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020718-N-5086M-002 Aboard USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) Jul. 13, 2002 -- Vice Adm. Robert F. Willard walks through the side boys formation during the Seventh Fleet Change of Command ceremony held aboard the Seventh fleet flagship, USS Blue Ridge, where he relieved Vice Adm. James W. Metzger. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Greg Mitchell. (RELEASED)
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Los Angeles Times
War with Iraq / Initial Assault
US Attacks Iraq
War to Oust Hussein Begins With Airstrikes
March 20, 2003|John Daniszewski and Edwin Chen | Times Staff Writers
The United States launched a thundering bomb and missile attack on Baghdad at dawn today, targeting senior government leaders in what could become all-out war to drive Saddam Hussein from power and disarm Iraq.
Air raid sirens blared, and yellow-and-white tracers from Iraqi antiaircraft fire streaked across the city. Several large explosions rocked the capital, and a ball of fire flared in the southern sky. As the sun rose higher, street lights flickered out and the city fell into a ghostly silence.
"The opening stages of the disarmament of the Iraqi regime have begun," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer declared shortly after 9:30 p.m. Wednesday in Washington, or 5:30 a.m. in Baghdad. Forty-five minutes later, President Bush told the American people that he had ordered coalition forces to strike "selected targets of military importance" in Iraq.
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United States Seventh Fleet
The Seventh Fleet is the United States Navy's permanent forward projection force based in Yokosuka, Japan, with units positioned near South Korea and Japan. It is a component fleet force under the United States Pacific Fleet. At present, it is the largest of the forward-deployed U.S. fleets, with 50-60 ships, 350 aircraft and 60,000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel.
In response to the 2 August 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, President George H. W. Bush ordered Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet to assume additional responsibilities as Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (COMUSNAVCENT). The Fleet Commander departed Yokosuka, Japan immediately, heading for the Persian Gulf, and joined the remainder of his staff aboard the flagship Blue Ridge on 1 September 1990. During Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm, COMUSNAVCENT exercised command and control of the largest U.S. Navy armada since the Second World War. At the peak of combat operations, over 130 U.S. ships joined more than 50 allied ships to conduct maritime intercept operations, minesweeping and combat strike operations against enemy forces in Iraq and Kuwait.
COMUSNAVCENT included six aircraft carrier battle groups, two battleships (Missouri and Wisconsin), two hospital ships, 31 amphibious assault ships, four minesweeping vessels and numerous combatants in support of allied air and ground forces. After a decisive allied victory in the Gulf War, Commander U.S. Seventh Fleet relinquished control of COMUSNAVCENT to Commander, Middle East Force on 24 April 1991 and returned to Yokosuka, Japan to continue the duties of Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet.
Fleet Commanders
Vice Adm. Robert F. Willard (18 July 2002-6 August 2004)
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Senate Committee on Armed Services: Hearings – 111th Congress
S. Hrg. 111-362 -- Nominations Before the Senate Armed Services Committee, First Session, 111th Congress
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S. Hrg. 111-362
NOMINATIONS BEFORE THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE, FIRST SESSION,
111TH CONGRESS
Transcript of Naval Service for ADM Robert Frederick Willard, USN
05 DEC 1950............................... Born in Bell, CA
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Robert F. Willard
Robert F. Willard (born December 5, 1950) is a United States Navy admiral who serves as the Commander, U.S. Pacific Command. He previously served as Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet from May 8, 2007 to September 25, 2009. Prior to that, he served as the 34th Vice Chief of Naval Operations from March 18, 2005 to April 2007. He assumed his current assignment on October 19, 2009.
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Release dates for
I'll Be Home for Christmas (1988) (TV)
Country Date
USA 12 December 1988
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Die Hard
1:35:52
Hey, pal, you got flat feet?
1:35:57
What the hell
are you talking about, man?
1:35:59
Something had
to get you off the street.
1:36:01
What's the matter?
1:36:03
You don't think jockeying papers
across a desk is a noble effort for a cop?
1:36:07
No.
1:36:12
I had an accident.
1:36:14
The way you drive, I can see why.
1:36:16
What'd you do ?
1:36:17
Run over your captain's foot
with the car?
1:36:23
I shot a kid.
1:36:26
He was 13 years old.
1:36:29
Oh, it was dark. I couldn't see him.
1:36:31
He had a ray gun, looked real enough.
