Clarity

WHERE is the al-Qaeda training camp in Pakistan, and how do we plan to destroy it? This is the question that every American should be asking, the day after five men were detained and questioned as part of an FBI...
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More Fraud

This bastard doesn't know when to quit.

GEE Inc.

The newest in Fraud merchandise. For any of you that had an experience with the last site, you can see that he has set up this little "business" the exact same way. Trying to lure people in with the "Free shipping on orders over $200." All the email's [...]
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Open Post

"Whoever does not have the stomach for this fight, let him depart. Give him money to speed his departure since we wish not to die in that mans company. Whoever lives past today and comes home safely wiil rouse himself...
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More Memorial

Line up! No shoving! And enter the Freedom Center (excuse me, the International Freedom Center. We're truly fortunate today, our tour guide is Richard Tofel, the president of the Center. He'll begin by lecturing us on why a simple memorial...
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Those Bad Marine Recruiters ("Bad Dog!")

A whole lot of you have emailed the story by Susan Paynter in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer about the Marine Recruiter who "kidnapped" someone's son.  Of course, this is all because it is so difficult to recruit nowadays... Also, you should...
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MCRD to Close?

THE MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT in San Diego might be added to the Pentagon's base closure list, North County Times reports. Speaking to reporters on the Embarcadero boardwalk Wednesday afternoon, Anthony Principi, the chairman of the Base Realignment and Closure...
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News From Spain

Judge Santiago Pedraz will file a request for interrogation to the United States in accordance with the request established by “Journalists Without Borders.” Pedraz intends to interrogate three American soldiers, Sergeant Thomas Gibson, Captain Philip Wolford and Lt. Colonel Philip...
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Bar Room Buddies ‘O’ Mine

Well...seeing as I'm in Korea and there's a time difference...technically I'm not 21 till around 1600....but I don't even mind then, 'cuz that's exactly when I get off work and I'm actually allowed to start drinkin'. I was thinkin' about havin' a bottle ready on the nightstand and my alarm set for midnight, but [...]
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9/11 Families Update

Richard J. Tofel explains that there's plenty of room in the acreage made available by terrorist attacks of 9/11 for his organization to build it's Hate America First Center. Most notable in Tofel's carefully worded pacification attempt is the complete...
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Bystanders

CHESTER examines the global "diffusion of responsibility" as it relates to the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe....
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Making Marine Recon More Like Special Forces

Before a bunch of Marines get upset, the title is derived from an article about the Recon Battalions. Via Seamus, here's an article from Sea Power Magazine that discusses the evolution of Marine Recon in Iraq to include more training ...
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Dawn Patrol

Alert UN alert as nuclear plans go missing (Guardian) Electronic drawings that give comprehensive details of how to build and test equipment essential for making nuclear bombs have vanished and could be put up for sale on the international black...
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Just A Little Reminder…

Due to OPSEC and all that crap, I'm tryin to avoid all name usage on this site unless permission is granted from the respective owner. So if you end up typing my name in and you don't see it pop up immediatley...I will fix it and then put it through.

I just don't want some terrorist [...]
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Defiling Our History

THIS MAKES ME ANGRY: The World Trade Center Memorial Cultural Complex will be an imposing edifice wedged in the place where the Twin Towers once stood. It will serve as the primary "gateway" to the underground area where the names...
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More Airborne Stories

Sort of a continuing discussion of Brit Wings from yesterday...here's some real manly stories of jumping out of military aircraft... Uncle Jimbo describes what it's like to go through jump school. I posted a Jump School description in response to...
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Hating America - The 9/11 Memorial

First, read this by Jeff Jarvis. Then, check this by Michelle Malkin (with link to her latest column). And, if you ever read anything at all on MilBlogs, read this great post about one of my heroes, Rick Rescorla...here's just...
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On Leaving

A while ago I heard from a Seattle-area band called 3dB Down. They had read this post - one I wrote as a farewell message to my family before deploying to Iraq. I've never met these guys, but they wanted...
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The Warrior Lives! (...just not in France)

Heh.  France declares the macho man dead...yeah, right, like when I think of what makes a man (what would make my grandfather proud?), I think of what some French guy dreams up...sure. While this ol' Paratrooper might occasionally wear the...
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Rat Trap

AUSTIN BAY takes a hard look at jihadi smuggling operations, and how they relate to the larger War on Terror. “The rats” are attracted to Iraq, and the US and coalition are building an Iraqi Army that will fight them....
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Action Hero

SIX MONTHS AGO, actor Denzel Washington paid a visit to the Brooks Army Medical Center in San Antonio to visit soldiers recovering from injuries sustained in Iraq and Afghanistan. While there, he also toured the "Fisher House," a charity-supported facility...
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Action Hero

SIX MONTHS AGO, actor Denzel Washington paid a visit to the Brooks Army Medical Center in San Antonio to visit soldiers recovering from injuries sustained in Iraq and Afghanistan. While there, he also toured the "Fisher House," a charity-supported facility...
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Terror Bust in Lodi

TWO SUSPECTED TERRORISTS have been arrested near Sacramento. In a case that was still unfolding, officials confirmed that Hamid Hayat, 23, and his father, Umer, 47, were taken into custody Sunday. Authorities said late Tuesday that they were still trying...
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So Ronery

NORTH KOREA wants to be considered a nuclear state. "We have to be treated as a nation possessing nuclear weapons," Pak Gil Yon, North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations, was quoted as telling Joseph DeTrani, special U.S. envoy to...
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"Be proud of them...they do great things for the right reasons"

The HMM-162 (Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-162) has landed and the situation is well in hand. LtCol Diehl updates the friends and families of this Aviation Combat Element: It's been a little over two months since we departed Eastern North Carolina...
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Africa Aid Package

NO AGREEMENT on a new aid package for Africa emerged from a meeting between President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday. "There will be the usual expressions of sympathy by the finance ministers on issues to do...
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Berge Avadanian

When Berge Avadanian jumped into France as part of the 82nd Airborne on D-Day, 6 June, 1944 he was sure he was going to die that day."I was a fatalist, myself. I was resigned to death. It was a one-way...
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Every Day Hero

A hero firefighter who risked his life rescuing his fellow New Yorkers at the World Trade Center, died November 29, 2004 fighting his country's enemies in Iraq. Bravest Sacrifice On the day he was murdered by a coven of cowards,...
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911... Never Forget...it's all America's fault

I'm moving this post up because I think this subject could be as forgotten as it appears some have forgtten 911. It needs to be a reminder for everyone of what the WTC Memorial needs to be about. Whether all...
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Dawn Patrol

Iraq Interview with COL Milley [DVIDS video] Colonel Mark Milley, Commander, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division talks from Baghdad to an MSNBC News reporter about Operation Lightning, recent terrorist activity in Iraq, and the progress of Iraqi security forces. Today's...
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Stone Breakers

"...the wicked on the mountain."
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North Korea Back at the Table?

NORTH KOREA may soon return to the Six Party nuclear talks, ABC News reports. The two sides met in New York on Monday, their first meeting in a month. The U.S. aim is to resume six-party negotiations after a yearlong...
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Last Monday

Well, I'm finally gettting around to posting this...sorry for the wait.

Originally I was supposd to work on the desk Monday, but i had a dental appointment at 1030, and it wouldn't have happened if I'd been on the desk, so I switched out with a cooworker for Admin that day, which meant going to the [...]
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Choosing Sides

When Operation LIGHTNING kicked off, as Iraqi troops swept through Baghdad rounding up "insurgents", headlines across America touted the power of the terrorist forces they opposed. The Boston Globe's coverage was typical: Insurgents kill 38, wound dozens in attacks. Elsewhere...
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Spanish Judge Wants US Soldiers

FRESH OFF THE WIRES from Reuters: A Spanish judge wants to question three U.S. soldiers as suspects in the death of a Spanish cameraman who was killed when a U.S. tank fired on a hotel housing foreign journalists during the...
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British Wings - SF Alpha Geek Style

Those of you with Brit Jump Wings will appreciate these posts by SF Alpha Geek - a MilBlogger who should be writing professionally.  Paratroopers and enthusiasts will appreciate the level of detail and the rememberances: Jumping With The Brits Part...
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Freedom Team Salute

Via Seamus and LionSeven, here's a great message from the Sergeant Major of the Army to all Command Sergeants Major:CSM’s, On this edition of my Leaders Book Notes I would like to talk about an incredible program developed to honor...
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Rehashing Kerry's Grades and the SF180

Okay.  We're back on the Kerry records thing again. Michelle Malkin has a comprehensive post with links about it.  This SF180 issue will never be cleared up until he signs an SF180 and lists the recipient as an independent journalist...
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More Media Slander

GATEWAY PUNDIT catches Washington Post reporter Ceci Connelly slandering the US military on FOX News (Trey Jackson has the video). Connolly: There have been many homicides of prisoners. Hume: How many? Connolly: I believe close to a 100. Hume: A...
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More Media Slander

GATEWAY PUNDIT catches Washington Post reporter Ceci Connelly slandering the US military on FOX News (Trey Jackson has the video). Connolly: There have been many homicides of prisoners. Hume: How many? Connolly: I believe close to a 100. Hume: A...
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Rebuilding Iraq

MICHAEL FUMENTO reports from Fallujah. Although the area is still "red" – meaning hostile – as is all of the predominantly Sunni Anbar province, the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force is extending power lines and laying water and sewage pipes at...
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Warrior to Warrior

Vietnam veteran and author John Harriman returns to Mudville with the latest installment of his series Warrior to Warrior, letters from a Vietnam veteran to our soldiers in Iraq. See the intro to the series here). We have this parade...
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Bagram Rainbow

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan: A rainbow signifies hope, peace and promise. Three A-10s, Thunderbolt II, from Pope AFB N.C. parked on the flightline here after a rain shower. The A-10s are assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing in support...
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Marines (And "Big Windy") Find Friends Instead of Foes

Afghan National Army troops and U.S Marines launch from the rear of a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Afghanistan's rugged Tora Bora mountains to deliver civic assistance to remote villages. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Rick Scavetta, US...
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It keeps piling up

Today I went to retrieve some paperwork from a person that had to sign some of my stuff. I go there and find out that the person is on emergency leave and isn’t expected to come back anytime soon. I asked the guy if there was anyone else that could help me. He gave me [...]
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Dawn Patrol

MSM Reports Misquoted in the MSM [From My Position... On the way! - in Iraq] Well, not misquoted. Half quoted. The “journalist” from the Boston globe who quoted me only included 1/100th of what I said. Here’s the part where...
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"We pray for the soldiers every night."

Michael Yon is a writer currently travelling in the Kurdish area of Dohuk, Iraq. During a visit to the village of Yezdinar, Yon asked the Headman of the village a simple question: An Iraqi. A Kurd. A Yezidi. A village...
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Special requests

We've posted lists of care package items before, but there's no better source for suggestions than our Marines. Here's a wish list from Capt John A. Kasparian for 3/25 Marines in the wild wild west of Iraq. We have a...
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Security Leak

"Moooooolllle!....I want to chop it up and make some guacaMOLE-eh!!!"
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Countdown Till Doomsday

Just 5 more days and I will cross over into the realm we know as "Manhood". That place where a young male strives to drink all the alchohol he can until he achieves....the "Tabletop Effect." I will patriotically stimulate the economy by purchasing all the handguns I can afford, and still save some cash on [...]
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Bazooka? Or .22? Hmm…

I'm still trying to decide what kind of a hand gun I should get when I get home. I've been dying to get ahold of the old style 1911 .45 cal, but I also want a carry piece for when I'm going out drinking.....heheh. That was a joke.

But seriously, I also wanna get that [...]
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