Archive: Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Let’s see. The best general in the Army, General Petreaus, is leaving command in Afghanistan to ...

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Beware of the US Mainstream Media

On 30 Jan 1968, I was a rifle company commander in the 101st Airborne Div in ...

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Christmas Down Range

My first Christmas in a combat zone was in 1965 in Vietnam when I was a ...

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Combat troops and credit cards

Marine Brian Roach of California was fighting in Afghanistan when he missed a couple of payments ...

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Afghan ops that don’t make the news

For the last two months, 12,000 NATO troops along with 7,000 Afghan soldiers and police, have ...

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Medal of Honor

On a moonlit Afghan ridge on 25 Oct 2007, Specialist 4th Class Salvatore Giunta, from Cedar ...

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Medal of Honor

On 6 Oct Staff Sgt. Robert Miller will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor for sacrificing ...

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Constitutions–we used to have one

In Afghanistan one of the things we are doing is to help the local elders (leaders) ...

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Suturing Pigs’ Feet

A recent training exercise held for medics in the 1st Armored Division in Afghanistan involved suturing ...

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A day in the life of a cannon-cocker

At FOB Wright in Kunar Province in Afghanistan, the M777 Howitzers have been fired so often, ...

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