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  • Military Roundup 30 Apr 2010

    Photo of the Day: USS Green Bay visits Pearl Harbor Women to serve on U.S. submarines Communists celebrate 35th anniversary of end of Vietnam War Iran: Iranian reconnaissance plane buzzes USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, Navy downplays incident: “From our perspective...
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  • Those Crazy Iranians

    First, they buzz one of our ships: An Iranian maritime patrol aircraft buzzed the carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower at sea in the Middle East last week, passing within 1,000 yards of the ship, but American defense officials sought to downplay the encounter...

  • Best Sapper Competition 2010

    U.S. Army soldiers jump from a hovering CH-47 Chinook helicopter during the helo-cast event on day two of the Best Sapper Competition, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., April 20, 2010. The Best Sapper Competition gives engineers throughout the Army the opportunity...

  • A perfect day in DC

    There are many reasons to hate this town. Today it was easy to ignore them. Sheer perfection and I played hooky this afternoon to smell the cherry blossoms. Bliss.

  • Holiday Demotivator

    The always reprehensible Sniper has delivered again w/ some Demotivators in honor of the US Navy turning some Somali clowns into flotsam and jetsam.

  • Local Nationals inform Marines

    Marines blow up a roadside bomb in Marjah in Helmand province of southern Afghanistan. IEDs continue to get discovered as local nationals continue to inform Marines of potential attacks. This is very significant progress for Coalition Forces.

  • Some Monday radio

    I'm guest-hosting Frank Gaffney's Secure Freedom Radio show today and if you gotta have it, you can get it streaming here at 5 pm Eastern. I will post the podcast links when they go live. I will have David Bellavia on as a guest because I miss...

  • Wikileaks or agitprop?

    I think the idea behind Wikileaks has merit. If you're a whistleblower, and are troubled by something you see, but afraid of facing consequences for pushing it out there, it could be a useful outlet. On the other hand, not all whistleblowers are doing...

  • COIN: Know when to say when

    To conduct an effective counterinsurgency (COIN) campaign, it is my understanding that one must also have a legitimate government that has the support of the people. But Afghan president Hamid Karzai recently told members of parliament that he would join...
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  • Yankees Fan saves a life at the game - happens to be OIF vet

    Edward B sends this story about an OIF vet, a SSG medic in the Connecticut National Guard, who was with his brother, an Infantryman on mid-tour leave from Afghanistan, at the Yankees game. SSG Stone witnessed a woman choking and sprang into action...full...

  • General Sorenson Gets it

    This whole Wikileaks fiasco, in which CENTCOM's PAO got p0wned by an Annie Lennox lookalike had me really down. But apparently there are isolated pockets of the Army that really do get it, and are capable of creativity, and I'd like to single...

  • 29,000,000 free Iraqis may disagree

    I know I disagree. I certainly believe there should be a monument to our OIF heroes - but not for the reason this guy wants it: Yet even as we leave [Iraq], we should not forget. Common decency demands that we honor the service and sacrifice of those...
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  • Michael Yon wake up call

    I did not want to write this, but I think it is important to do so. I'm not the only one who believes that either; the sentiment is fairly widespread. A number of members of our community have tried to help Yon out and have seen the same kind of behavior...

  • Military Roundup 19 Apr 2010

    Photo of the Day: Photo of AF's mystery spacecraft to launch Wednesday Syrian Missile Crisis: Israel now considers Hizballah part of the Syrian army and will respond to the terrorist group's missile attacks by attacking Syria. Syria has shipped...

  • A liberal says the right thing about the military

    I don't agree w/ Peter Beinart much on policy, but he is w/o a doubt one of the better people on the left. He is often paired w/ Jonah Goldberg for debate and it is consistently high quality. He has a piece today at the Daily Beast that says some...
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