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I Corps (United States)
|I Corps
|United States of America
|United States Army
|Part of
|U.S. Army Forces Command
|Joint Base Lewis-McChord (Forward at Camp Zama, Japan)
|"Eye Corps"
|America's Corps[1]
World War I
World War II
Korean War
Iraq War
|Official Website
|Lt. Gen. Gary Volesky
|Combat service identification badge
|Distinctive unit insignia
|U.S. Corps (1939–present)
|II Corps
I Corps "America's Corps", also First Corps is a corps of the United States Army headquartered in Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. It is a major formation of United States Army Forces Command.
I Corps' current mission is part of the United States' Asia-Pacific Shift. The Pacific Rim Rebalance will involve several combined and joint military exercises in Japan, Korea, Thailand, Philippines, and Australia. Part of I Corps' objectives for these exercises will be Joint Task Force certification in support of United States Pacific Command missions.[2]
Activated in World War I in France, I Corps oversaw US Army divisions as they repelled several major German offensives and led them into Germany. The corps was deactivated following the end of the war.
Reactivated for service in World War II, the corps took command of divisions in the south Pacific, leading US and Australian forces as they pushed the Japanese army out of New Guinea. It went on to be one of the principal leading elements in the Battle of Luzon, liberating the Philippines. It then took charge as one of the commanding headquarters in the occupation of Japan.
Deployed to Korea at the start of the Korean War, the corps was one of three corps that remained in the country for the entire conflict, commanding US, British, and South Korean forces through three years of back-and-forth campaigns against North Korean and Chinese forces. Following the end of the war, it remained in Korea for almost 20 years guarding the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Active today, the corps acts as a subordinate headquarters of United States Army Forces Command, and has also seen deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
- 1 History
- 2 Organization
- 3 Honors
- 4 See also
- 5 References
- 6 Sources
- 7 External links
World War I[edit]
Following the American declaration of war on Germany, on 6 April 1917, I Corps was organized and activated on 15–20 January 1918, in the National Army in Neufchâteau, France, the first of several corps-sized formations intended to command divisions of the American Expeditionary Force in Europe during World War I.[3] Assisted by the French XXXII Corps, the headquarters was organized and trained; on 20 January, Major General Hunter Liggett took command.[4]
In February, the corps consisted of the 1st, 2nd, 26th, 32nd, 41st, and 42nd Infantry Divisions. From February to July, 1918, the German Army launched four major offensives, attempting to secure victory before the full American forces could be mobilized. The final offensive, started in July 1918, was an attempt to cross the Marne, in the area of Château-Thierry, but I Corps and other formations on the American lines held, and the attack was rebuffed.[4]
With the defeat of these German drives, I Corps conducted its first offensive mission, participating in the Second Battle of the Marne from 18 July until 6 August, which resulted in the reduction of the more important salients driven into Allied lines by the German offensives.[4] After a brief period in the defensive sectors of Champagne and Lorraine between 7 August and 11 September, the corps took part in the St. Mihiel attack on 12 September, which reduced the German salient there during the next four days. Then followed another period on the defense in Lorraine as preparations advanced for what was to be the final Allied offensive of the war. On 26 September, I Corps troops began the attack northward that opened the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. From that day until 11 November 1918 when the war ended, I Corps was constantly moving forward.[4]
The I Corps shoulder sleeve insignia was first worn by members of I Corps after approval from the AEF on 3 December 1918, but it was not officially approved until 1922.[1] I Corps continued to train in France, until it was demobilized on 25 March 1919.[3]
During its time in World War I, I Corps commanded the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 26th, 28th, 32nd, 35th, 36th, 41st, 43rd, 77th, 78th, 80th, 82nd, 90th, 91st, 92nd Infantry Divisions at one point or another.[4] Also assigned to the corps were the French 62nd, 167th and 5th Cavalry Divisions.[4]
World War II[edit]
On 15 August 1927, XX Corps was reconstituted in the Regular Army. Two months later, on 13 October 1927, the XX Corps was redesignated as I Corps.[3] However, the corps headquarters remained inactive during peacetime, until the US Army's buildup following the outbreak of War in Europe. On 1 November 1940, I Corps was reactivated at Columbia, South Carolina.[3] For the next nine months, the corps supervised training and large scale divisional maneuvers.[5]
New Guinea Campaign[edit]
On 6 July 1942 Lieutenant General Robert L. Eichelberger took command of the corps which he would lead through the majority of its service in the war. In the summer of 1942 the corps was ordered to Australia, closing into the area at Rockhampton on 17 October 1942.[5] This move was to be part of a larger overall offensive in the south Pacific region.[6] The corps at this time comprised the 41st and 32nd Divisions, engaged in the defense of British New Guinea, the beginning of the New Guinea campaign.[7] Though the Japanese advanced rapidly at first, a number of factors slowed their progress against the Allied forces. Stubborn resistance from two Australian brigades bought time for I Corps reinforcements to arrive while the terrain proved more difficult than the Japanese had anticipated.[8][9] Supplies, which were already insufficient for the Japanese forces, were shortened even more as Japan's high command diverted them to the Guadalcanal campaign.[10] The Japanese attack stalled, and once the threat of a Japanese invasion of Australia was abated, I Corps launched an offensive to push back the Japanese.[11][12] With the 32nd Division and the 163rd Infantry Regiment of the 41st Division, the offensive was launched across the Owen Stanley Mountains of New Guinea.[7] This force, later augmented by the Australian 7th Division, fought the Battle of Buna-Gona, slowly advancing north against a tenacious enemy under harsh weather and terrain conditions.[7] Overstretched Japanese forces, low on supplies, were eventually overcome by US and Australian forces.[13] Despite being surrounded, trapped, and outnumbered, the Japanese forces continued to fight until they were completely wiped out by Allied forces.[14] Buna, on the north coast of the island, fell on 22 January 1943. The campaign was the first major Allied victory against the Japanese Army, and I Corps received the Distinguished Unit Citation. This victory marked the turn of the tide in the ground war against Japan.[5]
After this campaign I Corps returned to Rockhampton, where it was engaged in the training of the Allied forces beginning to arrive in that area for the coming campaigns. From February 1943 until March 1944 I Corps prepared for its next assignment, Operation Cartwheel.[7] That mission was the capture of Hollandia on the north coast of Dutch New Guinea; the units allocated to the corps for this task were the 24th and 41st Infantry Divisions.[15] The Task Force established itself ashore after a successful amphibious assault on 19 April 1944. It then began an offensive in that area to remove Japanese forces, before establishing air bases there.[5] The battle was a vicious one; the jungles and swamps made difficult fighting ground, and it was not until 6 June that the area was secured.[7] The entire Japanese 18th Army was cut off from its bases by the force. Following this campaign the corps directed the seizure of the island of Biak, which was secured by 24 June, to complete the advances necessary for the subsequent invasion of the Philippine Islands. On 20 August Major General Innis P. Swift succeeded General Eichelberger as commander of the corps.[15]
The corps was assigned to the Sixth United States Army in preparation for the offensive in the Philippines from the assets of the Philippine Commonwealth Army, Philippine Constabulary and the recognized guerrilla units. On 9 January 1945, I Corps successfully landed on the coast of the Lingayen Gulf in Northern Luzon with the mission of establishing a base for future operations to the north and of denying the enemy northern access to the South China Sea.[16] As a part of the Sixth Army with an overall force of 175,000 men, the American forces faced over 260,000 Japanese in Luzon.[17] In a sustained drive of thirty-four days which covered over 100 miles, I Corps crossed central Luzon and thus separated the Japanese forces in the north from those in southern Luzon, destroying Japanese armored units along the way.[18] Additional landings at Samar and Palawan were conducted in February, reducing the pressure on the forces of I Corps.[19] Following this accomplishment, the corps turned northward and began the systematic reduction of the enemy positions on the approach to the Cagayan Valley. The breakthrough into the valley was followed by a swift exploitation that took the corps to the north coast. This advance covered two hundred miles in little over 100 days; eliminating effective enemy resistance in northern Luzon.[5] Manila was recaptured by the Allies after heavy fighting that ravaged the city.[20] The intense fighting that ensued cost 8,000 killed and 30,000 wounded in the Sixth Army, compared to 190,000 dead for Japan.[17] As the Sixth Army finished off the Japanese on Luzon, the Eighth United States Army in the south sent units all throughout the Philippines to eliminate remaining Japanese resistance on the islands.[17] The Tenth United States Army in the north commenced securing Okinawa and Iwo Jima.[21] With the defeat of the Japanese at each of these places, the US forces had locations from which to launch attacks into mainland Japan.[22]
Allied forces then began preparing for the invasion of mainland Japan, Operation Downfall. I Corps was assigned as one of four Corps under the command of the Sixth Army, with a strength of 14 divisions.[23] I Corps was to lead the assault on Miyazaki, in southern Kyūshū, with the 25th, 33rd, and 41st Infantry Divisions.[24] Opposing them would be the Japanese 57th Army, with the 154th, 156th, and 212th Japanese Infantry Divisions. Before the assault was not required. Japan surrendered following the use of nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.[25]
During World War II, the 6th, 8th, 9th, 24th, 25th, 30th (during training in U.S. only?), 32nd, 33rd, 37th, 41st, 43rd, 77th and 98th Infantry Divisions were assigned to I Corps at one time or another, along with the 2nd Marine Division, 7th Australian Division, and elements of the 11th Airborne Division.[5]
Occupation of Japan[edit]
After the end of hostilities, I Corps was assigned to occupation duty in Japan. On 19 September 1945 the corps, with the assigned 33rd Infantry Division, sailed from Lingayen Gulf for Japan, landing on the island of Honshū on 25 September, three weeks after Japan's formal surrender.[26] The next few years were a period during which the terms of the surrender were supervised and enforced; Japanese military installations and material were seized, troops were disarmed and discharged, and weapons of warfare disposed of. The duties of the occupation force included conversion of industry, repatriation of foreign nationals, and supervision of the complex features of all phases of Japanese government, economics, education, and industry.[27]
By 1948, as the purely occupational mission was accomplished, troops of the corps focused more military training and field exercises designed to prepare them for combat. Its force was eventually downsized to the 24th Infantry Division on Kyūshū and 25th Infantry Division on mid-Honshū. The US Army continued a slow and steady process of post-war drawdown and demobilization on its own, and on 28 March 1950, the corps was formally inactivated in Japan, and its command consolidated with other units.[26]
Korean War[edit]
Only a few months later, the Korean War began, and units from Japan began streaming into South Korea. The Eighth United States Army, taking charge of the conflict, requested the activation of three corps headquarters for its growing command of U.N. forces. I Corps was reactivated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on 2 August 1950.[3]
Pusan Perimeter[edit]
Advance elements of the headquarters took their place in the Pusan perimeter on 27 August. The headquarters, designated "Task Force Jackson", assumed control of the South Korean I Corps, the 21st Regimental Combat Team, and the 3rd Battalion Combat Team of the 9th Infantry Regiment. On 12 September, under command of Lieutenant General Frank W. Milburn, the corps became operational.[28] It took command of the 1st Cavalry Division, 24th Infantry Division, and South Korean 1st Infantry Division, along with the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade, defending the Naktong River area against attacking North Korean units.[29]
Amphibious landings at Inchon by X Corps hit North Korean forces from behind, allowing I Corps and IX Corps to break out of Pusan. Four days later I Corps troops pushed northward against crumbling enemy opposition to establish contact with forces of the 7th Infantry Division driving southward from the beachhead. Major elements of the North Korean Army were destroyed and cut off in this aggressive penetration; the link-up was effected south of Suwon on 26 September.[28] The offensive was continued northwards, past Seoul, and across the 38th Parallel on 1 October. The momentum of the attack was maintained, and the race to the North Korean capitol, Pyongyang, ended on 19 October when elements of the South Korean 1st Infantry Division and U.S. 1st Cavalry Division both entered the city. The advance continued, but against unexpectedly stiffening enemy resistance. On 25 October the first Chinese prisoners on the Eighth Army front were taken by I Corps troops. By the end of October the city of Chongju, forty miles from the Yalu River border of North Korea, had been captured.[28]
Chinese Intervention[edit]
On 27 November, China entered the war on the side of North Korea against the UN. Massed Chinese attacks were immediately launched against troops of the corps. The Eighth Army suffered heavy casualties, ordering a complete withdraw to the Imjin River, south of the 38th parallel, having been devastated by the overwhelming Chinese force.[30] In the wake of the retreat, the disorganized Eighth Army regrouped and re-formed. I Corps relinquished command of the 1st Cavalry Division, the 24th Infantry Division, and the 27th British Brigade, taking command of the 3rd Infantry Division and the 25th Infantry Division in their place.[31] On 1 January 1951, 500,000 Chinese troops attacked the Eighth Army's line at the Imjin River, forcing them back 50 miles and allowing the Chinese to capture Seoul.[30] The Chinese eventually advanced too far for their supply lines to adequately support them, and their attack stalled. The Eighth Army, battered by the Chinese assault, began to prepare spring offensives to retake lost ground.[32]
Following the establishment of defenses south of the capital city, General Matthew B. Ridgway ordered I, IX, and X Corps to conduct a general counteroffensive against the Chinese forces, Operation Thunderbolt.[33] Between February and March, the corps participated in Operation Killer, pushing Chinese forces north of the Han River.[34] This operation was quickly followed up with Operation Ripper, which retook Seoul in March.[35] After this, Operations Rugged and Dauntless in April saw Eighth Army forces advance north of the 38th parallel and reestablish themselves along the Kansas Line and Utah Line, respectively.[33]
As I Corps troops approached the Iron Triangle formed by the cities of Chorwon, Kumhwa, and Pyongyang, Chinese resistance increased.[28] By that time, the 1st South Korean Infantry Division was relieved from the corps and assigned to one of the Korean corps. The 1st Cavalry Division was returned to the corps in its place.[31]
In late April, the Chinese launched a major counterattack.[36] Though the 24th and 25th Infantry Divisions were able to hold their ground against the Chinese 9th Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) Army Corps, the South Korean 6th Infantry Division, to the east, was destroyed by the 13th CPV Army Corps, which penetrated the line and threatened to encircle the American divisions.[37] The 1st Marine Division and 27th British Commonwealth Brigade were able to drive the 13th Army Corps back while the 24th and 25th Divisions withdrew on 25 April.[38] The line was pushed back to Seoul but managed to hold.[38]
In September, the UN Forces launched another counteroffensive with the 24th Infantry Division at the center of the line, west of the Hwachon Reservoir.[39] Flanked by the South Korean 2nd and 6th Divisions, the 24th advanced past Kumwha, engaging the 20th and 27th CPV Armies.[39] In November, the Chinese attempted to counter this attack, but were unsuccessful. It was at this point, after several successive counteroffensives that saw both sides fighting intensely over the same ground, that the two sides started serious peace negotiations.[40] In late 1951, the 1st Cavalry Division, depleted after having suffered 16,000 casualties so far in the conflict, was relegated to the Far East reserve to rebuild. It was replaced by the 45th Infantry Division of the Oklahoma Army National Guard, which was newly arrived in the theater.[31]
In March 1952, the corps grew in size as the 25th Infantry Division was relieved from its command and it gained command of 1st British Commonwealth Division and the South Korean 1st Division, 8th Division, and 9th Divisions.[31] In June 1952, a ten-day attack against 45th Infantry Division outposts was repulsed.[28] September 1952 began with renewed enemy attacks against the outposts that protected the main line. Enemy attacks up to regimental size against garrisons of platoon and company strength were turned back by Corps troops. Outposts at Bunker Hill, The Hook, Kelly, Old Baldy Hill, Nori, and Pork Chop Hill were defended in heavy fighting within I Corps' area of responsibility. All along the front, the enemy was driven back with thousands of casualties.[28]
In January 1953, the corps underwent its last major reorganization of the war, losing command of the US 3rd, 24th, and 45th Infantry Divisions, the South Korean 8th and 9th Infantry Divisions, and the British 1st Commonwealth Division, while taking command of the US 2nd, 7th, and 25th Infantry Divisions and the 1st Marine Division.[31] On 23 January 1953, the first major action of the year was initiated with a raid by aggressive infantrymen of the South Korean 1st Infantry Division against the enemy's Big Nori positions. The next months saw many such raids which harassed the enemy, captured prisoners, and destroyed defensive works. Beginning in March, the Communists continually attacked the corps outposts. In that month, troops on Old Baldy were withdrawn, on orders from I Corps, after suffering heavy casualties from the Chinese. On 10 April 1953 Lieutenant General Bruce C. Clarke, who was to see the corps through the remainder of its combat, assumed command.[28]
The fighting on the outposts continued; the 7th Infantry Division stopped wave after wave of troops that the Chinese threw against Pork Chop Hill. Troops of the Turkish Brigade, attached to the 25th Infantry Division, defended Outposts Berlin, Vegas, Carson, and Elko in fierce hand-to-hand combat. They were ordered to evacuate all but the Berlin position at the end of May. The 1st British Commonwealth Division ejected the Chinese after their assault on the Hook. The 1st ROK Division troops were ordered off the positions on Queen, Bak, and Hill 179 when heavy enemy assaults divested them of their tactical value. The closing days of the fighting saw the 7th Infantry Division withdrawn from Pork Chop and the 1st Marine Division ordered to evacuate the Berlin positions for the same reason.[28]
Cold War[edit]
After the 1953 armistice, the defense of the Korean Demilitarized Zone was handled by the South Korean and American armies. The eastern half of the border was handled by the South Korean Army while I Corps took charge in the west. For the next 18 years, the corps oversaw US forces on the DMZ, seeing only occasional incidents with the North Korean army.[31] In 1971, under Nixon's détente policy, the 7th Infantry Division was withdrawn, leaving the 2nd Infantry Division as the only US Army unit in Korea. I Corps remained in Korea as a two-division formation until 1972 when it was reduced to zero strength and was replaced in 1982 by the Third Republic of Korea Army (TROKA).[31]
In 1980, Fort Lewis, Washington was notified of a major change of structure. A corps headquarters was to be activated in March 1982. I Corps was formally activated on 1 October 1981, much earlier than expected.[3] On 1 August 1983, the corps expanded its operational control of active Army units outside Fort Lewis, to include the 7th Infantry Division at Fort Ord, California, and the 172nd Infantry Brigade in Alaska, which then became part of the 6th Infantry Division.[41] In 1988, the distinctive unit insignia was approved for the corps. This was the fourth design held by the corps, with previous versions being approved then retracted in 1942, 1970, and 1982.[1]
Gulf War[edit]
Following the end of the Cold War in 1989, the US government conducted careful restructuring of national priorities and of the defense establishment. Fort Lewis, ideally located to act as a base for mobilization and power projection into the Pacific region, was one of few military bases that did not downsize with the US military overall. Thus, while most of the Army was downsizing, Fort Lewis began to grow, however, several tenant units such as the 9th Infantry Division were downsized.[41]
The 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division became the 199th Infantry Brigade, attached to I Corps, remaining under I Corps until its redesignation as the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, and its departure for Fort Polk, Louisiana in 1993.[41]
Also in 1990, the U.S. intervened in the Middle East with Operation Desert Storm. During that intervention, Fort Lewis deployed 34 active and 25 reserve component units to Saudi Arabia. I Corps also contributed to the command structure, with the I Corps Commander, LTG Calvin A. H. Waller and the Deputy I Corps Commander, MG Paul R. Schwartz, assisting General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, the Commander of the American Forces. I Corps expanded its contingency missions and became a quick-response corps. For several months, I Corps was the nation's worldwide contingency corps, while the XVIII Airborne Corps was engaged in the Gulf War. This caused a good deal of activity on Fort Lewis, as the post restructured itself to support the corps' new mission, and to insure that it had a smooth, rapid departure in case they were needed anywhere in the world. This duty was returned to XVIII Airborne Corps upon its return to the United States. The corps then began to convert to a permanently structured, no-mobilization contingency corps and was placed under the operational control of the United States Army Forces Command. This entailed the addition of a number of active component corps units.[41]
In preparation for these new requirements, Fort Lewis began to receive new corps support units which were coming out of Europe. One of these was the 7th Engineer Brigade which was inactivated on 16 January 1992 and immediately reactivated as the 555th Engineer Group. On 16 February 1992 the 210th Field Artillery Brigade, also from Europe, was activated. In 1997, the 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade moved to Fort Bliss, Texas, to join other air defense brigades. The corps and Fort Lewis would see a reshuffling of units in and out of the area through 2000.[41] Plans were drawn up for emergency operations for I Corps should a major conflict emerge in the Pacific region. Plans exist for I Corps to rapidly deploy in defense of Japan or South Korea.[42]
War on Terrorism[edit]
With the events of 11 September 2001, I Corps began providing support for Army units deploying in support of the War on Terrorism. Its assets were active in providing combat support and combat service support missions, including Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq and the domestic Operation Noble Eagle.[41]
On 4 February 2004, I Corps forward headquarters deployed to Iraq. The element, called Task Force Olympia, deployed to Mosul, Iraq in January 2004, where it assumed its mission from the 101st Airborne Division to form a headquarters to exercise command and control of all coalition and Iraqi forces in northern Iraq. It coordinated the efforts of both of the active Stryker Brigade Combat Teams, attached engineers, civil affairs, signal, and other supporting units as well as Iraqi security forces, eventually numbering more than 12,000. The Iraqi security forces included four Civil Defense Corps battalions, three Border Police battalions, several thousand members of the Iraq Facility Protection Security Forces and an Armed Forces battalion. After more than a year in Iraq, the corps forward headquarters handed over responsibility for northern Iraq to the soldiers of Task Force Freedom and 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in February 2005.[41]
In 2008, it was announced that I Corps was to deploy to Iraq in 2009, to replace XVIII Airborne Corps in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Soldiers of the corps trained for a year in preparation for the deployment, which began on 9 April 2009.[43] I Corps filled the role of Multi-National Corps - Iraq at Al-Faw Palace. In January 2010, Multi-National Corps - Iraq integrated with Multi-National Forces - Iraq (MNF-I) and Multi-National Security Transition Command – Iraq (MNSTC-I) to form United States Forces - Iraq (USF-I). Over its one-year deployment, the corps oversaw the responsible drawdown of major components of US Forces in Iraq.[44] I Corps returned from Iraq in March 2010 following their RIP/TOA with III Corps.[45]
Operation Enduring Freedom[edit]
I Corps headquarters deployed to Afghanistan to serve as the headquarters of the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command (IJC) for a period of one year.[46] The commander of I Corps, LTG Scaparrotti, served concurrently as the commander of the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command and Deputy Commander, U.S. Forces – Afghanistan from July 11, 2011[47] to July 11, 2012.[48]
Asia-Pacific Shift[edit]
I Corps shifted its mission to the Asia-Pacific region in mid-2012. I Corps Commander Lt. Gen. Robert Brown announced this Pacific Rim rebalance during his Change-of-Command Ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. In late 2011, President Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta signaled the Asia-Pacific pivot and made several trips to the region.[49]
I Corps is unique among the active US Army corps in that it is composed of a mixture of active duty and US Army Reserve units in 47 of the 50 U.S. states, for a total of around 20,000 active duty and 20,000 army reserve forces.[42]
I Corps, Fort Lewis, Washington
- 7th Infantry Division based at Fort Lewis, Washington
- 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division based at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company
- 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment (RSTA)
- 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment (Stryker)
- 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment (Stryker)
- 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment (Stryker)
- 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment
- 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion
- 296th Brigade Support Battalion
- 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division based at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company
- 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment (RSTA)
- 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment (Stryker)
- 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment (Stryker)
- 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment (Stryker)
- 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment
- 14th Engineer Battalion
- 2nd Brigade Support Battalion
- 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team[50][51]
- Headquarters Company
- 1st Squadron, 82nd Cavalry Regiment (RSTA)
- 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment (Stryker)
- 3rd Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment (Stryker)
- 1st Battalion, 185th Infantry Regiment (Stryker)
- 2nd Battalion, 146th Field Artillery Regiment
- 898th Brigade Engineer Battalion
- 181st Brigade Support Battalion
- Division Artillery, 2nd Infantry Division based at Fort Lewis, Washington
- 16th Combat Aviation Brigade
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company
- 4th Squadron (Heavy-Attack Reconnaissance), 6th Cavalry Regiment, AH-64E Apache and RQ-7 Shadow
- 1st Battalion (Attack), 229th Aviation Regiment, AH-64E Apache
- 2nd Battalion (Assault), 158th Aviation Regiment, UH-60 Black Hawk
- 1st Battalion (General Support), 52nd Aviation Regiment, UH-60, CH-47 Chinook and UH-60A+ (MEDEVAC) (supporting US Army Alaska)
- 46th Aviation Support Battalion
- 17th Field Artillery Brigade
- 555th Engineer Brigade
- Headquarters & Headquarters Company
- 864th Engineer Battalion
- 3rd Ordnance Battalion (EOD), operational control: 71st Ordnance Group (EOD)
- 110th Chemical Battalion, operational control: 48th Chemical Brigade
- 201st Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade
- 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division based at Fort Lewis, Washington
- 593rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command
- 42nd Military Police Brigade
- 51st Expeditionary Signal Battalion
- 62nd Medical Brigade
The I Corps was awarded seven campaign streamers for service in World War I, three campaign streamers and two unit decorations in World War II, ten campaign streamers and one unit decoration in the Korean War, one unit award during Operation Iraqi Freedom, and one unit award in peacetime, for a total of 20 campaign streamers and five unit decorations in its operational history.[3]
Campaign streamers[edit]
|World War I
|World War I
|World War I
|St. Mihiel
|World War I
|World War I
|Ile de France
|World War I
|World War I
|World War II
|World War II
|New Guinea
|World War II
|Korean War
|UN Defensive
|Korean War
|UN Offensive
|Korean War
|CCF Intervention
|Korean War
|First UN Counteroffensive
|Korean War
|CCF Spring Offensive
|Korean War
|UN Summer-Fall Offensive
|Korean War
|Second Korean Winter
|Korean War
|Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
|Korean War
|Third Korean Winter
|Korean War
|Korea, Summer 1953
|Iraq War
|Iraqi Sovereignty
|2009 - 2010
|Afghanistan War
|Consolidation III
|2011 - 2012
Unit decorations[edit]
|Presidential Unit Citation (Army)
|for fighting in the New Guinea campaign
|Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
|for service in the Philippines during World War II
|Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
|for service in Korea
|Superior Unit Award
|Meritorious Unit Commendation
|for service in Iraq[52]
|Meritorious Unit Commendation
|for service in Afghanistan[53]
See also[edit]
- Fort Lewis Museum
- Complete list of commanders
- I Corps (Union Army)
- I Corps (Army of Northern Virginia, CSA)
- I Corps (Army of Tennessee, CSA)
- III Corps (United States)
- V Corps (United States)
- XVIII Airborne Corps (United States)
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Should We Tolerate Intolerance?
So last week President Obama backed the Ground Zero mosque as a tribute to our country's religious tolerance. But it made me wonder, was he commenting or would he be commenting on the wisdom of making the decision to put a mosque there?
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I was not commenting and I will not comment on the wisdom of making the decision to put a mosque there. I was commenting very specifically on the right people have that dates back to our founding. That's what our country is about. And I think it's very important that as difficult as some of these issues are, we stay focused on who we are as a people and what our values are all about.
So when the chips are down, Barack Obama is more lawyer than president, carefully parsing out manicured statements designed to straddle fences. It sucks, because he could have been awesome.
We already get that Muslims have the same rights as we do and that makes us great, blah, blah, blah. But Obama should have said what really makes us great is that we're not jerks. We have good manners. We think the mosque isn't illegal, just stupid.
If he had said that, he would have been a hero. But he didn't, largely because of fear — not of Islamic rage, but of accusations of "Islamophobia."
The fear of appearing insensitive is driving our government's behavior, which scares me poopless. And by saying his support for the mosque reflects tolerance, Obama kind of suggests the rest of us are intolerant bigots.
The mosque developers know this; it's why they embrace the progressive decoy of choice: tolerance. They desire that we tolerate a doctrine that enforces intolerance. And if you don't tolerate intolerance, then you, in fact, are intolerant.
I'm dizzy.
If Obama had balls, he would have paired his mosque endorsement with a condemnation of Sharia Law, of terror groups like Hamas and then asked the mosque developers to consider Americans who lost family and friends on 9/11. He would have done it in boxers or briefs.
But they don't teach that crap at Harvard Law.
And if you disagree with me you're a racist homophobe who hates to party.
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Yeh Hai Mohabbatein 10th November 2017 Episode start with Ashok asks where are they. Ishita says I m sure they will come. She sees Bhallas coming. Simmi asks where is Shagun. Aaliya says she is shopping. They see Ashok and Ishita. Simmi thinks she reached here also. Aaliya gets glad. Ishita meets them. Simmi says I need to talk to you and takes Ishita. Ishita says you don't greet me these days. Simmi asks her what is she doing here. Ishita asks what drama are you doing, you ruined Raman's business, Ruhi and Raman became rivals, I heard Simmi is managing everything, what happened that everything got ruined, I have come this way if you manage like this.
Simmi asks do you feel that family is yours, you lost the family now, the day you took my daughter's life, you have got the doors shut, you chant Raman's name,he hates your face now, he was helpless to come for this meeting. Ishita says you don't know what's in Raman's heart. Simmi says he is my brother, I have right on him, I have managed him, why are you arguing, you are a murderer, get scared of Lord, you thought the house will break if you leave, I m joining it since 2 years, I m head of the family, its all in my hands, Raman doesn't eat food without asking me, I have won everyone's trust, you can never come back in family, you are just a business investor, you and Ashok are similar, maybe Ashok's money can help the family, don't expect anything else. She goes. Ashok comes and asks what did she say. Ishita says same thing, I have no hopes from her, I will go and find Raman, maybe I can talk to him. He says fine, I will keep an eye on Simmi.
Appa refuses to eat. Amma says we don't need to be hungry for what Ishu did. Kiran gets a courier for Appa. He checks the divorce petition. He shows it to Bala. Bala says Mihika has sent divorce papers and asked us to deliver this to Bhallas. Appa says why did she do this. Bala says she can't give divorce. Amma asks why, what did Romi do with her, Bhallas support their children, not bahus. Bala says Pooja trapped Romi, can't he get a second chance. Amma says mistake is a mistake, have food. Bala thinks Ishu would have solved this problem.
Aaliya and Adi spend some time shopping. Ashok looks for Simmi. He says Simmi changed Bhalla family. Ishita thinks where is Raman. She sees Raman's sketch made. She asks the artist about Raman. The man says I have just drawn his eyes, he was in rush and went towards the church. She asks can I buy it. He says I give it as a gift. She thanks him.
Bala meets Romi. He says you accepted mistake, how to explain Mihika. Romi says she would have talked to me once before sending divorce papers. Bala asks him to think. Romi says she is my wife, I will go Chennai and talk to her. Bala says you are spoiling things more, you can't avoid this divorce. Romi says she is my wife, I love her, I can't live without her, I have to go. Bala says sit, this matter has gone ahead, we have to think out of the box, we can do one thing, courier the divorce papers without signing, say its wrong, tell her to rectify the papers, you will get time, you can meet her and convince that you love her, we also don't want this divorce, I m with you, don't worry. Romi thanks him.
Ishita looks for Raman. Yeh hai mohabbatein….plays…. She sees him sitting in church. She sits beside. She shows the sketch. She says its your pic. He says its of no use to you. She says this pic tells a story. He says incomplete story. She says sorry. He asks why. She says for your incompleteness. He says its not so bad, I have a family, they all love me. She asks do you love everyone. He says there is a difference, you don't expect anything in love. She says because love is not selfish. He says no one loves, they just want, do you know anyone who loves selflessly. She smiles seeing him.
She says Jesus Christ, he gave a sacrifice for love, love doesn't end, love is around us, we have to identify it. She thinks of his words. She prays and thinks something is wrong, you are not normal. He sees her praying and prays. She thinks I will find out what is it. She sees him and smiles. They leave. She says I can't get my sight off from your two eyes, it seems like your eyes are finding something. He says yes, but don't know what. She asks don't you know. He says memories get fading. She says when dear one goes away, life looks so incomplete. He holds her hand and says for the first time, someone understood me, thanks. Simmi comes and sees them. She asks Raman to come for lunch. Ishita says I m also much hungry, shall I join you. He says you are our investor, you can have lunch together.
Yeh Hai Mohabbatein 11th November 2017 Written Episode Update Precap : Raman asks Ishita is she married. She says yes. He says great, whom did you marry. She says my husband is very arrogant. She asks Ashok to get the medicines tested in lab.
Yeh Hai Mohabbatein Details
Ye Hai Mohabbatein is an Indian soap opera which first aired on Star Plus on 3 December 2013. It was created by Ekta Kapoor and is produced by her production company Balaji Telefilms. The show stars Divyanka Tripathi and Karan Patel.
The story is partially based on Manju Kapur's novel, Custody.Set in Delhi, the show follows the love story of Tamil dentist Dr. Ishita Iyer and Punjabi CEO Raman Kumar Bhalla.
Seasons : 1 | Channel : Star Plus | Picture Format : 576i , 1080i | Run Time : 24 Min


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The Bush administration is concerned that Iran has stepped up its covert nuclear program, and the government is now seeking broad international support for an official finding that Tehran has violated its commitment not to produce nuclear weapons, officials said today.
The officials said that the United States was pressing nations that sit on the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency, which oversees peaceful nuclear programs, to declare that Iran has violated the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which it has signed.
Such a finding could lead to punitive action by the United Nations, adding pressure on Iran, which is already nervous about American troops in Iraq, the officials said. The atomic energy agency is to meet on the matter next month.
Administration officials also said today that a new intelligence assessment had led them to conclude that North Korea may have resumed production of small amounts of plutonium, which could be used for nuclear weapons. Previously, intelligence officials had assured the White House that no plutonium was being produced there. [Page A16.]
While the North Korea situation has received more public attention recently, in part because it has acknowledged its nuclear ambitions, administration officials said that Iran was an equally urgent problem because its program is further along than previously thought.Continue reading the main story
''It's not just that Iran is speeding up its nuclear plans,'' an administration official said. ''It's also that we've only recently learned some things about their program that have been going on for two years. There's also a lot of hammering from the Israelis for us to take this problem seriously.''
Of greatest concern is the recent disclosure that Iran has built a uranium enrichment plant at Natanz in central Iran, a site not known to nuclear experts until last year.
The site contains large underground structures believed by intelligence experts to contain centrifuges used in producing highly enriched uranium, a fuel for nuclear weapons.
The Natanz site is said by experts to be more worrisome than the Russian-assisted nuclear reactor at the Persian Gulf city of Bushehr, which they say has the potential of producing weapons-grade plutonium.
In February, Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, led a team of inspectors to Natanz. But American officials said the visit was not a formal inspection, and that Dr. ElBaradei at first seemed reluctant to pronounce the site a nuclear-weapons facility.
Iran maintains that the Natanz site is to be used for peaceful purposes, a position reiterated this week by Iran's nuclear energy director, Gholamreza Aghazadeh, in meetings with the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna.
But American officials say that a recent evaluation of what Dr. ElBaradei found in February, as well as other nations' intelligence, has convinced American and other experts that Natanz is so obviously a weapons facility that the International Atomic Energy Agency can be persuaded to act on it.
''We were surprised by the scale of the discoveries by the director general,'' an administration official said, referring to Dr. ElBaradei. ''We knew that Iran was working on a centrifuge program. But we were surprised by the number of centrifuge pieces waiting to be assembled. They had a hundred-plus centrifuges built, and they were building more.''
American officials said that Dr. ElBaradei now appeared more likely to present a tough picture of the Natanz site at an agency meeting in mid-June. Meanwhile, the administration is pressing Russia, Western European nations and others to get him to do just that.
But the American-led ouster of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, Iran's neighbor and longtime enemy, has complicated matters. There is now sharp disagreement within the administration over whether the new situation gives the United States more leverage over Tehran or less.
As a consequence, administration officials say that they are embroiled in yet another internal debate about how best to deal with Iran's nuclear threat.
This time, the hawkish faction centered at the Pentagon favors working through the United Nations, hoping that the pressure will get Iran to abandon its program. They say that Iran has an incentive to cooperate because of the American military presence next door.
The moderates want the United States to engage in talks with Iran on all the issues of concern in Washington -- not just about nuclear matters but also about American fears of a revolutionary brand of Islamic fundamentalism in Iraq supported by Iranian-backed Shiites.
The United States is also trying to get Iran to stop backing Hezbollah and other militant groups linked to terrorist acts against Israel and American targets around the world. This topic was pressed on Syria, an Iranian ally, last weekend by Secretary of State Colin L. Powell.
Mr. Powell is to return to the region this weekend for meetings in Israel and with leaders of Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Administration officials and other experts say the Iran problem will be a major subject because it has the potential to destabilize the entire region.
''I can't conceive of a viable security order for the Middle East, post-Saddam Hussein, that does not take Iran into account,'' said Flynt Leverett, until recently a senior director of Middle East affairs with the National Security Council staff.
Mr. Leverett, now a fellow with the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution, said the United States had to address both Iran's nuclear weapons capability and its ''continuing willingness to work through proxies on the ground'' to subvert Iraq and other nations in the region.
In the last year, the United States has dealt privately with Iran, administration officials say.
Both Zalmay Khalilzad, the White House envoy, and Ryan Crocker, a deputy assistant secretary of state, have had secret contacts with Iranian officials -- some as recently as earlier this year -- in New York and Europe, the officials said.
Results have been mixed, the officials said. There has been cooperation on ousting the Taliban and Al Qaeda and stabilizing Afghanistan, especially in western parts of the country where Iran has influence.
Iran was also said to have understood American intentions in Iraq, at least in part, some officials said, and tacitly agreed to help with refugees, downed American aircraft and other problems near its border during the recent war.
A possible signal of Iranian willingness to talk with the United States came last month with a call by Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iran's former president, for a referendum on possibly improving relations with the United States. Until now, officials said, such talk would have been anathema.
On the negative side, with the Iraq war over, the United States has been concerned about Iran's possible interference with revolutionary operatives in Iraq loyal to Teheran and uninterested in any efforts by the United States to extend its influence.
Last week, in what officials said was a significant warning to Iran, American forces in Iraq signed a cease-fire with the People's Mujahedeen, a group Washington had designated as a terrorist organization and which opposes Iran and the Iranian-backed groups in Iraq.
The original decision to list the People's Mujahedeen as a terrorist organization was considered a gesture toward Iran. So the cease-fire was said by some in the administration to signal that the United States was determined to play rough in extending its influence in the region.
There are parallels to how the United States is now dealing with Iran and North Korea, the two remaining members of what Mr. Bush called an ''axis of evil.''
As with North Korea, whose nuclear weapons program could lead, if it continues, to the acquisition of nuclear weapons by South Korea, Japan and Taiwan, the United States fears that an Iranian program could lead to nuclear ambitions by Iran's neighbors. They would include Saudi Arabia, which is believed capable of quickly acquiring such weapons from its ally, Pakistan, and Israel, which is already assumed to be an undeclared nuclear weapons state.Continue reading the main story


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In recognition of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month the Women's ... Read More Oct 21 Looking to the future at Rideout Memorial Hospital Most organizations, especially those with long histories, inevitably go through their share of difficulties. Recently, Rideout faced significant challenges and fell short of our community's expectations. The good news is that because of a ... Read More Oct 2 Rideout Clinic Health & Wellness Fair Announced Rideout Health Foundation and Rideout Clinic is proud to host the first annual Rideout Clinic Health and Wellness Fair on Saturday, September 13, 2014 at the Rideout Health Administration parking area located at 989 Plumas Street in Yuba City. Hours ... Read More Oct 2 Breastfeeding: How To and Why To Ease your worries about breastfeeding and learn information on preparing for a successful breastfeeding experience with your newborn at our free educational class. 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Sunday, August 21
Bolton Wanderers v Manchester City
DW Stadium
Kick off: 16.00 BST
TV: Sky Sports1, Highlights, BBC2 Match of the Day
Bolton Wanderers, LLLLLW: 22 Jaaskelainen; 2 Steinsson, 5 Cahill, 12 Knight, 4 Robinson; 7 Eagles, 6 Muamba, 19 Reo-Coker, 10 Petrov; 14 K Davies, 17 Klasnic.
Out: Lee, Mears (both broken leg), Davis, Holden (both knee).
Fitness test: Gardner (groin).
Manchester City, WLWWWW: 1 Hart; 2 Richards, 4 Kopany, 6 Lescott, 13 Kolarov; 21 Silva, 7 Milner, 18 Barry; 42 Yaya Toure; 16 Aguero, 10 Dzeko.
Out: De Jong (foot).
Fitness test: Clichy (leg).
Stat: Bolton have gone 38 Premier League games since they were last involved in a 0-0 draw.
Match notes: Optimism is high for both clubs after an opening weekend which saw 4-0 victories delivered by respective managers Owen Coyle and Roberto Mancini, but something has to give at the Reebok Stadium. City will expect another victory and, with Carlos Tévez due to be considered for selection and Sergio Agüero looking worth every penny of his £35 million transfer fee, another victory for Mancini's men appears on the cards.
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Now, some five years down the road the Internet has gained tremendous momentum as a viable, mainstream advertising medium. And there's a widespread perception that traditional agencies still just don't get it.
The signs are everywhere. Even conservative package-goods behemoth Procter & Gamble Co. left traditional agencies off the invitation list for the main brainstorming session of a two-day new-media summit last summer. Instead, P&G rolled out the carpet for agencies that specialize in new-media communications, the same shops that have been eating Madison Avenue's Internet lunch.
"I think some of the traditional agencies were slow on the uptick," said Richy Glassberg, VP-sales and marketing at Turner Interactive Networks, who sells online advertising to both mainstream and interactive agencies. But "as they've seen their AOR accounts being taken by upstarts, they're taking it more seriously."
Indeed, interactive assignments from megamarketers such as AT&T Corp., IBM Corp. and Kellogg Co. have shifted in recent years from those advertisers' general agencies to interactive shops such as Modem Media-Poppe Tyson, Think New Ideas and Magnet Interactive.
The bottom-line impact is significant. Modem, which at the start of the decade was a small, unknown Connecticut agency specializing in telephone promotions, reported revenues of $30 million for the first nine months of 1998. By comparison, the interactive unit of Ammirati Puris Lintas, New York, claims only $15 million in new-media revenues for the full year.
Chief executives of traditional agencies admit they were slow to figure out the potential of interactive marketing and how to provide services in the niche. Unlike big-budget TV commercials, Internet advertising was considered a geeky craft best left to Silicon Valley gear-heads. Creatives were no more interested in writing banal banner copy than in producing price-discount ads for weekly shoppers.
Besides, the billings weren't there to justify the expense of hiring expensive techies who talked in a language no one understood. And many major marketers weren't yet convinced new media was something they needed to pay attention to.
That's all changing now, and traditional agencies are finally fighting back. As Internet ad revenue approaches $2 billion this year and consumer goods players such as Johnson & Johnson, Levi Strauss & Co. and Toys "R" Us raise their interactive spending, general agencies are embracing interactive with a vengeance.
Their approaches to interactive marketing vary widely. Some have set up interactive units with specialized staff, housed in the same building -- often on the same floor -- as other core disciplines. Others have spun off new media "hothouses" as stand-alone businesses, usually in buildings across town or even across the country. Still others have simply acquired or invested in existing interactive shops.
No matter the approach, though, leading agency executives know that to survive in the next millennium they need to invest heavily in understanding new media and integrating it into their core businesses.
"Interactivity is at the center of where advertising is going to be," said Bob Schmetterer, chairman-CEO of Euro RSCG Worldwide, New York, a $7 billion agency network that has formed a global group linking its 22 interactive units in 12 countries. "How could it not be central to what our business is all about, as opposed to being separate?"
Each Euro RSCG Interactive unit has different competencies depending on its origins, clients and region of operation, said Mr. Schmetterer. Euro RSCG Interactive in Amsterdam, a stand-alone company, concentrates on electronic commerce and database integration for its banking clients. In Sydney, the interactive unit of Euro RSCG Partnership has built a laptop application for Coca-Cola salespeople to use at retail locations to demonstrate creative for in-store campaigns, or to order promotional materials over the Internet.
Now, Euro RSCG is taking the expertise from each interactive agency and translating that to the entire organization. Every 100 days, heads of the agencies meet at different locations around the world to share interactive knowledge and case studies and work on joint projects.
One of the key advantages cited by agencies and marketers for integrating interactive into overall marketing plans is the ability to communicate the brand essence consistently across different media platforms.
"You can't develop the best Web site or the best advertising unless you are bumping up against the heart and soul of the brand," said Steve Farella, exec VP-director of business development and integrated communications at Jordan McGrath Case & Partners, New York. The agency's new-media unit, JMCP Touch Interactive, is integrated with other agency services such as direct marketing and creative.
"JMCP is the best example for P&G where we've worked with an agency that has attempted to develop interactive in-house," said Pete Blackshaw, brand manager-interactive marketing for P&G.
JMCP, the agency of record for P&G's Bounty brand, has developed new forms of interactive advertising for Bounty, such as a sample program for Bounty Rinse & Reuse that lets users wipe up a spill within a banner ad and request a free sample of the product.
"JMCP has a very deep knowledge of the Bounty consumer, and it's enabled us to move into fairly creative strategies for complementing our base Bounty copy," said Mr. Blackshaw.
Agencies that have structured interactive as a group within the agency, most with their own profit-and-loss centers, admit they need to figure out how to acquire the people, skills and knowledge to drive the business forward.
"We are making an investment by centralizing" interactive media, said Ken Kaess, president of North American operations for DDB Needham Worldwide, New York. Last October, the agency formed DDB Digital to oversee interactive work previously handled separately by its offices in New York, Chicago and Dallas.
Now the agency is conducting an audit at each of its six offices (the others are in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle) to determine where to invest in people and technology to add even more interactive capabilities.
But attracting workers with interactive skills, particularly in technical areas such as electronic commerce, has been one of the greatest challenges for all interactive agencies.
"Where is the power and prestige in the company? If it's not in interactive, the best and brightest will not go there," said G.M. O'Connell, CEO of Modem Media-Poppe Tyson, Westport, Conn., which was recently added to IBM's agency roster, and counts AT&T and Delta Airlines among its blue-chip clients.
"At Modem, that is one of our strengths. That's all we do," Mr. O'Connell said, making it easier to attract talent.
"Historically, the best talent has been going to the independents," DDB Needham's Mr. Kaess agreed. "But now, as more general communications agencies like DDB, Ammirati and OgilvyOne invest in interactive, you'll see that begin to shift."
Indeed, two of the new managing partners of DDB Digital, John Young and Matt Freeman, came from Modem-Poppe. Mr. Young was VP-worldwide creative director and Mr. Freeman was executive creative director.
Another key pressure for general agencies is in justifying the expense necessary to run a business that has yet to prove profitable.
"Both sides [agencies and clients] know it's growing in importance, but they're unsure how to make money at it or how effective it can be," said Mr. Kaess.
So, at least for now, most agencies are keeping interactive as a separate unit, and in many cases as a stand-alone business, treating it as a hothouse in which to grow people and skills that eventually will be merged into the overall operation.
"There is pressure to keep it separate," said Martin Puris, chairman-CEO of Ammirati Puris Lintas, New York, whose APL Digital unit now contributes roughly 10% to the agency's total revenues. "The Internet is such an industry in development, with radically different learning curves, but I think it will have to be integrated into all of advertising."
The pressure to keep it separate can come from stockholders and investors who don't want to see an interactive unit's losses dragging down margins of other profit centers. Skyrocketing public offerings have shown Wall Street is willing to bet on the growth potential for Internet businesses.
Still, today there are few executives at traditional ad agencies who believe interactive communications can continue to be set off from their main operations.
"The solution needs to be integrated," said Adam Levine, senior VP-director of iDeutsch, the interactive unit of Deutsch, New York. "When Ikea opens a new store, the business question is, `What should we do?' not `What should we do for interactive, what should we do for direct and what should we do for advertising.' "
Even agencies that keep interactive work entirely separate -- such as Leo Burnett Co., which owns an interactive agency called Giant Step -- say interactive learning is being integrated into the entire agency.
"These types of businesses are not for generalists," said Roger Haupt, vice chairman-chief operating officer at Leo Burnett Co., Chicago. "As the whole world of e-commerce explodes, it's beginning to show signs of having a significant impact on the success of certain types of products. We've all got to be smarter about it."
And while Burnett plans to keep Giant Step as the center of its interactive and e-commerce capabilities, "You can't say any more that direct has nothing to do with e-commerce. Those marketing efforts are moving more closely together," said Mr. Haupt.
Other agency executives point to e-commerce as the defining application that will force agencies to embrace interactive.
"There's no question that e-commerce is the future," said Mr. Puris.
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It was a summer night in 2002, and as I settled into the batter's box with what felt like a thousand people surrounding me and my rapidly deteriorating grandfather slumped into a lawn chair behind home plate, I didn't think about the pressure of a championship game or the overwhelming desire to give the strongest man I ever knew one triumphant final memory. I thought of Tony Gwynn.
I thought of Tony Gwynn virtually every single at-bat and it was important for me not to break habit. So, as I settled into the box, hoping to spark my team to a Pony League championship, thus capping what may have been the greatest baseball summer of my life, I took aim for right field.
Being a small kid–one of the smallest boys, or girls, really, in my class–I always had underwhelming power in the sense that I didn't have any power at all. So from about the time I was old enough to understand Tony Gwynn's greatness, I tried to emulate his style.
I figured that if I could become a right-handed version of Tony Gwynn in the batter's box, flipping singles over the second baseman's head and through the hole on the right side–my own 3.5 hole–I might be able to hang around the game just long enough to call myself a ballplayer.
I wore right field out that summer, spinning softly hit liners gently through/over the infield, occasionally getting lucky enough to have the ball kick into the short corner of McKinley Park so that I could leg out a double and describe it to my friends and family the next day as if I had hammered the ball into the gap.
On this night, however, as I tried to think of Tony Gwynn and how I wanted to attack this at-bat just as Tony would have done, I had another image of Tony sweetly crawl into my brain. I saw that famed exchange at the 1999 All Star Game between Tony and his friend Ted Williams, and I thought deeply about those two enjoying such a beautiful moment when it was clear that Ted didn't have many of those moments left.
I stepped out of the batter's box and looked back at my grandfather in awe of the spectacle. At the time, I wasn't sure if he had any clue that the little boy at the plate was his grandson, but I could tell he was happy.
I stepped back in and flipped a single into right field. We won the game 5-4.
Not even a month later, Ted Williams was gone. The following spring, my grandfather was gone, too, a day after his 82nd birthday. He had cake and remembered my grandmother's face before a heart attack took away his pain.
In the months between the game and his death, I visited my grandfather only a handful of times. I wanted to maintain an image I always had of him at the dinner table, wearing a short-sleeved shirt, farmer's tanned from a hard day's work in the fields and asking someone to pass the salt or the butter in a way that only he could:
With a grunt.
I didn't want to let the Alzheimer's take that away from me.
However, the last couple times I saw him, during a time when I was told he typically didn't remember anything, I had the luxury of him remembering me instantly. More specifically, I had the luxury of him remembering that championship game.
He didn't know that I was emulating Tony Gwynn up there. By that point, he didn't know who Tony Gwynn was, if he ever had (my grandfather was never a huge sports guy).
He didn't know that I had developed an approach to hitting based off some contact hitter in an era where all any of the rest of my friends wanted to do was hit home runs. He just knew that it was me out there, and I had "hit that ball."
Every time I think of Tony Gwynn now, I think of this moment that he gave to me. I think of my grandfather.
When I heard he had passed yesterday morning, I was instantly taken back to that night.
I never met Tony Gwynn. I never got to show him my appreciation for unwittingly giving me one of the best moments of my childhood. I never got to thank him for being the person I most wanted to be on a baseball field.
Many more people did know him, though, and he's been eulogized beautifully by dozens who did have the privilege. They all paint a similar picture: One of a great baseball player and an even better human being.
I don't have a personal story to add. There's no little anecdote where I tell you about a time I met Tony and he made me smile. I just have a summer night in 2002 that will now ALWAYS remind me of Tony Gwynn and my grandfather.
I just wish I'd had the chance to say thank you… to both of them.


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The year is 1879 in South Central Utah. Pioneers belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ-of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) had been in the communities of Cedar and Parowan for just under 20 years. many settlers to the communities had been there for less time than that. It's hard to imaging traveling across the plains by wagon and handcart, only to reach Utah, settling, and being called to settle again in the Cedar City area. This was not the last experience in settling a new area for 250 of these people. In the summer of 1879, church leadership called these 250 people to pick up their belongings and travel to the far southeastern corner of Utah to establish colonies in what would be known as "the San Juan Mission", named after the San Juan River which flowed through that country. The church had hopes that settlement of the area would help to ease tensions with native American tribes in the area, as well as bring stability to the area. This area was one of the very few remaining areas in the continental US to be explored and mapped, due to it's ruggedness. The canyon of the Colorado River proved impossible to cross, and the 2 existing routes into the area took travelers nearly 200 miles around these impassible features. It was determined that the party would seek a more direct path, as the area was only about 135 miles in a straight line from the Cedar City area.
|Murals at the Hole-in-the-Rock Heritage Center depict scenes from wagon venturing down the road constructed at the "hole"
|Looking up the Hole-in-the-Rock
Powder was in short supply, and it was soon determined there was not enough for the job. To improvise, the party blasted holes in which they drove poles which created a base to tack the road to the side of the lower ledge. Blasting above continued to create the fill for the road. A barge was built on the river below to allow the wagons to be ferried across the river.
|Looking down the hole to Lake Powell below.
If you have not made the journey I highly recommend it! True, it is a long way through desolate country, but if you really try to envision what this group went through it becomes a very special experience. Let me break down a few ideas to make the trip more entertaining, and to enhance your experience:
|Dance Hall Rock served as a natural "dance hall" and gathering place for religious services and other gatherings for the members of the San Juan Mission Expedition
- Hole-in-the-Rock Heritage Center. Be sure to start the trip off right by visiting the heritage center located on the east side of Escalante, right off of highway 12. Here you become better acquainted with the background and history of the story, including a replica of the type of wagon used, interpretative displays, and amazing murals depicting the passage down Hole-in-the-Rock, and the amazing story of "The Last Wagon". The Heritage Center is a work in progress, we look forward to the final phase to be completed in the future.
- Stops Along the Way. It's only 70 miles from Escalante, but it's a very windy road, full of ups and downs and is quite often rough, which slows your travel. There are many amazing natural wonders to check out on your way. A stop at the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument visitor center on the west side of Escalante, just off of highway 12 as well will help you locate some of these beautiful areas. We opted to check out a couple of our favorites, the dinosaur tracks near 20 mile wash (off of the Colletts Canyon road), Devil's Rock Garden (just before the 20 mile wash, very well marked), and Dance Hall Rock, which is about 40 miles down the road.
- Plan for Almost a Full Day. This is very remote country. There are no services once you leave the pavement. Cell Phone service is sketchy at best. Take plenty of food and water, first aid, etc. Take what you would need to spend a night if the worst were to happen. The road is improved, but again can get a lot of washboards and loose rock. We ruined a tire from a rock puncture on our outing.
- Spring and Fall are Best. Being outside was not much fun on our trip! The best times to beat the hear are from March-May, and September-November. Do yourself a favor and go when the weather is cool, or consider very early morning before it gets hot!
- It's a lot Further Down than it Looks! I know several people that have began the hike down to Lake Powell below, only to turn around to come back up. It is just over a mile down to the lake, and nearly a 1,200 foot drop in elevation. The road base is no longer visible, having been washed away long ago by wind and water. Now large boulders littler the bottom, requiring a bit of strenuous hiking, and even climbing up and down short (10 foot) ledges. Wear proper footwear and take plenty of water!
|Hole-in-th-Rock Arch through the Phone Skope.
|Even in the desert country of the Glen Canyon area you can find an amazing display of color and life.


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I'm re-posting this because it has been awhile since I posted it and my post on Monday will be Return to Shirley Plantation-the first of the Civil War Series.
Murray Pura has woven a unique story transcending time and circumstances in The Last Waltz, Volume 2 of his Civil War Series.
Charity Davis, the wife of farmer Mitchell Davis, has been caring for the farm since he and their two sons joined the Army to fight in the Civil War. They have been gone for two years, and her loneliness has become an ache.
One day Charity sees a regiment of soldiers and runs down the long road from her house to meet them, asking if any have seen her husband Mitchell. Finally giving up, she heads back to the farm only to hear her name called. Turning, she sees her beloved Mitchell propped up on his horse between two other soldiers.
Charity is understandably upset over Mitchell's wound, but she soon becomes happier when learning he will be able to stay overnight.
As they talk, Mitchell reads to Charity of King Hezekiah's request of the Lord in Isaiah 38. Mitchell shares how the passage prompted him to pray for one perfect day with Charity.
So begins their extraordinary day together before Mitchell returns back to his regiment.
Murray richly portrays their love and joy in each other throughout their amazing day together. A day filled with laughter, love and foreshadowing, a day to cherish forever.
This book was given to me free of charge through The Book Club Network in exchange for an honest review.


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Inspired by the fifties and all of the lovely vintage glam that that decade holds, Essential Wedding Design crafted a shoot of the honeymooning kind. We are talking trains, classic cars and loads of vintage details perfect for a getaway for two. Natalie Howe Photography captured all the prettiness behind this shoot and every image is ripe with steal-worthy details. See it all here!
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From Essential Wedding Design...The fifties are a timeless, genuine and captivating moment in time, something that can feel out of reach and forgotten. I wanted to capture the chivalry and eminence of this time in its essence and bring it to life. Instead of making the shoot a 50's wedding theme, I opted for a honeymoon getaway style. This allowed the shoot to be dressy, smart and cute.
I wanted to create authenticity to this shoot in its decor, using locations, clothing and accessories which accentuated the time. Using timeless and textured locations of an old stadium, picket fences, an old train station and a lagoon, meshed with beautiful vintage clothes and accessories, our décor became true.
In doing this shoot I wanted people to be re-introduced to this time and how beautiful and amazing it can be. Using themes in your wedding can be such a stunning element which will individualize your day uniquely to your style.
Planning, Styling + Design: Essential Wedding Design / Photography: Natalie Howe Photography / Attire + Accessories: Village Vintage / Make-up + Hair: Helen Sotis Make Up / Flowers: Designer Wedding Flowers / Jewellery: The Joy of Pearls / Cars: Silver Lined Chevys


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The leak of the huge cache of offshore data in the Panama Papers reveals decades-old shell companies — many of which fraudsters have used to launder money and hide crimes. How can fraud examiners use the data? Will the revelations cause governments to overcompensate with overbearing regulations? Or will the exposé ultimately be ignored because unethical systems are so entrenched?
The shelling continues. The Panama Papers have revealed scores of global politicians, business leaders and celebrities as beneficiaries of shell companies — some suspicious, others legitimate. On April 3, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung and more than 100 other news organizations
released a leaked cache of 11.5 million records from the Mossack Fonseca law firm in Panama. Some 400 journalists secretly collaborated for more than a year to publish or broadcast the story on the same day.
And on May 9, the ICIJ
posted a searchable database of the nearly 214,000 offshore entities created in 21 jurisdictions — from Nevada to Hong Kong and the British Virgin Islands. The database also displays information about more than 100,000 additional offshore entities ICIJ had already disclosed in its 2013 Offshore Leaks Investigation. Just plug in a name, and find the dirt.
We've read all those headlines, but what do the Panama Papers mean for fraud examiners? Can we use these databases in our jobs? Will the release of this immense amount of information even incrementally nudge corporations toward greater transparency and encourage governments to greater regulation?
"For those fraud examiners who have skills in investigating international money laundering, bribes, tax evasion and similar acts, it will present many opportunities for investigative work," says Regent Emeritus Bruce Dubinsky, CFE, CFF, CPA, managing director at Duff and Phelps, LLC.
"For example, hedge funds that operate throughout the world should be examining the entities with which they're conducting business to ascertain if in fact they are mere shell companies," Dubinsky says. "The last thing you want if you're a hedge fund are the regulators — or worse yet — law enforcement showing up on your front step with subpoenas. That doesn't make for a good Monday morning."
Dubinsky says multinational companies also need to take a close look at the list of entities with whom they're doing business for the same reasons.
"You'll most certainly see an uptick in enforcement from the IRS and other taxing authorities worldwide. If you have a tax background as well, working with clients and assisting them with these investigations will be very important," Dubinsky says. "Most law enforcement policy makers will tell you that using an independent outside party to conduct the investigation or assist during an investigation brings much needed credibility to a situation that already may be sorely lacking such credibility."
Martin S. Kenney, CFE, managing partner of Martin Kenney & Co., an international fraud and asset recovery law firm based in the British Virgin Islands, says the Panama Papers will be helpful to fraud examiners as a source of leads and intelligence for investigations. He laments, however, that the ICIJ's release of names of the companies, directors and shareholders isn't helpful enough for fraud examiners.
"We need access to the emails, the invoices, the payment records, and most importantly of all, the 'ultimate beneficial owner' (UBO) identification and know-your-customer (KYC) documents collected on each company formed by Mossack Fonseca," says Kenney, the 2014 recipient of the ACFE's Cressey Award.
But therein lies the crux of this massive information deficiency. Corporations (and shell company formation firms) should use their KYC protocols to identify the UBOs, but many don't do it for fear of what they might find. Or they just don't care.
The ongoing migration of refugees from areas dominated by ISIS into Europe is the largest mass movement of people since World War II, according to a European Union official. United Nations figures show that 50 million people have been driven from their homes by violence in the Middle East and Africa, with Syria the hardest hit.
ISIL, or ISIS, needs lots of currency, of course, to expand its terrorist reach into the Middle East. And it's not above committing fraud to raise funds.
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Let's face it, the stock Android Messaging app really sucks! So time to try something new, but it has to be pretty special, right? It's here, it's called Textra and it's a seriously beautiful way to text.
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