September 2011 - Michael Yon Online

Censorship Threat from US Army Public Affairs

28 September 2011 A US Army Captain named Carbone barged into my tent and physically assaulted me. The interesting backstory is studded with ill-discipline inside the 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion here in Afghanistan. The 443rd might need some intervention...

Published Wed, Sep 28 2011 9:05 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Michael Yon's War

Republished: 27 September 2011 Author: D.B. Grady 1 June 2010 It began with a bridge. On the morning of March 1, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated on Tarnak River Bridge near Kandahar, Afghanistan, killing multiple civilians and one...

Published Tue, Sep 27 2011 1:24 PM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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The Long Walk

27 September 2011 Surprises are everywhere. Behind these doors could be a thousand pounds of explosives waiting for the patrol. Or there might be a cow and some chickens. Under every step is a surprise. You mustn’t think about it, and you must never forget...

Published Tue, Sep 27 2011 8:19 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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War Boy

26 September 2011 Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan Task Force Spartan, 4-4 Cav The boy knew it would be loud. He looked to the Soldier. He waited for the shots. The Afghan Soldiers had seen armed men shadowing us. This one said they had...

Published Mon, Sep 26 2011 4:38 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Threat from American Soldier

25 September 2011 Kandahar Province, Afghanistan Every American service member is a representative of the United States of America. If an American Soldier were to write about President Obama, “I want to rip his head off and piss down his windpipe!” we...

Published Sun, Sep 25 2011 12:17 PM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Grapes

23 September 2011 Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan Task Force Spartan, 4-4 Cav Many Americans have died in these vineyards. Canadian blood has fertilized this ground, and we kill Taliban in these fields daily. We watch them through UAVs...

Published Fri, Sep 23 2011 5:17 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Afghanistan Update: Taliban Losing on Battlefield, But Making Progress in Media War

22 September 2011 Description from Glenn Reynolds: Want some good news? Our troops are fighting and winning in Afghanistan. Combat journalist Michael Yon calls Glenn Reynolds from the "Birthplace of the Taliban" to report on military action...

Published Thu, Sep 22 2011 4:22 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Every Step is Your Last

21 September 2011 Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan Task Force Spartan, 4-4 Cav The moon in September was special and the war kept going. Bombs are planted everywhere. The dogs catch some, but the dogs will get blown up, too. Task Force Spartan...

Published Wed, Sep 21 2011 5:21 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Captain Chainsaw

16 September 2011 Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan 4-4 Cav, Task Force Spartan The enemy has figured out the strategy here in Zhari but they have been unable to stop it. Day by day, Task Force Spartan is constricting the Taliban battlespace...

Published Fri, Sep 16 2011 10:52 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Narco-Poetry

Opium paste 15 September 2011 FOB Pasab, Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan 4-4 Cav, Task Force Spartan Three 82mm rockets hit base this morning, causing two wounded, but that’s about it so far today other than some potshots off base. Well...

Published Thu, Sep 15 2011 9:06 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Peanut Butter is Good

14 September 2011 FOB Pasab, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan Nobody will have fought a full tour in Southern Afghanistan without bearing witness to a thousand helicopter flights. Before this flight, the pilots and crew check the two Black Hawks from tires...

Published Wed, Sep 14 2011 7:43 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Afghan Faces

13 September 2011 Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan Today there were some attacks far away in Kabul. The attacks meant practically nothing from a military perspective but they garnered much press. We’ve seen this unfold many times in many...

Published Tue, Sep 13 2011 10:03 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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ANSF, CF Air Assault Operation Leads to Large Cache Find, Enemy Tunnel System Destroyed

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PR #: 20110912-001 NEWS RELEASE ANSF, CF Air Assault Operation Leads to Large Cache Find, Enemy Tunnel System Destroyed ZHARAY DISTRICT, Afghanistan – Afghan National Security Forces partnered with coalition forces and conducted...

Published Tue, Sep 13 2011 5:46 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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One Night in Zhari

4-4 Cav Soldiers firing a 40mm mortar on the evening of 20 August 2011. 12 September 2011 Note: This rough dispatch was written over many days during slivers of time between prepping gear and going on missions. Different sentences were written at different...

Published Mon, Sep 12 2011 7:58 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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New Britches

07 September 2011 Kandahar Province, Afghanistan American troops have been losing their britches in combat. Until now, I’ve never seen so many troops exposing their hardware in battle. Many warriors go “commando” into the fighting, meaning that in the...

Published Wed, Sep 07 2011 4:58 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Afghanistan Update: Taliban Losing on Battlefield, But Making Progress in Media War

Every Step is Your Last

Captain Chainsaw

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Peanut Butter is Good

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ANSF, CF Air Assault Operation Leads to Large Cache Find, Enemy Tunnel System Destroyed

One Night in Zhari

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