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The next logical step WRT speedcams? H/t, CAPT H, natch.
War is Boring -
except when it isn't.
A reality of having a job where you aren't selling something or building something, but have to be ready to do it on short-notice is... your time gets filled with training. Some good. Some bad. Most of it relative PC nonsense where everybody gets brainwashed because of a few idiots with more gonad than brain.
CJ, over at A Soldier's Perspective, laments the latest thing added to his plate. From *this* soldier's perspective, the training that caused CJ to put the post up is not a bad thing - but the litany of other stuff is indicative of what I was alluding to. -the Armorer
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In today's
From the Front: (Click on link to read stories highlighted below)
Bouhammer: Four days of Hell
Afghanistan My Last Tour: Elections in 3 days
At War: Who Are the Taliban?
Embedded in Afghanistan: Ballots
Helmand Blog - Afghanistan: Army officer defused 13 bombs in just 36 hours
Boss Mongo: Combat Advising: Midwifery
US commander in Iraq wants troops in disputed land
Iraqi Police train with their own working dogs
Odierno Proposes Three-Part Security Force for Northern Iraq
Iraq May Hold Vote On U.S. Withdrawal
For Afghan Women, Rights Again at Risk
Militia Commander Campaigns for Karzai
Bomb attack kills 7 in Kabul; UN staff among dead
Taliban Kills Provincial Candidate In Afghanistan
AND MORE...
- David M
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Read the complete post at http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/08/hi_fires_18_aug_2.html
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Aug 18 2009, 10:07 PM
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