Bryant Neal Vinas (born December , ; also Ibrahim, Bashir al-Ameriki and Ben Yameen al-Kanadeeis) is a Hispanic Muslim American convicted of participating in and supporting Al-Qaeda plots in Afghanistan and the U.S.Rashbaum, William K. and Souad Mekhennet.. New York Times July , After converting to Islam in , he traveled to Waziristan, Pakistan in with the intention of meeting and joining a jihadist group to fight U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. He was accepted into al-Qaeda and received training in general combat and military explosives. He also volunteered detailed information about the operation of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) system to a senior al-Qaeda leader to help plan a bomb attack on an LIRR commuter train in New York&#;s Penn Station. Subsequently, he participated in two al-Qaeda rocket attacks on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan in September . He was captured by Pakistani forces in and transferred to FBI custody. In January , he pleaded guilty to all three charges against him. After cooperating with law enforcement and testifying in two European terrorism trials, Vinas was sentenced in May to three months in prison additionally to the time that he had already served. He will remain under tight supervision for the rest of his life.

The Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) is a component command of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and is charged to study special operations requirements and techniques to ensure interoperability and equipment standardization; to plan and conduct special operations exercises and training; to develop joint special operations tactics; and to execute special operations missions worldwide.

September southern Israel cross-border attack refers to an incident on September , when three Egyptian militants, who were dressed in civilian clothes, armed with two explosive belts, and carrying AK- rifles and RPG launchers, approached the Egypt-Israel border at an area where the Israel-Egypt barrier remained incomplete, and opened fire on a group of IDF soldiers securing the civilian workers who were constructing the border fence.

USS The Sullivans (DDG-), an Aegis guided missile destroyer, is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the five Sullivan brothers – George, Francis, Joseph, Madison, and Albert Sullivan, aged to – who lost their lives when their ship,, was sunk by a Japanese submarine in November in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal (the first ship named for them was). This was the greatest military loss by any one American family during World War II.