Iraq
Mike Lupica in the Daily News introduces us to NY Giants honorary captain Lt. Col. Greg Gadson, He played at West Point between 1985 and 1988, and one of his teammates was Mike Sullivan, who played cornerback and some safety and is now one of Tom Coughlin’s assistants with the Giants. When Sullivan and so […]
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Matt Burden, aka Blackfive, has posted a thoughtful and fair overview of the New York Times “War Torn” series about vets who return home and later commit murder. He also raises an important point about veterans care that we should all take to heart, I, for one, believe the New York Times reporters were concerned […]
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A major FU goes to Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi tonight, U.S. general: Anbar ready for Iraqi control WASHINGTON (AP) — Iraq’s western province of Anbar, origin of the Sunni Arab insurgency that arose in the early months of U.S. occupation, will be returned to Iraqi control in March, a senior U.S. general said Thursday. […]
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Via Blackfive, Footage of comedian and actor, Robin Williams, in Kuwait where he is interrupted by a military tradition. Watch his reaction… For some great reactions to this video, check out the comments at Blackfive.
Michael Yon left for another long embed in Iraq yesterday. He should be there are reporting once again from the front lines in a few days. I wish him well and pray for his safety. Michael has a couple of great posts up on his blog right now, one is the latest in a series […]
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From the blog Obsidian Wings, Andrew Olmsted, who also posted here as G’Kar, was killed yesterday in Iraq. Andy gave me a post to publish in the event of his death; the last revisions to it were made in July. Andy was a wonderful person: decent, honorable, generous, principled, courageous, sweet, and very funny. The […]
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Blackfive and the wonderful people of Soldiers Angels have been working on a special, unique project, Operation Puppy Love. Here’s how this all got rolling, To whom it may concern, I am a platoon leader for an infantry battalion. On May 19th of this year six of my soldiers were killed during combat operations. One […]