4 hours ago by Stuart Fox

The difficulty of supplying remote outposts across rugged terrain has contributed to many of the deadliest moments in the Afghan War, by preventing the delivery of weapons and ammo to engaged soldiers, forcing supplies to travel over dangerous roads, or turning helicopters into vulnerable targets. L ...

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5 hours ago by Daniel Lamothe

Drew Brees challenges his teammates Sunday during Super Bowl XLIV. (AP Photo) So, what was your favorite Super Bowl commercial? The bizarre Denny’s chickens freaking out? The Megan Fox lovefest? The increasingly bizarre Bud Light commercials that air every year? Plenty of U.S. service members were u ...

After Action - militarytimes.com/blogs/afteraction · 2 references

15 hours ago by Herschel Smith

It is important to recall the incident in the Kunar Province of Afghanistan that occurred approximately five months ago in which three Marines and one Navy Corpsman were killed in an Ambush. They twice requested air support and artillery, only to be twice denied it from hundreds of miles away becaus ...

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21 hours ago by Richard

John P. Murtha, a Representative from the state of Pennsylvania, died today in Virginia from complications with gall bladder surgery. Two days prior, Murtha became the longest-serving congressman in Pennsylvania history. He was 77. Despite his long tenure, Murtha was a relatively unknown Democrat in ...

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22 hours ago by jcrue

Much to the dismay of fans and allies of Code Pink, John Murtha, ANSWER, MoveOn.org, and others who wanted to cut and run rather than win in Iraq: Marines quietly wrap up ops in Iraq

DPGI - the aftermath - jcrue.wordpress.com · 29 references

1 day ago by jcrue

I honor his service while he was in the Marines, but it ends there: U.S. Rep. John Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77. The Pennsylvania Democrat had been suffering complications from gallbladder ...

DPGI - the aftermath - jcrue.wordpress.com · 29 references

1 day ago by chrislombardi

Murtha endorses another whistleblower, a year after the "Murthquake." Three obituaries inside a week or so: first the World War II-vet peers Howard Zinn and J.D. Salinger, only one of whom became a dissenter. Now Murtha, of the Vietnam generation but only a dissenter much later, who I sort of pre-eu ...

I Ain't Marchin' Anymore - aintmarching.wordpress.com · 1 reference

1 day ago by BobMcCarty

Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) has died at the age of 77 after succumbing to an infection following gall bladder surgery a few weeks ago. Aside from the fact that he served his country as a Marine in Vietnam, I can’t say that I liked him much. Still, his passing is newsworthy. Congressman Murtha first fou ...

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1 day ago by Ricardo

Nsite, LLC is looking for an experienced Programmer to design, develop, troubleshoot, debug, and implement software code (i.e., ASP.NET, Cold Fusion, HTML, and JavaScript) for a complex database driven web applications used by the Department of Defense in support of the Marine Corps Center for Lesso ...

ColdFusion Developers Network - ricardo.parente.us · Rank: 104,775 · 36 references

1 day ago by Susanna

ICE is a web-based tool that collects feedback on services provided by various organizations throughout DoD. It is designed to improve customer service by allowing managers to monitor satisfaction levels through reports and customer comments. ICE provides the following benefits: Allows DoD customers ...

Military Duty Station Reviews - relocationreview.wordpress.com · 1 reference