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  • More Than Work in Iraq

    The Holidays are over for the most part, but most of us who spent it with our families may not have given much thought to the men and women who are still serving over in Iraq. While they work very hard over there – just look at all they’ve accomplished – they do take time [...]
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  • Angelina Jolie Supports the Troops + Afghanistan

    While summer is a time for breaks for most of us, the US military is hard at work around the world, taking care of problems as they arise. It only happens infrequently, but there are celebrities working hard as well to support the troops. Angelina Jolie recently went to Baghdad to bring some morale to [...]
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  • Review of Fort Hood Shooting Launched by Pentagon

    Last week, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced that the military will be looking into the Fort Hood shooting more carefully, which is a good thing. The military is so large today that people sometimes get lost in the system. That doesn’t mean that the whole military system is bad, however. Oh no, that’s not [...]

  • IEDs Continue to be a Problem

    Sgt. Stryker here with a serious topic – IED – improvised explosive devices. These can be some of the meanest weapons in the enemy’s arsenal. Made from anything (and everything), they’re easily disguised so that coalition troops in Afghanistan (and the country on the other side of Iran) still have problems with them. This cowardly [...]
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  • Success in Iraq = Hope in Afghanistan

    While US officials are starting to call for even more troops to head to Afghanistan, you can bet there’s a lot of smart military people looking at all the successes in Iraq and planning to implement some of the same measures in Afghanistan. If you step back and look at the big picture, it really [...]
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  • US National Guard: Defending Dreams and Protecting Freedom

    Starting with the Pequot War in 1637, through the present day, the Army National Guard has defended freedom in every war or conflict our nation has fought, making them the oldest of the U.S. armed forces. Happy (belated) 373rd National Guard! Wow, has it really been that long? “Always Ready, Always There.” From the crossing [...]
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  • IEDs Still a Problem in Iraq

    Back in September of this year, Army Specialist Tommy Turner, a combat medic attached to the 732nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Detachment 3 convoy, had a run in with an improvised explosive device (IED) that detonated, ripping through his Humvee. As the convoy drove through an underpass in Iraq, an explosively formed projectile filled with [...]
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  • Afghanistan Update: Getting it Done Without Casualties

    An Afghan-international security force detained several suspected militants on November 29, 2009 in Wardak province while pursuing a militant who is a Taliban commander and IED weapons facilitator. The joint security force targeted a compound near the village of Tagab in the Sayed Abad district after intelligence sources indicated militant activity. They searched the [...]
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  • Gates on Afghanistan

    On December 3, 2009, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates went before the the House Armed Services and Senate Foreign Relations committees to talk about President Obama’s change in strategy in Afghanistan. It may not be that big of a change (depending on who you ask), but here’s how Gates put it. “We cannot defeat al-Qaida [...]
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  • Afghanistan: Finding the Enemy and Communicating for Safety

    Afghanistan continues is the word of the day in my mind. Here’s a recent even from earlier in December. An Afghan-international security force detained a couple of militants in Khowst province, one who was a Haqqani facilitator responsible for the shipment and distribution of weapons to other militant elements in the area. (Nice, huh? No [...]
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  • Drugs, Guns and Money in Afghanistan.

    Sorry for my little break. You know how real life can interfere with the blogging sometimes. In any case, I want to catch up on some happenings in Afghanistan for you. The coalition forces are still fighting the good fight, helping protect the fragile Afghanistan government from the thugs and terrorists trying to take it [...]
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  • RIP Navy Capt. Michael Scott Speicher

    Well, they found him. Finally. It’s done, though. Remains found last month in Iraq’s Anbar province are those of Navy Capt. Michael Scott Speicher. If you remember, he was shot down flying a combat mission in an F/A-18 Hornet on January 17, 1991. His fate (until now) had been uncertain. “Our thoughts and prayers [...]
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  • The Battle Rages On

    Another Veteran’s Day has come and gone. I hope you had some respect for all the fallen veterans on November 11, 2009. As you may have noticed, I’ve been posting a little less frequently. This isn’t because there is less happening in the world – there couldn’t be anything further from [...]
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  • Education in Afghanistan

    Here’s the thing about Afghanistan. We can have the strongest military, but we also have to have the smartest. And I’m not talking about smart bombs. I’m talking about education. To really have a lasting positive effect in Afghanistan, we’re going to have to spend a lot of time on education in that country – [...]
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  • Elections in Afghanistan

    It’s that time again – elections in Afghanistan. This is one of the more important elections in that area in a while. Although, when you think about it, most things happening in that part of the world end up affecting us here in the states eventually. It’s weird to think about that sometimes. Anyway, the [...]
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