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BY MARK ABRAMSON
Stars and Stripes
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany -- For years,
the United Service Organizations has been send-
ing care packages filled with items such as DVDs,
phone cards, beef jerky and playing cards. But now,
some of the boxes will contain items specifically for
women in the war zones.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Jill Biden,
wife of Vice President Joe Biden, joined about 20
members of Congress on Capitol Hill to help kick
off the new program last week by putting together
2,000 care packages.
The packages are full of goodies like skin care
products, makeup, hair care products and other
things women may want, said USO spokesman
Mark Phillips. "We shied away from the more frilly
things because they are serving in a combat zone,"
Phillips said.
Phillipssaidasaformerservicemember,heknows
what it is like to be surprised with a care package.
"Out of the blue, this care package shows up from
someone you don't know. That means the world. Just
the fact you got it is a huge morale booster. It lifts
your spirits," Phillips said.
In addition to congressional support, the USO
said, companies also have stepped up with dona-
tions and by reducing the prices they charge for the
products.
E-mail Mark Abramson at: abramsonm@estripes.osd.mil
Stars and Stripes
The U.S. military is beginning
an ambitious review aimed at
determining whether the costly
air defenses set in place after the
Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks re-
main necessary, The New York
Times reported on Friday.
The military keeps dozens
of warplanes and hundreds of
servicemembers on alert at all
times, the paper noted, although
it stopped flying air patrols over
American cities in 2007. The re-
view, however, would focus on the
circumstances in which an air at-
tack would be targeting a power
plant or electrical grid, rather
than a public building or land-
mark, according to the Times.
"The fighter force is extremely
expensive, so you always have to
ask yourself the question `How
much is enough?' " said Maj. Gen.
Pierre J. Forgues of Canada, di-
rector of operations for the North
American Aerospace Defense
Command, or Norad, which car-
ries out the air defense mission
within the United States mili-
tary's Northern Command.
Officials told the paper the
review would seek to determine
whether the U.S. has sufficient
additional protection through
measures put in place since
2001.
Post-Sept. 11
air defenses
under review
Emergency landing of
military plane injures 9
STUTTGART, Germany
-- A military aircraft carrying
U.S. Africa Command person-
nel made an emergency landing
Thursday in Mali, causing non-
life-threatening injuries to the
nine people aboard the twin-en-
gine turbo-prop aircraft, AFRI-
COM reported Friday.
All personnel received medi-
cal treatment at a facility in Mali
and were transported to Land-
stuhl Regional Medical Center in
Germany.
A safety board will investigate
and determine the exact cause
of the incident, according to
AFRICOM.
From staff reports
USO adapts care packages to women
Photo courtesy of United Service Organizations
Jill Biden, left, and Nancy Pelosi help stuff the first USO care packages tailored toward women. The new
packages include items such as makeup and hair care products.
The Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO -- An at-
torney for the U.S. Army psy-
chiatrist charged in the mass
shooting at Fort Hood says his
client will have his first court
hearing in his hospital room on
Saturday.
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's ci-
vilian attorney, John Galligan,
said Friday that prosecutors
notified him of their plans for
the hearing at the Brooke Army
Medical Center in San Antonio.
Hasan has been recovering
there since the Nov. 5 rampage
that left 13 dead and more than
30 wounded. Hasan was shot
by civilian members of Fort
Hood's police force.
The hearing is to determine
whether Hasan will be placed
in pre-trial confinement, which
usually means jail.
Galligan said he will argue
that Hasan should remain in
intensive care because he is
paralyzed and still needs hos-
pital care.
Hearing set in Fort Hood case

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