2 hours ago by Chuck Simmins

About 9:30 a.m., with the temperature already climbing toward 120 degrees, Army Sgt. 1st Class William Tomlin III heard the sharp crack of incoming fire. Nearly 300 "bad guys" were closing in on the 45 soldiers and forward air controllers under his command. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit m ...

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3 hours ago by David M

News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front. In their own words: Alex Strick van Linschoten: Panicked Solutions - Special agents from America, Germany and Pakistan are sent to a zoo in Afghanistan to track down some missing rabbits. The western agents start looking around, surveyi ...

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3 hours ago by David M

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (Nov. 1, 2008) -- Soldiers from A Co., 101st Division Special Troop Battalion prepare to board a Chinook for an air assault mission Nov. 1 at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. (Photo by Spc. Scott Davis)

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3 hours ago by Joshua Foust

Even wonder why the news only seems to cover the bombs in Afghanistan that target white people? I do too, and the Columbia Journalism Review let me ask why: Soldiers often complain that “the liberal media” doesn’t report on what’s good. The axiom “if it bleeds, it leads” is largely true, and a lot o ...

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3 hours ago by rebecca

In light of recent events in both Thailand and Mumbai, here is a list of the most dangerous places in the world: Iraq Afghanistan Chechnya South Africa Jamaica Sudan Thailand Colombia Haiti Eritrea Democratic Republic of Congo Liberia Pakistan Burundi Nigeria Zimbabwe India Mexico Israel and the Occ ...

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3 hours ago by dday

There was a fairly substantial portion of today's Obama press conference assigned to Iraq, compared to its near-total drop from the headlines in the months leading up to the election. The President-elect was asked if he still planned to withdraw all US combat forces from the country within 16 months ...

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3 hours ago by Norm Gregory

He called himself “Still A Fan.” I won’t reveal his name here but he’s a former Seattleite and a radio listener of mine. He now lives and works in the capitol of Afghanistan. I asked him what everyday life in Kabul was like these days. Here is his response. Well Norm, I have often told people this m ...

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4 hours ago by SOF Editor

Though decades separate the Vietnam War and the war on terrorism, a common denominator in the two conflicts has been the bravery and sacrifice of the American service member. Army Chief Warrant Officer Jonathan Harris received the Silver Star Medal here Nov. 28 while his father, former Army Staff Sg ...

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4 hours ago by SOF Editor

Afghan commandos from the 205th Kandak and coalition forces conducted a search in southern Afghanistan on Nov. 30 that yielded narcotics, weapons and bomb-making caches. The combined forces air-assaulted into an area near Maywand District, Kandahar province, about 75 kilometers west of Kandahar city ...

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4 hours ago by SOF Editor

Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Nov. 30, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, Navy F/A-18E Super Hornets dropped a guided bomb unit-12 and ...

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