December 2011
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Finally, Words For The Picture: "I'd do it all...
U.S. Army Pfc. Kyle Hockenberry is tended to by medics after being wounded in a blast from an improvised explosive device on June 15 in Afghanistan in this picture taken by a Stars and Stripes photographer. Photo courtesy of the Hockenberry family to the Marietta Times. Hockenberry had both legs above the knee and his left arm above the elbow amputated. Discharged from Brooke Army Medical...
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ohmrbieber-deactivated20120205 asked: hey, i just wanted to say thank you for running this blog to show the hard work many soldiers put into protecting our freedom. im enlisting into the national guard in may and I will definitely keep coming back here to check things out
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Wave of bombings kills 69 across Iraqi capital -... →
[We’re gone less than a week, and this is how they celebrate. Why am I not surprised? -R]
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Soldier Stories, Reflections From An Iraqi Veteran
Ever since our administration announced the end of the war in Iraq I have not been sure how I feel. As I have talked about a few times on this blog I was part of the initial invasion of the country in 2003. It could even be said that Operation Iraqi Freedom was the culmination of my military career, it was the last time I would lead men in combat, it was the last time I would deploy on a real...
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The Last Soldier to be Killed in Iraq →
urabus: airbornebear: Ft. Bragg Paratrooper RIP I was out flying that night when the urgent medivac came over the radio, the next day we brought his battle buddies to Baghdad international to bring him home RIP brother
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U.S.: Mistakes led to Pakistani troop attack -... →
The truth is always somewhere in the shades of grey between. A statement issued by the Department of Defense did not apologize for the attack, as the Pakistanis have demanded, and instead defended the actions of American forces. “The report says we recognize we made mistakes, and that mistakes were also made by the Pakistanis,” said the NATO official, who could not be named because...
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