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MEDEVAC Issues: Video

08 November 2012 Some parts of this video are inaccurate. For instance, saying that the British MERT system for medical evacuation is widely seen as the best model, is false. Often you see in Afghanistan – and I have seen with myself – that MERT is far...

Published Thu, Nov 08 2012 6:25 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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A MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN

07 November 2012 To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby...

Published Wed, Nov 07 2012 5:49 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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25th CAB medevac crew receives Australian award

Published: 07 November 2012 Australian army soldiers load an injured soldier onto a UH-60 Black Hawk from Co. C, 3rd Bn., 25th Avn. Regt., “Task Force Gunfighters,” 25th CAB, during a medevac training mission, at Multinational Base Tarin Kowt, Oct. 1...

Published Wed, Nov 07 2012 5:36 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Milblogs: A Rise and Fall

Dave Dilegge: Photo from TBO article (JAY CONNER/STAFF) 07 November 2012 Back in 2006, I toyed with heresy by asserting that milblogs were not the best sources for war news. To my surprise, the better sources remained professional journalists, and again...

Published Wed, Nov 07 2012 5:26 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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RC(SW) Press Release: Tanks disrupt enemy activity in known insurgent hotbed

07 November 2012 COMBAT OUTPOST SHIR GHAZAY, Afghanistan - During a time when insurgents typically bed down for the winter, Marines and coalition forces engaged multiple enemy forces during Operation Helmand Viper, Oct. 19 through 27. Tanks with Bravo...

Published Wed, Nov 07 2012 5:09 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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A Picture Says a Thousand Words

06 November 2012

Published Tue, Nov 06 2012 8:48 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Revered Pilot Comments on Dust Off Failures

05 November 2012 I have been reading a book about Dust Off MEDEVAC service in Vietnam. The book is called Dead Men Flying. I am only halfway through. Excellent so far. The book is about Major General (ret.) Patrick Brady, who received the Medal of Honor...

Published Mon, Nov 05 2012 5:35 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Submarine Stormtroopers

05 November 2012

Published Mon, Nov 05 2012 5:21 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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How One Facebook Page Saved A Soldier’s Life

05 November 2012 A Guest post by Barbara Lawrence A late Wednesday night. Michael M, a National Guardsman, is badly worried about his Battle Buddy, a fellow Guardsman in another platoon. His buddy is talking suicide in a real and frightening way. Michael...

Published Mon, Nov 05 2012 5:04 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Blowing up railway bridges in Virginia

04 November 2012 Written by: Roger Davies Standing Well Back I've found more fascinating US civil war stuff on IEDs. General Herman Haupt was a Union general and engineer with specific responsibilities for both repairing and destroying railways as...

Published Sun, Nov 04 2012 6:54 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Talal: Never Heard from Again

04 November 2012 The Associated Press writer in this dispatch , Talal, was later kidnapped. He was reported to have been tortured, and then he completely disappeared.

Published Sun, Nov 04 2012 6:46 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Science-Based Life: The Kopp-Etchells Effect

Published: 04 November 2012 A few corrections to this interesting article: The article indicates that this occured during daylight. All photos are night. It indicates that Soldiers do not shield their eyes when the helicopters land. Normally they either...

Published Sun, Nov 04 2012 6:03 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Space Power

03 November 2012

Published Fri, Nov 02 2012 9:21 PM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Painting the Target

IR Laser from aircraft on landing zone in Afghanistan (This is a quick dispatch on the fly. No time for editing, so please take it as is.) 02 November 2012 The Benghazi attack leaves many open questions. It has been established that high level failures...

Published Fri, Nov 02 2012 6:14 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Afghanistan: Green-on-Blue Attacks in Context

Published: 01 November 2012 October 31, 2012 — Written By: R. Hossain Introduction The spike in green-on-blue attacks (also known as "insider attacks") in Afghanistan in 2012 is a worrying development that has the potential to endanger the International...

Published Thu, Nov 01 2012 11:57 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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MEDEVAC Issues: Video

A MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN

25th CAB medevac crew receives Australian award

Milblogs: A Rise and Fall

RC(SW) Press Release: Tanks disrupt enemy activity in known insurgent hotbed

A Picture Says a Thousand Words

Revered Pilot Comments on Dust Off Failures

Submarine Stormtroopers

How One Facebook Page Saved A Soldier’s Life

Blowing up railway bridges in Virginia

Talal: Never Heard from Again

Science-Based Life: The Kopp-Etchells Effect

Space Power

Painting the Target

Afghanistan: Green-on-Blue Attacks in Context