of us can't help but admire her," noted a decidedly mixed 1999 consideration of her in Salon. "She is snippish, overbearing and often insulting -- but anybody who has the temerity to call in to her program knows what they are going to get, especially if they plead ignorance or innocence." |
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 L.A. NOW - As officials continued their investigation into the fatal crash at the California 200 off-road race, new questions emerged about the safety of the event. The company that sponsored the off-road race in the Mojave Desert in which eight people were killed told the federal government that it had two men responsible for coordinating a response to a medical emergency. When contacted by The Times, one of those two men said he was not assigned to any emergency or medical tasks at Saturday’s race, during which a truck plowed into a crowd assembled alongside the course.http://militarypress.com/mambots/editors-xtd/mosimage.gif |
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1777 -- The American flag is flown in battle for the first time, during a Revolutionary War skirmish at Cooch's Bridge, Maryland.
1783 –- American Revolutionary War: the war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1833 -- The first successful penny newspaper in the U.S., "The New York Sun," was launched by Benjamin H. Day.
1939 -- in response to Hitler's invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany. 
SAN DIEGO - David Eckstein sees no reason to panic. But the veteran of 10 major league seasons and a half dozen pennant races is also a realist. “It’s up to us,” the plucky second baseman said Wednesday evening as the Padres were preparing to depart Chase Field in Phoenix after suffering a season-worst seventh straight loss. “It’s hard to win a game in the major leagues. All year long, it didn’t seem that tough for us to do that. This is our first real serious test. The first one right now is going to be the toughest. 
