Yesterday was a historic day in Afghanistan. And you heard nothing about it on the news. An Afghanistan unit is paving the way to secure their own country by becoming the first unit in Afghanistan history to transition to an independent state of security and to become self-sufficient. They are no longer relying on support from coalition forces to either train or fight the war on terrorism in their area. The 2nd Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 205th Corps, of
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Just in case you have not seen this: Two years ago, Barack Obama was inaugurated as president of the United States. This is a partial chart on the impact his administration has had on the lives & pockets of Americans: January 2009 <s
Good day, I was lucky enough to get a chance to appear on our news talk radio station on Friday afternoon to guest speak on the some of the myths surrounding our vets. WSKY in North Central Florida. If you get a chance and want to learn about the facts surrounding our fine men and women of the military, try listening to this: <a href="http://audio.thesky973.com/m/au
The following was written by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman and will be published later this year, but I have his permission to use the material anywhere, and in any way, including here: In this age of sensational tabloid journalism, the media can encourage our returning warriors to wallow in a "pity party" by presenting endless reports and exaggerated "news" pieces implying that virtually every veteran of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan (and, by extension, any police
Recently it was my honor and pleasure to, for the ninth or 10th time, to listen to a daylong motivational seminar given by Lieut. Col. Dave Grossman U.S. Army retired Ranger, researcher, and downright just plain good guy. And having listened to Dave before and been able to sit down and have conversations with him privately I know where Dave's heart lies. It lies truly in the domain of a person who has dedicated his entir
This edition features stories on Iraqi soldiers searching for illegal weapons during Operation Stormy Bandit IV, a ground breaking ceremony for a new long range radar system for the Iraqi air force, equipment being shipped out of Iraq and measuring the mental health of Soldiers. Hosted by Jenna Lindauer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym6VQHhY5i8 </span
OK, this is one video that if anyone deserves it to go viral, this soldier does. A music video by a troop for the troops, about the troops. "Troop" is a Joe Roos original, that honors all service members, but is from the perspective of a Soldier of the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division. "Troop" was shot and produced during the Red Bull's deployment to Basra, Iraq. Produced by Johnny J. Angelo Concept/Song//Lyrics/Music: Joe Roos Supporting Vocals: Deb
written and posted by the U.S. Coast Guard Information Office. NEW ORLEANS – The response to BP/Transocean's Deepwater Horizon incident continues as responders have scheduled a controlled, on-location burn to begin at approximately 11 a.m. CDT today—a strategy designed to minimize environmental risks by removing large quantities of oil in the Gulf of Mexico following the April 20 explosion. <br /
Story by Spc. Luther Boothe FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. – A Soldier from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) received the Army's third-highest award for valor during a ceremony, April 22, for his actions in August 2008 while on a recove
Enemy fire, exploding rounds and fire. Nothing to fear. Story by Cpl. Daniel Blatter SALAM BAZAAR, Afghanistan – Adrenalin was ru
[quote who="Jafo" comment="6"]By your definition you are prohibited from sending any e-mail at all as the first transmission of any e-mail you yourself would generate would be considered spam. "Unsolicited communication of any sort is abhorrent and repugnant." How do you ever start a conversation with anyone via e-mails? That's right...attempt to justify a stance by taking it to the extreme with a poor analogy.Typically I DON'T initiate emails. Work-wise they are only in response to com
Video of testing here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9ANuMV0ybQ Hypersonic proponents worldwide will eagerly watch two long-awaited technology demonstrations starting with the imminent first flight attempt for the X-51 Waverider, to be followed within a month by the first flight of the Falcon HTV-2 hypersonic test vehi
[quote who="Jafo" comment="2"]Whether it is a noble cause or not...it is still spam.Unsolicited communication of any sort is abhorrent and repugnant.I make it a point of NEVER forwarding such 'alleged' worthy-cause emails...because I can do my little bit to break the bastard cycle that is impulsive, mindless abuse of the Internet/mailing system.The problem you WILL strike with this 'experiment' will be your immediate alienation from people with a social conscience who do NOT abuse the Telecom
Without lying to people, and giving false information, what would make the below experiment work better (more people taking part?). Aside from increasing the number each person sends the message too? Suggestions are welcome and your internet insights are also going to be looked at by my class. This was the experiment, the below e-mail was sent by my students to 2 people by e
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 gi
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://w
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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 " <sp
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I have a few concerns and questions about the current administrations ideas and what they have talked about possible actions when it comes to the job market and economic crisis that it is said we have. The
When you offer a service for people to use, either free or not, you are setting up a set of guidelines that people are expected to abide by in order to use your service. Free or not. And with that comes the expectation of people who use your service that it will perform as you have said it would. When your service does not follow its own set of guidelines then the people that are using your service have a right to complain. <span style="font-size
YouTube’s non-existent customer service. Did you know that the largest video hosting service on the internet, does not have any customer service!?! That’s right, I could not believe it either. <span sty
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