Enemy fire, exploding rounds and fire. Nothing to fear. Story by Cpl. Daniel Blatter SALAM BAZAAR, Afghanistan – Adrenalin was rushing the morning of April 14th, 2010 as Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2 and members of the Afghan National Security Forces approached the Salam Bazaar in Helmand province. The Marines of Alpha Company, 1/2, were tasked with securing the bazaar, known as a haven for Taliban activity, including hea...
You know with the uproar over Obama-care and all that goes with it I have to say the military is way ahead fo them. They have universal health care already! They have for a long time. Friend or foe, adult or child our fine medical soldiers treat everyone, regardless of the ability to pay, or the insurance they have! Here is a decription of the video linked here: Medical treatment in Afghanistan being given to anyone in need, including enemy combatants. Produced by Senior Airman Jay Herna...
Well its been a while since I posted here and thought I would start back by posting about a video I watched that had me absolutely stunned. A video of Al-Qaida training children to be (insert your own word here) terrorist, insurgents, whatever. If you watch it, it should make you wonder that the adults are so radicalized as to think of training children into the ranks at this age. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul9g2awLrCY Then you can go on to see how we have treated some of the...
Well, now that the New President declared that troops will be leaving (and leaving 50,000 behind) and that the mission has been accomplished what do all you anti, negative types think? Some of his statements about it today. In his speech at Camp Lajeune he said " the men and women of the United States military have served with honor, and succeeded beyond any expectation. " Sounds like he thinks we did a good job. Also he said this, " Let me say this as plainly as I can: by August 31,...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2009 - Iraqi security forces and Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers discovered an improvised explosive device yesterday while conducting daytime operations in the Mansour district of northwestern Baghdad, military officials reported. An Iraqi army explosive ordinance disposal unit, along with U.S. soldiers, secured and safely disarmed the IED in the Yarmouk neighborhood. In operations Feb. 14: -- Iraqi army and U.S. soldiers detained two suspe...
Afghan, Coalition Forces Kill Taliban Leaders, Detain Suspects WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2009 - Afghan and coalition forces killed two Taliban leaders and detained a suspected weapons facilitator in operations yesterday, military officials reported. Afghan National Army soldiers and coalition forces killed a Taliban commander during an early morning search of a suspected insurgent compound near the village of Khak-e-Safid in Farah province. When combined forces entered the compo...
Afghan commandos liberated three Taliban hostages, detained six armed militants and destroyed a roadside bomb in recent operations, military officials reported. At a vehicle checkpoint in Afghanistan's Farah province yesterday, a vehicle approached a combined forces checkpoint. The driver failed to heed warnings to stop and attempted to breech the checkpoint, so Afghan commandos opened fire. One wounded militant was treated by Afghan commandos and coalition forces medics for minor inj...
Army Specialist and blogger Stephen Fortunato was killed earlier this week in Afghanistan when the vehicle he was riding in was s truck by a roadside bomb. His mother shared a blog entry with the Boston Globe, which Stephen had written in August. According to BostonHerald.com : " He was killed on his first day back on patrol after a 19-day leave in Massachusetts. Fortunato was in the 26th Infantry Regiment and served as a gunner in back of a Humvee. He had served i...
I am inviting everyone to check out my new Mil-Blog of videos from Iraq and Afghanistan. The videos are up to date and updated weekly. Want to see the good side of the news on the War on Terror? Want to see the good things our troops do every day? Then this is for you! Video Reporter for Iraq and Afghanistan War. Videos from the DOD and other military sources. http://3rdid8487.livejournal.com/ Feel free to post comments, make suggestions for improvements and so on. &n...
It was a damn fine day in Iraq today. During operations today: -- An air weapons team fired a Hellfire missile at four criminals as they attempted to emplace an improvised explosive device in northeastern Baghdad around 1 a.m. The missile killed all four and destroyed the IED. -- A separate AWT witnessed two criminals setting up a firing position in northeastern Baghdad at about 1:30 a.m. The AWT engaged with one Hellfire missile and killed one criminal; the other fled...
By Maj. Enrique Vasquez Combat Aviation Brigade 1st Infantry Division MOSUL, Iraq – Two OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter pilots assigned to the Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, received the Army’s highest aviation award, the Distinguished Flying Cross, for their actions during combat operations while flying over Mosul, Iraq, on Dec. 30, 2007. Pilots, Capt. Peter Di Giorgio and 1st Lt. Robert I. Sickler both of Troop A, 4th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regim...
Born an Aussie and raised an Englishman, Scott Grimshaw is an officer in the Maine Air National Guard . In November we had a chance to catch up with the exceptionally bright and dedicated young man who is balancing his role in the reserves with the demands of the teaching profession. You hear the tales of those born as Generation X , the generation of young men and women who are self-absorbed and interested only in what life has to offer them. Then you meet someone like high school te...
I am sure by now you have heard that the US Army had an 80% increase in the desertion rate since 2003. Or did you hear how the desertion rates are the highest rate since 1980?? If not simply look at all the news reports, CBS, ABC, AP and many many others. But like many things the media and others have tried to do, they have forgotten about the power of the internet and the availability of information because of it. Here is what they are saying: Soldiers strained by six years at war are...
The US Military Digital Video and Imagery Distribution System just put up a fantastic resource and tool for those families that have loved ones in Iraq or Afghanistan. They created a web page they call "News From The Field" and it list all the units that are deployed, and even those that are not. It links each unit to all the videos and photos that have been taken about and by that unit and put it in a very easy to follow and understand format. For people like me that search for ...
While many families in the US and around the world were getting ready for Halloween, another family was getting ready to welcome home a family member that had been gone for 15 very long months. They gathered along with hundreds of other family members of soldiers to welcome home their soldier in an airplane hangar, to wait for that glimpse of their loved one when he marched in the doors along with all the other soldiers. It was 9:15am and Holly, her two daughters (17 and 20) and her son (24) w...