Category Archives: Afghanistan

Hate disguised as public service

Posted on January 18, 2008 | Comments Off on Hate disguised as public service

I confess I didn’t pay much attention to the NYTimes’ latest smear on combat veterans–implying without context (statistical or otherwise) that the sometimes dubious violent crimes of 121 returned Afghanistan and Iraq veterans are connected to their combat experiences. The Democrat house organ helped invent the slur on Vietnam combat veterans as "ticking time bombs," making us the forerunners of the actual Muslim suicide bomber. But Ralph Peters doesn’t overlook such things, even if they aren’t news. In "The New Lepers," he describes the latest smear as "an artful example of hate-speech disguised as a public service."

Via Instapundit 

MORE: Beware the brutal veteran journalist, with actual incidents. Humor from Iowahawk. You might need to worry, because a lot of them are going to be laid off in the near future.

Comments Off on Hate disguised as public service

Posted in Afghanistan, Iraq, The War, Troops, Viet Nam

Tagged , , , , ,

Broken eagle

Posted on January 12, 2008 | Comments Off on Broken eagle

Amazing computer animation of the structural-failure accident that has forced the grounding of many F-15 Strike Eagles. You can argue about how many air-superiority fighters are needed nowadays, but apparently not about the longeron problem afflicting some of these 25-year-old aircraft.

MORE: The Air Force blames manufacturer McDonnell Douglas’s work in the 1970s. 

Comments Off on Broken eagle

Posted in Afghanistan, Iraq, The War, Troops

Tagged , ,

SGT Jill Stevens

Posted on January 10, 2008 | Comments Off on SGT Jill Stevens

SgtJill

No, she’s not from Texas. But here’s a Miss America candidate we can all get behind, a real Utah National Guard medic and Afghanistan veteran. Outlaw 13 at Guidons, Guidons, Guidons! shows how.

Comments Off on SGT Jill Stevens

Posted in Afghanistan, Blogosphere, Scribbles, The War, Troops

Tagged , ,

Got a used cell phone?

Posted on December 3, 2007 | Comments Off on Got a used cell phone?

Want to help a troop in Iraq or Afghanistan call home? Here’s where to send your old phone to aid the call–by a superior service originated by a Massachusettes 13-year-old and her 12-year-old brother.

Comments Off on Got a used cell phone?

Posted in Afghanistan, Iraq, The War, Troops

Tagged

Early Veterans Day gift

Posted on November 10, 2007 | Comments Off on Early Veterans Day gift

Hollywood’s latest crop of anti-American war flicks are tanking at the box office, which AFP blames on war weariness, but the comments beneath the piece at Breitbart.com tell a different story which most veterans will appreciate this Veterans Day weekend: Hollyweird finally, deservedly, is a victim of itself.

Via LGF 

Comments Off on Early Veterans Day gift

Posted in Afghanistan, Iraq, The War, Troops

Tagged ,

Excalibur

Posted on November 4, 2007 | Comments Off on Excalibur

excalibur.jpg

This is the GPS-guided artillery round that’s putting the cannon cockers out of business. In Iraq and Afghanistan they’re already being handed rifles and turned into infantry. Because with Excalibur, you don’t need a barrage of shells to be sure you have eliminated a target. One is all that’s necessary. 

Comments Off on Excalibur

Posted in Afghanistan, Iraq, The War, Troops

Tagged

Friendly atmosphere

Posted on November 3, 2007 | Comments Off on Friendly atmosphere

On my second visit to Austin’s VA Health Clinic I was impressed by everything: the friendly people, the clean facilities, the new equipment. Got a flu shot from a tech with a no-pain technique. The doc I was assigned to wanted to run me through the normal blood work, but I pointed out I was scheduled for the full deal, including EKG and X-Rays, Dec. 11 in Temple for the Agent Orange Registry. Did he want to duplicate it? Fine with me. He didn’t. I especially liked the ambience that everyone’s on the same page. I saw why my late father-in-law, a Navy retiree, preferred VA hospitals to private ones. PTSD questions in the med exam surprised me. I think they’re more for new veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq than Vietnam after so many years. Nevertheless. Nightmares? Check. Fear of loud noises? Nope. Avoid situations reminding of combat? Nope. Feelings of detachment from others? That one surprised me. I thought it over and said I would have to answer yes. Wondering now what the Temple exam will uncover in December.

Comments Off on Friendly atmosphere

Posted in Afghanistan, Infantry OCS, Iraq, Troops, Viet Nam

Tagged , ,