US Central Command Commander, Gen. David Petraeus, released the following statement this week on the deaths of Abu Ayyub al-Masri, head of Al Qaeda-Iraq, and his partner, Abu Umar al-Baghdadi, head of the Islamic State of Iraq, west of Tikrit during...
I just read an article about our troops helping about 60 Afghan boys form Afghan Boy Scout Troop #1. That brought back thoughts of my days in scouting. I was a cub scout, boy scout, and explorer scout. As an aside, for a few years in the 1950s...
Most mornings, soldiers of the 1073rd Maintenance Co., from my neighbor city of Greenville, MI, escort local nationals working with their Dept of Public Works, from the entry gate, onto Joint Base Balad. The troops escort about 150 Iraqis to their...
A new Defense Department directive providing policy on dissident and political activity was issuedlast November, but has only now been made public. It says that servicemembers “must not actively advocate supremacist doctrine, ideology, or causes.”...
The attack at Fort Hood by an US Army Doctor who had become a traitor and was working with the enemy is very far from being resolved. While he is an American citizen, the only thing he should be tried for is treason–not murder or whatever. The...
I thought this was cool. Our troops are teaching Afgan women how to manage beehives and build a business. Helping women support themselves is very important for the future as women and their children are often widowed and options for work in their...
As you can tell, Frontlines of Freedom now has a wonderful new website. Part of that site included a new blog function. Since I’m not very geeky, I’ve stopped blogging until everything was up and I was able to understand it. Well, it...
When Afgam Mujeeb Saify became an interpreter for the US 3 years ago, he spoke Urdu, Pashtu, Dari, Panjabi and English. Then, he used his spare time to take classes in Arabic.br /br /In his “spare time” he started hosting a weekly radio...
The current prime minister of Iraq mentioned joining the Taliban. Our president is shocked by such a statement. Am I the only one who thinks that maybe the message is a request that we stay in Iraq for a lot longer with a large fighting force...
On this Easter Sunday I was thinking about the brave men and women who have fought and died to protect our right to freely practice our faith. Then I thought of the wonderful Navy SEALs who are being prosecuted for, perhaps, punching a know...