The notice said that he was 20, an Army specialist from Douglaston, Queens.

The dull pain began three weeks ago when her 21-year-old son, an Army specialist, was told that he was shipping out to Somalia.

Army environmental specialists have detected TCE at neighboring residential and school properties.

A 22-year-old Army specialist from Brooklyn was killed in Iraq on Sunday when another soldier's gun discharged, the authorities said.

One Army specialist wrote home: "We are transforming a once sick society into a hopeful place.

Her son, Casey, a 24-year-old Army specialist, was killed in a Sadr City ambush last year.

Two Dutch Army specialists were slightly wounded when one device exploded after it had been removed.

"You can feel it in the air," an Army specialist from San Antonio said.

"It don't taste so good," an Army specialist from Texas said.