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Category : Afghanistan 05-15
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As the surge of 30,000 US troops continues to pour into Afghanistan, the Obama administration is now considering the possibility of reconciling with some of the Taliban, reintegrating the soldiers into society, as a way to find an end to this long conflict. The plan is supported by Afghan president Hamid Karzai, although discussions are still in the very early stages. A recent United Nations report found that violence in Afghanistan claimed the lives of more than 2,400 Afghan civilians in the year 2009. While this is the largest annual death toll for noncombatants since the US led invasion eight years ago, the report found that the majority of deaths had been caused by Taliban attacks. Collected here are images of the country and conflict over the past month, part of an ongoing monthly series on Afghanistan.
US Airmen from the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron prepare to refuel an E-3 airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft Jan.15, 2010, over Afghanistan. (Staff Sgt. Angelita Lawrence – US Air Force)
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Another message from Rachelle, Oklahoma, USA.
As you all know one of our classmates Lory Poteet-Box, was recently diagnosed with Leukemia, and will be soon starting treatment in St Louis, Missouri, to try and beat this disease. Lory contacted me to see if I could help get her daughter, Devon, home from Germany in order to help Lory, Gary and their four younger children. Devon’s husband is active duty Air Force. I have contacted the Red Cross and they do not deem Lory’s condition a life and death emergency, however, that does not mean I have given up there, that only means I have talked to one person and I have my call list for Wednesday, I have a few contacts and trust me I will use them to the best of my ability. I have also talked to couple of people within the Air Force and will be contacting the Family Emergency Group in Germany, to see if they can help get Devon home in that manner. However, if none of these plans follow thru, we all need to help Lory and her family.
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Category : EUCMH Mails Center
Tags: 4BCT 4ID, Afghanistan, Baghdad, Bob Calvert, Brigade Civil Military Operations Officer, California, Capt. John T. Stamm Panjshir IO/PAO, Captain Dan Murphy, Director of Rule of Law, Facebook, Fort Carson, Iraq, Iraqi Training and Advisor Mission, Kosovo, LinkedIN, Lt. Col. Eric W. Hommel, Maj. Gerald Bradley, Maj. Ian H. Murray, Major Clint Hanna, Marine Colonel Darrell F. Halse, Ministry of Interior, MySpace, North Dakota, Nuristan Provisional Reconstruction Team, Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team, Panjshir PRT Commander, Panjshir PRT PMT, Panjshir PRT XO, Petty Officer 1st Class Kathleen Leach, PFC Jeffrey K. Dieterle, Senior Airman Mason Sullivan, Sgt David L. Starkey, SGT Rachel E. Haltom, Sgt. Jorge Silva, Spc. Drew Balstad, Staff Sgt. Dustan Johnson, Twitter, US Air Force, US Army National Guard, US Navy, Veterans Groups Posts
In 1914, we were at war. We called our Allies and the American Expeditionary Force came oversea to help liberate and eliminate the Germans. In 1940 it was going on again and what did we ? We again called the US Army for rescue. They didn’t even ask why or do we have to do this ? No way they came over here and did what have to be done to freed France, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg and even Germany. Today, the US Army is calling us for help and we do not even need to risk to get a cold or something. There is no danger. They just ask us to help them. Don’t you think that some kind of payback from our part is deserved ?
Troops in Afghanistan, Iraq and Kosovo Need YOUR Help !
For the past 10 days our troops have been sharing their mostly untold progress and positive stories over the internet as they call in on our program, from where they are serving in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Category : Archive Stories, George Day MOH
Tags: Al Gharib, General Douglas MacArthur, George Everett "Bud" Day, Hanoi, John McCain, Leo Thorsness, Lyndon Johnson, Medal Of Honor Recipient, Message, North Vietnam, Sean Hannity, Squadron Commander, Torture, US Air Force, Vietnam War
I got shot down over N-Vietnam in 1967, a Squadron Commander. After I returned in 1973, I published 2 books that dealt a lot with “real torture” in Hanoi. Our make believe President is branding our country as a bunch of torturers when he has no idea what torture is.
As for me, put thru a mock execution because I would not respond…, pistol whipped on the head…, same event… Couple of days later… hung by my feet all day. I escaped and a couple of weeks later, I got shot and recaptured. Shot was OK… what happened afterwards was not.
They marched me to Vinh… put me in the rope trick, trick… almost pulled my arms out of the sockets… Beat me on the head with a little wooden rod until my eyes were swelled shut, and my unshot, unbroken hand a pulp.
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