Just thought I would share a few of the photos from the last week that I have found while looking for photos of soldiers for their families.This is good stuff. Pfc. Roger Montague, a Ramah, N.M., native with Troop A, 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, hangs out with a new buddy during a joint patrol in Baghdad's Karkh District on Aug. 2. Pvt. Francis Kianco, a San Jose, Calif., native with Troop A, 1st Squadron, 14th C...
This story would have made national headlines if it was a US Child here in the US. But since its in Iraq and shows the soldiers in a good light, you will never see it here. BAGHDAD — Coalition Soldiers rescued a 2-year-old Iraqi boy from a dry well in which he fell Thursday. Soldiers with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division responded to the pleas for assistance from the father of a 2-year-old boy who had fallen i...
I wonder how long it will take, if at all, for this to make the news. Multi-National Division-Center Public Affairs BAGHDAD – Soldiers captured an Iraqi man suspected of directing attacks against coalition forces and acting as a conduit for funneling Iranian weapons to Shiite extremists. They also bagged a bonus: an insurgent-made videotape showing insurgents aiming and firing Iranian-made rockets at American targets. (see it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgbNbekpkfE )
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Ok, I am constantly told on the news, in the newspaper and on Internet websites how many casulties we have had in the war in Iraq. This month we lost more brave and wonderful young men and women. But how come we never hear how many enemy are killed or captured (since we capture some, unlike the terrorist for the most part)??? The military will not post a "body count" as its not in thier best interest to appear blood thirsty. But the numbers are still interesting to many just the same....
More Than 50 Terrorist Killed in Fierce Fighting Near Qal’eh-ye Gaz Combined Joint Task Force-82 BAGRAM, Afghanistan – An element of 1st Brigade, 205th Afghan National Army Corps , combat-advised by coalition forces, killed more than 50 enemy fighters during a combat patrol on the western side of the Helmand River in Helmand province during a battle that lasted more than 12 hours and finished early this morning. Taliban insurgents engaged the ANA-led patrol 20 kilometers (1...
No matter where you stand on the War in Iraq, you have smile at these little ones: One little boy would not let go of his father, even during a final formation. Over 100 Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery returned to New Ulm, Minn., on July 23. The Minnesota National Guard's 1st Brigade Combat Team has been deployed 22 months, 16 months of which were in a combat zone. The 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 34th Infantry Division ha...
RUSHDI MULLAH, Iraq — Iraqi informants led coalition forces to three massive caches north of Rushdi Mullah, Iraq, July 18. Accompanying the informants were Soldiers of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) out of Fort Drum, N.Y., who helped seize the caches just 20 miles south of Baghdad. “Over the last several weeks, the number of Iraqis who have been sharing tips with us is astounding,” said Maj. Web Wright, a s...
Since th MSM will tke things out of context. here it is as he said it.... July 13, 2007 - Ongoing anti-insurgent operations conducted in and around Baghdad and to the south of Iraq's capital city are achieving continued success, a senior U.S. military officer said today during a teleconference with retired military analysts. Maj. Gen. Rich Lynch, commander of Multinational Division Center and U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division, said he is optimistic that the surge ...
This is a note to all of our fantastic military families out there that have loved ones serving in Iraq or Afghanistan. I recently (about March) began posting videos from the DOD on a YouTube Channel. I have over 100 now, with over 55,000 video views. The videos are ones you more than likely will not see on the news. I try to update it about every other day with new ones. But that is not the purpose of this article and I digress. A few weeks ago I got a message on my YouTube account fr...
You know I write a lot about how biased the media is. And at times its very subtle and other times is obvious. But none to date have been more obvious than todays headline in my local paper. Here is the Gainesville Soory's (Sun) Headline in the paper today in reference to Iraq: U.S. Military: 14 Troops Killed in Iraq - Now I was looking to see what our military had done so far in Operation Arrowhead Ripper, or for that matter any other operations, but couldn't find it. You do ...
To all those that say the War of Terror is not real, someone forgot to inform these guys! And amazingly this is from the MSM this time!! Exclusive: Suicide Bomb Teams Sent to U.S., Europe June 18, 2007 4:45 PM Brian Ross Reports: Large teams of newly trained suicide bombers are being sent to the United States and Europe, according to evidence contained on a new videotape obtained by the Blotter on ABCNews.com. Teams assigned to carry out attacks in the United States, Canada, Gre...
Do you know during which period we have lost more soldiers? During the Iraq War or during the Cold War Time from 1981-1984? If you listen to our media, our soldiers are being cut down left and right. We are suffering a terrible loss. Its all you hear of news from Iraq. Every time a soldier dies, its a great headline according to our media. But the facts bear out otherwise. 3415 total deaths in Operation Iraqi Freedom. That's from March 19th, 2003 through May 19th, 2007. That's ...
OK. I went to the press release site and copied the list of news releases for just the last two days. Then I looked at them. They list not only "Good News" susch as captured or killed terrorist, but they also mention soldiers being attacked and such. Seems to me just looking at these two days that the DOD MNF-I news release site list a more balanced set of articles than any main stream media site I find. Can you find anywhere on CNN, ABC, MSNBC or ones like those this type of balanced (good and ...
In todays newspaper (The Gainesville Sun) there was this big article about how we had 4 soldiers killed in a IED attack. NOT ONE MENTION OF THE 21 Dead Terrorist or other good stuff mentioned here! What a crock of bull chips. If you wanted any more proof of the one sidedness of the press all you have to do is look at stuff like this and then try to find it in the main stream media. YOU CAN'T! If the media actually told of not only the US military losses, but also the terrorist loses the Am...
I reposted it here as most people will never see this news as most media will not print it. CITATION AT BOTTOM! By Donna Miles American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, June 15, 2007 - Today's soldiers have the best equipment available, and the Army keeps striving to improve it, the general who oversees the equipping effort said. "In the history of warfare, there has never been a ground soldier as well equipped and capable as the U.S...