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VIDEO: Firefight While Waiting for MEDEVAC

07 December 2012 This video apparently was made by a helmet cam. It shows normal combat in Afghanistan. Similar scenes have unfolded thousands of times during the war. This underlines why so many people are serious about removing the red crosses from...

Published Fri, Dec 07 2012 6:08 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Quick Notes and Updates

19 June 2013 Due to time constraints, I must write this as an unedited stream of consciousness. My apologies for the roughness. Michael Hastings was killed in a car crash in Los Angeles. The single car accident happened at about 0425. He crashed into...

Published Wed, Jun 19 2013 7:20 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

Filed under: Michael's Dispatches, Michael Yon, Featured

Sunset Over Denver

22 June 2013 Ginger Robinson made this image and sent it to me, saying: “ You would think Krakatoa was erupting: Sunset over Denver last night. Smoke from Lime Gulch Fire. ”

Published Sat, Jun 22 2013 7:32 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

Filed under: Michael's Dispatches, Michael Yon, Featured

INDEPENDENCE DAY GREETINGS

04 July 2014 From: The Chapter III Officers To all the members of Chapter III we wish you a great, safe happy Fourth of July. We forward a message from SFA National President Jack Tobin: Gentlemen, since I was reconvicted, I will continue to ruin your...

Published Fri, Jul 04 2014 5:06 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

Filed under: Featured, Guest Authors, First Person Singular

IJC: Change of Command

And a Few Thoughts IJC INVITES MEDIA TO ISAF Joint Command Official Change of Command Ceremony KABUL, Afghanistan (July 9) – Media are invited to attend the change of command ceremony when Lt. Gen. David M. Rodriguez will welcome Lt. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti...

Published Mon, Jul 11 2011 3:27 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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A Fine Talk by Joe Galloway

Published: 23 July 2011 Joe Galloway, at the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association, 2011Convention "Thanks to all of you for giving me the honor of speaking to you. I have got to tell you that looking out across this assemblage I must confess: I...

Published Sat, Jul 23 2011 10:44 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

Filed under: frontpage

Infantry Company Commander

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Published Tue, May 10 2011 6:38 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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How to Catch a Bird without a Gun

24 November 2011 Happy Thanksgiving weekend in America! This is a good time to share something lighter than the constant war. I’ve travelled to more than sixty countries, often spending years on end abroad. Those journeys have revealed many fascinating...

Published Thu, Nov 24 2011 6:36 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Kids, Emails, and Dustoffs

Sergeant Larson, 4-4 Cav, stands night guard in Zhari District, Afghanistan. Sergeant Larson got shot a day or two before. The bullet only ripped his gear. 25 October 2011 Two types of emails stop me cold to read. Those from downrange troops, and kids...

Published Tue, Oct 25 2011 6:48 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Cutting Women in the Forgotten Province

20 October 2011 Travels to Nimruz Province, Afghanistan Nimruz has been called the forgotten province, and it’s true. During each of my two journeys to Nimruz, I talked with the governor and many others. The welcome has been hearty though our presence...

Published Thu, Oct 20 2011 5:02 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Hostages

Michael Yon 16 November 2009 When New York Times journalist David Rohde was kidnapped last year in Afghanistan, the company engaged in a painstaking effort to squash the story. They succeeded in persuading major media who learned of the kidnapping to...

Published Mon, Nov 16 2009 7:17 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Great Britain Loses one of its Finest

03 November 2009 British soldiers at war are an incredible group. Courageous, competent, and committed in very difficult conditions. An email came today from London, from a BBC correspondent who has been to Afghanistan saying that Staff Sergeant Olaf...

Published Mon, Nov 02 2009 9:34 PM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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The American Pedros - No Nonsense Combat Rescuers

I asked Danish journalist Camilla Fuhr Nilsson to write two dispatches about USAF Pedros. Camilla accompanied me at Camp Bastion. Here is the first: By Camilla Fuhr Nilsson Published: 27 September 2009 It is the last weekend of August 2009. It is also...

Published Sat, Sep 26 2009 8:46 PM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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Even as the World Watched II: Tasting the Kool-Aid

Published: 05 July 2010 Chiang Mai, Thailand This journalist was all over the place. She stood out from the crowd for obvious reasons. One evening, as the sun was setting, she was walking down a mostly desolate street not far from Dusit Thani hotel, and...

Published Sun, Jul 04 2010 6:57 PM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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The Atlantic: Michael Yon's War

The Atlantic : Michael Yon's War Author: D.B. Grady Published: 01 June 2010 This article has a lot of beef: Afghanistan, Thailand, General Stanley McChrystal, General David Petraeus, Brigadier General Daniel Menard, milkooks, Bob Ainsworth, and more...

Published Tue, Jun 01 2010 9:49 AM by Michael Yon - Online Magazine

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VIDEO: Firefight While Waiting for MEDEVAC

Quick Notes and Updates

Sunset Over Denver

INDEPENDENCE DAY GREETINGS

IJC: Change of Command

A Fine Talk by Joe Galloway

Infantry Company Commander

How to Catch a Bird without a Gun

Kids, Emails, and Dustoffs

Cutting Women in the Forgotten Province

Hostages

Great Britain Loses one of its Finest

The American Pedros - No Nonsense Combat Rescuers

Even as the World Watched II: Tasting the Kool-Aid

The Atlantic: Michael Yon's War