Applications are now being accepted for the eighth annual Arlington Police, Fire & Sheriff 9/11 Memorial 5K run. The race is set for 6 pm on Saturday, September 5.

Proceeds from the race will be donated to public safety and military support organizations. The charities selected all focus on the healing of military personnel and civilians directly affected by the war on terrorism and the attacks against America on September 11, 2001. The race has raised and donated over a quarter of a million dollars in the past seven years.

For more information and to register click here.

Many thanks to Richard Spencer for forwarding this information on to me.

U.S. Army officer Chad Weddell says everyone was affected in some way by the events of Sept. 11, 2001.  “It’s so important for us to remember,” he said.

That’s why he and 11 other officers at the Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth will participate Sept. 11 in the Patriots Run in Olathe.

They will join about 150 to 200 runners and walkers at noon in Two Trails Park. This is the seventh year for the run, which commemorates the terrorist attacks.

Participants can either run or walk during the 9-hour-and-11-minute event.

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As many of you know we sadly lost Shifty Powers earlier this summer.  It is with a heavy heart that I report the passing of Forrest Guth, also portrayed in The Band of Brothers.

In 2003 both Shifty Powers and Forrest Guth were guest speakers at the annual “Tank Farm” Open House.  You can check out pictures from that day here.

NMAW Chairman Allan Cors (center) with Forrest Guth and Shifty Powers in 2003.

On Friday there was a great post on Blackfive’s site of a video for the song Believe by Yellowcard.  This is an incredible song that is a tribue to the first responders who died on 9/11.  It is also said to be about Rick Rescorla who saved 2,700 lives on that day.  As some of you know NMAW board member and author of We Were Soldiers Once…  And Young, Joe Galloway, wrote an incredible mail piece on Mr. Rescorla that we sent out back in May.  The piece talked about the amazing sacrifice Mr. Rescorla made on 9/11 and told of the story behind the cover of Mr. Galloway’s book, which is a picture of Rick Rescorla during the battle of Ia Drang.

You can check out the video here.

Defense Department officials will study how best to use social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter while protecting military computers and sensitive information.

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