Category Archives: Afghanistan

Operation eBook Drop

Posted on April 9, 2010 | Comments Off on Operation eBook Drop

OEDLogoWorking to format my Indie books Leaving The Alamo and Knoxville 1863 for this program to provide free ebooks to active military, particularly those in Afghan and Iraq. It’s even “adopted” a light aircraft carrier, the Bonhomme Richard. Formatting (or, rather, deleting the old formatting) is a pain, so it’s moving slowly.

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Posted in Afghanistan, Iraq, Library, The War, Troops

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Red Horse

Posted on April 4, 2010 | Comments Off on Red Horse

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Michael Yon’s latest: In search of water in Afghanistan’s desert of death.

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Posted in Afghanistan, The War, Troops, Weather/Climate

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Service monkeys

Posted on March 25, 2010 | Comments Off on Service monkeys

I figured this had to be a joke. But apparently it is not. Monkeys for the disabled.

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Posted in Afghanistan, Iraq, Scribbles

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Army drops bayonet training

Posted on March 18, 2010 | Comments Off on Army drops bayonet training

I think this has happened before. I’ll look it up when I have more time. They drop it as irrelevant to “modern” warfare. Then they bring it back as relevant to teaching aggression–for those who need to learn it. So, the next story likely will be the comeback of bayonet training.

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Posted in Afghanistan, Iraq, Obamalot, The War, Troops

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Portrait of the American and Israeli soldier

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Posted on March 15, 2010 in Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, Texana, The War, Troops

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Airlift

Posted on February 22, 2010 | Comments Off on Airlift

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The latest from Michael Yon on the oft-ignored Afghanistan campaign.

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Posted in Afghanistan, The War, Troops, Uncategorized

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C-130J

Posted on February 8, 2010 | Comments Off on C-130J

C130JC-130s now have digital flight decks, and six-bladed composite propellers. At least the C-130Js do. More here in the latest from Michael Yon in Afghanistan.

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Posted in Afghanistan, The War, Troops

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