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A Hypothetical Interview General Martin Dempsey: (Fiction)

18 February 2012 General Martin Dempsey is the highest-ranking member of the US military. He directly advises the President. Lieutenant General John Campbell is Chief of Army Operations. A bigwig. Both men have publicly supported keeping Red Crosses on...

Published Sun, Feb 19 2012 12:35 PM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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PowerPoint Ranger

Published Mon, Feb 20 2012 5:45 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Army Dustoff Medics Unprepared

“After more than 9 years of conflict and more than 40 AAR’s recommending the evolution of MEDEVAC to current civilian standards, no institutional change has been made. Continuing the legacy model has resulted and continues to result in documented sub...

Published Thu, Feb 23 2012 4:22 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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White Birds in a Red War

25 February 2012 An Army Dustoff pilot studying his art ran across some interesting passages. The book DUST OFF: ARMY AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION IN VIETNAM mentions machine guns, missiles, Geneva Conventions, and painting MEDEVAC helicopters white so that...

Published Sat, Feb 25 2012 5:18 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Our Weak Government Must Stop Apologizing for Criminal Behavior of Others

27 February 2012 The recent Koran-burning in Afghanistan has again inspired lunacy and murder. And while the US civilian and military leadership burdened by their oleaginous apologies tumbles down a moral stairwell, Afghan security forces continue to...

Published Sun, Feb 26 2012 10:19 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Tigers, Crocodiles, Korans and Superstitions

Tiger eyes of man with fresh scars “The Sundarbans lies in the massive delta between India and Bangladesh. This is one of the most beautiful but most dangerous places in the world, a place of tigers and crocodiles and dangerous seas and canals. Mamata...

Published Tue, Feb 28 2012 4:30 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Sisters at War

29 February 2012 This is a small tribute to our women in harm’s way. We constantly argue about whether or not women should be allowed in combat. Reality is that they have been in combat for longer than anyone reading this has been alive, and they were...

Published Wed, Feb 29 2012 4:23 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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MEDEVAC Momentum: Senate Armed Services Committee to Raise the Issue

01 March 2012 The MEDEVAC issue continues with increasing seriousness. Numerous Generals, the Secretary of the Army, and the Secretary of Defense (through General Dempsey, the Chairman of Joint Chiefs) have all weighed into the fight. Seventeen members...

Published Thu, Mar 01 2012 5:09 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Senator Levin on MEDEVAC

07 March 2012 Senator Carl Levin has been sending a form letter to his constituents. Key parts of the letter seem to be have been written by the Army. At minimum, Senator Levin’s responses are a rewrite of Army releases. His statement perpetuates numerous...

Published Wed, Mar 07 2012 5:41 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Purple Heart

PFC Leah Bartlett awarded Purple Heart 09 March 2012 Reaction to the recent Koran burnings led to dozens of killings. Some of the attacks were obviously related to the burnings, while others may have been normal background noise of war. Whatever the specific...

Published Fri, Mar 09 2012 5:45 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Curses

Austin Prince, about 12 years, with cobra 12 March 2012 Under my dispatch from Bangladesh: Tigers, Crocodiles, Korans and Superstitions was this comment: Michael, We have friends who are missionaries in the Congo. So far this year, they've killed...

Published Sun, Mar 11 2012 8:10 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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The Panjway 16

15 March 2012 The New York Daily News asked for an op-ed on the mass murder in Afghanistan. I invested several hours writing and they took it as is. As per normal, they changed the title. Practically every publication does this to suit their specific...

Published Thu, Mar 15 2012 5:26 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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More Mass Murders in Afghanistan

15 March 2012 Got this message from former Marine Tim Lynch, in Afghanistan. Tim's not always polite, but he's a former infantry officer and I listen to him very closely: "The Taliban killed 13 women and children today with an IED in Uruzgan...

Published Thu, Mar 15 2012 7:39 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Insurgents Used Cell Phone Geotags to Destroy AH-64s in Iraq

15 March 2012 Here’s a battlefield safety issue that some people have been warning about –and others have been ignoring — for a while now; an enemy using social media and cellphone geotagging to identify the precise location of troops on a battlefield...

Published Thu, Mar 15 2012 9:33 PM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Sir Petraeus

16 March 2012 This has been secret until a few minutes ago. The Dutch Minister of Defense just knighted General (ret.) Petraeus in the Hague. I was invited to go but could not make it, unfortunately.

Published Fri, Mar 16 2012 7:26 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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A Hypothetical Interview General Martin Dempsey: (Fiction)

PowerPoint Ranger

Army Dustoff Medics Unprepared

White Birds in a Red War

Our Weak Government Must Stop Apologizing for Criminal Behavior of Others

Tigers, Crocodiles, Korans and Superstitions

Sisters at War

MEDEVAC Momentum: Senate Armed Services Committee to Raise the Issue

Senator Levin on MEDEVAC

Purple Heart

Curses

The Panjway 16

More Mass Murders in Afghanistan

Insurgents Used Cell Phone Geotags to Destroy AH-64s in Iraq

Sir Petraeus