I just learned something I didn’t know. We all know that our enemy in the Mideast are terrorists who fight mostly by night and rarely in large units. Besides this, we completely dominate the air; I’m not sure if there has ever been an...
Iraqi women joined American soldiers and airmen on 26 Aug to recognize Women’s Equality Day, a focus on the local struggle for women’s rights. They discussed how women’s opportunities have evolved in America and highlighted the current matters...
According to a recent report by the UN, farmers in Afghanistan grew fewer opium poppy plants last year, while opium drug production also declined. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s “Afghan Opium Survey 2009” says opium poppy cultivation in...
Stationed in Iraq, Senior Airman Cody Noble was doing his job. Then one day his supervisor told him to report to his office in uniform. Noble, being a normal serviceman, thought that he was in some kind of trouble, though he couldn’t remember doing...
There is a country with the largest population of descendants of African slaves in jail. The top leadership of the struggle for civil rights in that country is black. They have tried to promote social and political change using the non-violent...
America’s top military officer described the situation in Afghanistan as “serious and deteriorating,” but refused to say Sunday whether defeating a resilient enemy would require more than the 68,000 American troops already committed. I...
Gen. Stanley McChrystal, issued his counterinsurgency guidance to his forces on Aug. 26th. “Protecting the people is the mission,” said McChrystal, who explains the conflict in Afghanistan will be won by gaining the support of the population, not by...
Some wives of British military men decided that they would pose for a calendar and sell it to the public with the proceeds going to groups dedicated to helping veterans of the Iraq and Afghan wars. One of the ladies thought something along the lines...
While many severely wounded veterans have faced financial hardship waiting for their first disability payment from the VA, lots of money has been flowing in the form of $24 million in bonuses inside the VA.The VA’s inspector general reported...
Last week a powerful and controversial Afghan warlord returned from exile in Turkey in what was an apparent attempt by President Karzai to attract ethnic Uzbek voters in this week’s presidential election. Karzai has cultivated several warlords...