Herschel Smith at Captains Journal has been my source of what the ‘bleep’ is going on in Afghanistan. I can tell you I have a vested interest in what’s going on since my SO has been training Afghan troops for a few months now. I can tell you he’s not a happy camper […]

It has been obvious for quite awhile that NATO command in Afghanistan is not working.

Herschel Smith at Captain’s Journal reports:
About five months ago The Captain’s Journal published Command Structure Changes for Afghanistan, which Glenn Reynolds linked at Instapundit. We were prescient and properly predicted that in order to give General Petraeus the power and authority […]

Message From: Semper Fi 1st Sgt Dave Jobe “Baker 8″:
How are you all doing? The proud warriors of Baker Company wanted to do something to pay tribute to our fallen comrades. So since we are part of the only Infantry Battalion left in Iraq the one way that we could think of doing that is […]

Too many have forgotten!
Go watch the documentary - “Obsession: Radical Islams War Against the West”
September 11 2001, 911, Obsession, Never Forget

Brian’s ‘Pocky Stan and Tally Ban - priceless.
Live From Londonistan:
Tom Brokaw: President Obama, you’ve shocked the globe. In the past week, world leaders have gobbled your balls and asked for seconds. You’re a giant on the world stage and have been compared with the saviour of mankind.
Does this surprise you?
Sen. […]

From Dhimmi Watch
A TOP Taliban commander in Afghanistan with links to the killers of several British Army soldiers has escaped from German special forces because they were not authorised to kill him.
The fiasco highlights the absurd role played by the German military, which is known to other combat nations as “the bridge builders”, because Berlin […]

Paratroopers serving in Afghanistan have been smeared by the NYT’s (are you surprised?). These paratroopers are living in harsh conditions and through all this they get kicked in the teeth by Elizabeth Rubin of the NYT’s.
From Blackfive:
A recent article by Elizabeth Rubin in the New York Times painted one Platoon of […]

Yep, no need to protect the southern border with Mexico. It’s just poor, uneducated Mexicans illegally crossing the border who want to make a better life for themselves off of the back of Americans. You people who think we need to protect our borders are just racists, nativists and restrictionists. [sarcasm off]
From Jihad […]

Read this account of the hotel bombing by someone who was there. Chilling….
Dinner in Kabul (Lisa Schiffren)
I turn on the afterburners and start cutting up the hall following a trail of blood leading to the basement. Everyone is running as fast as possible. I lost my cousin in this mess, I get down two […]

Paul Kengor (author of The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism and prof of poltiical science at Grove City College) details Hollywood’s propaganda machine which is adept at revising history. I encourage you to read the whole article since the depth of deception with this movie is significant although not terribly surprising […]

Isn’t that just the truth. Lately the drive by media hasn’t had much to report from Iraq since things have significantly quieted down. There’s still the occasional attempt to report 20 headless bodies found or some such faux story fed to the drive by’s through insurrgent groups. To report that thousands of […]

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I tried to think of a wittier title than this but who could beat MacGyver?
This story is about a group called the Rapid Equipping Force (REF) - they try to find quick solutions which would save lives or improve combat operations without going through the bureaucratic chain of the Pentagon.
From Mario Loyola at National Review:
snip….Colonel […]

Modern Conservative’s Christopher Cook has a forewarning for the Dhimmis and Rino’s:
Returning soldiers gunning for Democrats
So, what is going to happen, as these soldiers begin to return home? Will returning back to America erase the memories of the serial betrayals, lies, and political gamesmanship of the Democrats and the media, all done at the expense […]

Last evening Franklin, Tennessee hosted the Brentwood Exchange Club’s Flags of Honor ceremony. If you don’t know, Middle Tennessee has been in a severe drought and finally yesterday we got rain. It lightly rained for the hour prior to the start of the ceremony, just as the ceremony was to start the rain […]

This is a national program which gifts historic rifles to soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.
But Bogart is especially touched by a gift that carries the weight of history and a sense of the battlefield. It is a vintage M1 Garand, the infantry rifle that U.S. forces fought with in World War II.
Bogart, 34, is […]

This past weekend there were two Tennessee military funeral missions and a welcome home mission. 
Saturday we honored and protected the family of Lance Corporal Jeffrey Adam Bishop of Dickson, TN. 
From the Dickson Herald:

He was everybody’s protector; their hero and he wanted to start his own family. But the war in Iraq put an […]

Flag Gazer directed me to this milblogger newly arrived in Afghanistan.  It’s My Opinions and Rant at Chuckmansblog.
Give the man some support.
Technorati Tags: Afghanistan, Chuck aka tully mars, military, support the troops

Some great action photos of our guys working hard.
03/30/07 - A U.S. Army Soldier jumps across a stream in the Paktika province of Afghanistan March 30, 2007, during an operation to limit the movement of the Taliban in the area. The Soldier is assigned to Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment. DoD photo by […]

Thanks to Capt Doug Traversa (Afghanistan without a clue) for posting this letter. Actually, Caitlin came up with the Frontpage link in Doug’s comments.
This letter encapsulates my fears about the so-called “Peaceful Majority” in not only the US but the world. I could add to peaceful the adjectives lazy, self-absorbed, misguided, uniformed, ignorant, anti-American, isolationistic, […]

From Flag Gazer we find out about another one of our truly awesome Soldiers.  His name is Todd Larkin. Todd has a few projects going to help the children in Afganistan.
Meet Todd Larkin… Todd is a soldier serving in Afghanistan. He is also a humanitarian and my hero for the projects he undertakes for the […]

The American Dream!  What does that mean?  There’s two stories I’m going to direct you to and both are very different. 
The first is about a conversation an Army Major had with an Afghani about religion.  This shows how wide the divide can be in understanding just what freedom means.
Afghanistan without a clue relates a letter […]

The Sandbox is an online blog where a number of milbloggers who are deployed or were deployed post their stories.  Currently, Cpt Doug Traversa of Tullahoma, TN has stories posted.  I loved his photo of the Jingle Trucks.  You should check them out.

Poor Doug is Air Force, He’s traveling home on leave and has to […]

I’m sure there might be those who have received this opinion piece in an email before but it’s the first time I’ve read it.  With the situation between Israel and Hezbollah/Iran today it is especially poignant.
People who need to read this opinion piece won’t unfortunately.  My primary disagreement with the writer is he doesn’t believe the […]

This is an encouraging story about Afghan women moving forward despite many obstacles.  It's still very unusual for an Afghan female to be driving. 

Women drivers are so rare in Afghanistan that it's a head-turning, hand-pointing shock for most people who see one. The license bureau reports that of the more than 17,000 licenses issued in the […]