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  • An American Soldier

    AW1 Tim has a really nice post about a friend of his son's who died in Afghanistan and actually inspired Tim's son to join the military. Every life lost is a tremendous cost and we salute PFC Andrew Small. Private First Class Andrew R. Small,...

  • SWAT Overkill

    There are far too many examples of SWAT tactics used against individuals who no rational person could consider a danger to law enforcement. I have a piece about a brain-boiling example of this. It's a little testy and the whole thing is disturbing...

  • Taliban conducts raid in Western Afghanistan

    In another sign that they remain a viable threat and a problem both here and back in there own yard, the Taliban tried to take out a Governor in Western Afghanistan. From the Long War Journal: Afghan police defeated a Taliban suicide assault team that...

  • One of the best hostage rescues ever

    The British SAS have a well-deserved reputation for professionalism and expertise. It was shown in spades in the raid on the Iranian Embassy in London 30 years ago today. The Brat has a look at the whole operation and reminds us that their ROE included...

  • The system did not work

    Let me be perfectly clear, the system did not work.....again. Shahzad was not stopped before he could try to blow up Times Square; he was simply to stupid to build a working bomb, even after receiving training. The only thing we have to be happy about...

  • Military History: Research Assistance Request

    Obviously one of the things that matters especially to families with a strong military tradition is history. One of our readers emails to say that she is researching her family's history, and has discovered that one of her ancestors fought with the...

  • The Legion represents

    More on the story Matt highlighted below about the two vets who sounded the alarm in Times Square. One is a member of the American Legion as the Burn Pit notes. Duane Jackson has worked as a vendor, selling pocket books, wallets, watches, scarves and...

  • Military coolness

    The Instapundit has a habit of pointing out cool new technologies and today he has a couple of very slick ones in the works for the military. First a way to stop the bleeding with light. In the near future, wounds may be treated with a flash of light...

  • Send Andrew Lubin to Afghanistan

    Andrew Lubin is an author and journalist who covers our wars as well as anyone. I have met him and had the opportunity to tip a few cold ones with him during the journalism fellowship Blake and I attended. He has a son in the Marine Corps but he does...

  • Veteran Extremists in Time Square

    RE: DHS Memo Veterans Are Right Wing Extremists RE: Unprovoked Discrimination Against Veterans While Mayor Bloomberg was looking for a Tea Party bomber, it turns out that the Times Square bomber was from the Religion of Peace. The New York Times reports...

  • NATO proposes awards for...Courageous Restraint?

    Yeah, you heard that right.NATO commanders are weighing a new way to reduce civilian casualties in Afghanistan: recognizing troops for “courageous restraint” if they avoid using force that could endanger innocent lives. Over at Bouhammer, Troy unloads...

  • A Mother's Day Request - The Gift of Adoption

    This is a guest post by Matt's Mother-In-Law: Serving the Family of Mankind Many people today totally misunderstand the joys that come from being a military family. Some people see only the sacrifices made by these men and women and their families...

  • Coffee & Whine & Idiots

    I think some of the silliest shite is the wankers who like to pretend there are incredible differences between food products that only enlightened twits can divine. A look at wine weasels and coffee cretins .

  • Military Roundup 3 May 2010

    Image of the Day: Sgt. William Jasper retrieves South Carolina’s flag under heavy fire AfPak: Surge strips UAVs from U.S. Forces in other theaters British sniper kills two Taliban over 1.5 miles away Hakeemullah Mehsud is still alive, threatens attacks...
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  • The ignorance of a lefty

    Jon Chait writes for the New Republic and in many cases actually has something useful to say. This is not one of those times. He exposes a bone-crushing ignorance on who our enemies are that all too sadly infects many of his fellow travelers. They say...
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