WASHINGTON – At the end of the Pentagon’s 4th corridor is a hallway display full of memories and shattered dreams.
The corridor and adjacent wedge was destroyed September 11, 2001.

Now rebuilt, work was completed last week on an attack corridor memorial, now located on the second floor.

The display background is 962 pounds of Pentagon limestone, 2 inches thick.

With a superimposed acrylic façade with ‘United in memory – United in Freedom.’

Memorial coins, and photos and names of all 29 members of those killed during the Pentagon attack from the office of Assistant Secretary of the Army and DCSPER.

– US Army news service

Imagery analysts deployed

Six RAAF imagery analysts have been deployed to the Middle East to assist in Coalition assessments of battle damage in Iraq.
This in response to a request from the US Central Command, which values highly the specialist skills of ADF analysts.
Support for Defence families

More than 8100 Australians have e-mailed and faxed their support for our troops deployed in the Middle East as part of the Coalition to disarm Iraq.

Defence has set up an e-mail address, ourfamilies@defence.gov.au, to enable a selection of these messages to be posted to the Defence website. Families are encouraged to monitor the website for the messages of support.

The messages have been collated and dispatched in hard copy form to the ships in the Gulf and to Central Headquarters in Qatar where they have been distributed to units for display in communal areas.

Further details about the initiative can be found on the Defence website at www.defence.gov.au

Changing ships in the Gulf

HMAS Sydney will be deployed to the Middle East in the near future to take over from the frigates HMAS Anzac and HMAS Darwin, which will head home at the end of this month after a six-month tour of duty. Sydney will join HMAS Kanimbla in the Persian Gulf where both vessels will contribute to maritime security in one of the world’s most vital waterways.

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