US military prepares for battle
WAX2001100306 - 03 OCTOBER 2001 - WASHINGTON, DC, USA: Members of the Phoenix Readiness class prepare to repel attacking opposition forces at a mock village on Fort Dix, New Jersey. they were part of a class of 220 taking part in a Phoenix Readiness Course. The course is designed to train Air Force personnel in Air Mobility contingency operations. This includes setting up defensive positions in remote locations woldwide.The mission of the 421st Ground Combat Readiness Squadron, Air Mobility Warfare Center, Fort Dix, is to formulate doctrine and develop tactics. The 421 GCRS standardizes training to enhance Air Mobility Command's ability to support National Command Authority taskings during war, crisis, and worldwide contingency operations. The Phoenix Readiness course took place at Fort Dix on the 26 of June 2000..mk/HO Kenn Mann UPI
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Two U.S. soldiers have been charged with filming and photographing female members of their unit taking showers at Fort Dix, Calif., authorities said.
Two men convicted of plotting a terrorist attack on Fort Dix, N.J., were given long prison sentences Wednesday, observers said.
Jurors in the trial of five Muslim immigrants accused of planning a terror attack on Fort Dix in New Jersey resumed deliberations for a fifth day Sunday.
Three brothers charged with plotting to attack Fort Dix watched Internet videos of U.S. soldiers being killed, an FBI informant alleged Monday.
One of the men facing charges for an alleged terror plot targeting New Jersey's Fort Dix sought out police assistance on the matter, a witness alleges.
U.S. prosecutors say jihadist videos downloaded onto a New Jersey man's computer show he was plotting a terrorist attack on the Fort Dix Army base.
An FBI mole who infiltrated an alleged terror group says he never saw the defendants have any strategy sessions to attack the Fort Dix U.S. Army base.
