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Current Project(s): 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines

To Do List: Get Hood event to featured article status Get Industrial warfare to good article status Battle of Tsushima Cryptonomicon Islamic conquests Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island The Message Saburo Sakai

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Contents 1 Featured Articles 2 Good Articles 3 Peer Review/Nomination 4 Other Projects 5 Other Contributions 5.1 Culture and society 5.2 Education 5.3 Geography and places 5.4 History 5.5 Literature 5.6 Media 5.7 Politics and government 5.8 Religion 5.9 Userboxes 5.10 War 6 Source Material 7 Wall of Fame 8 Travels

[edit] Featured Articles

• Battle of Badr - Muhammad's decisive defeat in 624 of his Quraish opponents in Mecca was a key event in Islamic History. (Last edited on 2007-03-29)
• Ran (film) - This 1985 Jidaigeki film based on William Shakespeare's King Lear took Japanese director Akira Kurosawa almost ten years to make. (Last edited on 2006-07-16)
• Starship Troopers - Robert A. Heinlein's controversial science fiction novel about powered armor warfare from an infantryman's perspective. (Last edited on 2006-07-16)
• Triumph of the Will - Leni Riefenstahl's ground-breaking propaganda film about the 1934 Nazi Party Nuremberg Rally. (Last edited on 2007-03-04)

[edit] Good Articles

• 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines - A United States Marine Corps battalion in the 3rd Marine Regiment, based out of Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kāne'ohe.
• Hood event - An incident following the 2003 Invasion of Iraq where a group of Turkish special forces operating in Iraqi Kurdistan were imprisoned by the 173d Airborne Brigade. (Last edited on 2006-03-18)

[edit] Peer Review/Nomination

[edit] Other Projects

• Industrial warfare - A period in the history of warfare brought on by the Industrial Revolution which saw the advent of rifling, steel, and the internal combustion engine.

• Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island - One of only two facilities in the United States Marine Corps which trains enlisted Marines.

• Saburo Sakai - The most famous Japanese fighter pilot to survive the Pacific War, credited with over sixty kills.

[edit] Other Contributions

[edit] Culture and society

Major Contributions: Delta Upsilon

[edit] Education

Major Contributions: John Mearsheimer
Minor Contributions: Robert Pape

[edit] Geography and places

Minor Contributions: Midway atoll

[edit] History

Minor Contributions: Space Shuttle Challenger disaster · Hitler in popular culture · Nuremberg Rally

[edit] Literature

Created: Books, films, and games influenced by Starship Troopers · Template:Heinlein (Novel) · Juan Rico · Osprey Publishing · Peter Huchthausen · Samurai!

Major Contributions: Battle of Klendathu

Minor Contributions: Morgan Robertson · Terran Federation-Bugs conflict

[edit] Media

Created: Characters in Ran (film) · The Empty Mirror · Mieko Harada · Template:Riefenstahl · Der Sieg des Glaubens · Starship Troopers (OVA) · Tag der Freiheit

Major Contributions: Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade · Kagemusha · The Lord of the Rings film trilogy · The Message (film) · Rhapsody in August · Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles · Takashi Shimura

Minor Contributions: Akira Kurosawa · The Battleship Potemkin · Cinema of Japan · Das Boot · Films that have been considered the greatest ever · House of Cards · Leni Riefenstahl · List of Planetes episodes · Planetes · Propaganda film · Red Beard · Red Dawn · The Seven Samurai · Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan · Tatsuya Nakadai · Titanic (1943 film) · Tora! Tora! Tora!

[edit] Politics and government

Major Contributions: 1920 Revolution Brigade

Minor Contributions: Donald Rumsfeld · Indira Gandhi · Opposition to U.S. foreign policy

[edit] Religion

Major Contributions:

Minor Contributions: Amr ibn Hishām · Islamic conquests · Islam in the United States · Jibreel · List of American Muslims · Umar Faruq Abd-Allah

[edit] Userboxes

Created: Chicago · DeltaU · New York City · PresidentBush · UChicago · WikiProject Films · US military recruit

Major Contributions: Muslim · US military

[edit] War

Created: Campaignbox Charles Martel · Campaignbox Muslim Conquest · Campaignbox Mongol invasions · Campaignbox Reconquista · Campaignbox Rise of Islam · Hood event · Industrial warfare · Richard T. Spooner · Siege of Taif

Major Contributions: · Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island · Template:History of war

Minor Contributions: 1st Battalion 3rd Marines · Afghanistan Campaign Medal · Afrika Korps · Battle of Midway · Battle of Tsushima · Gunpowder warfare · Iraq Campaign Medal · Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal · Medal of Honor · Recruit training · Rodger Young · Saburo Sakai · USS Arizona (BB-39)

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[edit] Wall of Fame

I hereby award Palm_Dogg this barnstar for his ceaseless pursuit of excellence on the difficult article Ran (film). Estarriol 10:08, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Pepsidrinka awards this Barnstar to you for your excellent work at Battle of Badr.

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[edit] Travels

From:	United States
Going Soon:	Iraq
Been to (US):
Been to (Non-US):	Australia  Austria  Belgium  Canada  China  France  Germany  Hong Kong  Italy  Japan  Luxembourg  Switzerland  Turkey  United Kingdom  Vatican City
Had a chance to:	Egypt  Greece  India  Israel  Mexico  Vietnam
Want to:	Cuba  Iran  Mongolia  Philippines  Pakistan  Russia  Saudi Arabia  South Africa  Republic of Korea

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