DoD Identifies Navy Casualty Mosul dining facility

U.S. Department of DefenseOffice of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)News Release On the Web: defenselink.mil/releases/ Media contact: Navy Public Affairs -(703) 697-5342 Public contact: dod.mil/faq/comment or +1 (703) 428-0711 +1 No. 1321-04 IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 27, 2004

DoD Identifies Navy Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Chief Joel Egan Baldwin, 37, of Arlington, Va., died in Mosul, Iraq on Dec. 21, when the dining facility was attacked.

Baldwin was assigned to Navy Mobile Construction Battalion 77, Gulfport, Miss.

For further information related to this release, contact Navy Public Affairs at (703) 697-5342.

Secretary Mineta Launches Holiday Air Travel Disruption Investigation

DOT 215-04 December 27, 2004 Contact: Sarah Echols Tel.: (202) 366-4570

Secretary Mineta Launches Holiday Air Travel Disruption Investigation

U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta today asked the agency’s Inspector General to join with the Department’s Office of Aviation and International Affairs and Office of General Counsel to investigate travel disruptions that impacted US Airways and Comair passengers over the 2004 holiday travel weekend.

The Secretary stressed, “It is important that the Department and the traveling public understand what happened, why it happened, and whether the carriers properly planned for the holiday travel period and responded appropriately to consumer needs in the aftermath.” END

A copy of the Secretary’s memorandum to the Inspector General is available in PDF form on the U.S. Department of Transportation website.