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“If You Ever Wonder What a Deployment Is Like, Go to Prison”
Some soldiers get along, and others don’t. It’s the latter that make for the most interesting tales when they speak of their time at war. Army Major Ryan Ussery is a logistician – the guy who keeps th… more →
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Following U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq, Government Contractors Facing Tough Challenges from New Immigration Requirements
wrote 2 days ago: by Carson Burnham and Bonnie Puckett at Martindale May 29, 2012 The United States’ presence in tran … more →
Must-Reads From Around the World, May 28, 2012
wrote 4 days ago: Syrian Massacre - The U.N. Security Council on Sunday condemned Bashar al-Assad’s government for its … more →
The Aftershocks of War
wrote 1 week ago: We’ve had a flurry of books written by troops recounting their battles in Afghanistan and Iraq. Now … more →
“If You Ever Wonder What a Deployment Is Like, Go to Prison”
wrote 1 week ago: Some soldiers get along, and others don’t. It’s the latter that make for the most interesting tales … more →
A Proposition
wrote 1 week ago: This excerpt is, again, jumping around in terms of chronology. After Tikrit we ended up in Al Kut, i … more →
N.J. man is awarded $50.4M after claiming he was cheated out of money from Afghanistan and Iraq construction
wrote 1 week ago: New Jersey .com Morristown May 22, 2012 A judge in Morristown has awarded $50.4 million to a Living … more →
Trash Talk...
wrote 1 week ago: Trash can be deadly. You can get a hint of that from the contract solicitation issued Tuesday by the … more →
IRAQ: Mine-free 2018 target will be missed
wrote 1 week ago: IRIN May 22, 2012 BAGHDAD – Iraq is drawing detailed maps of areas contaminated by landmines … more →
Losing a Daughter in Combat
wrote 1 week ago: It’s tough for most Americans to learn much about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that the U.S. mil … more →
How I Would Have Won The War in Iraq Without Firing a Shot
wrote 2 weeks ago: Or Really Useful Things to do With Elvis Impersonators and Richard Simmons! I’m not a soldier, but I … more →
“Those Who Cannot Remember the Past…”
wrote 2 weeks ago: Hard to believe, but Battleland began covering this terrible story 25 years ago today: 28 KILLED ON … more →
Behind the Bowe Bergdahl Story...
wrote 2 weeks ago: …this week in Time magazine, Battleland’s own Nate Rawlings joins forces with Time AfPak … more →
Employees of contractor barred from Iraq resurrect business
wrote 2 weeks ago: Wall Street Journal at Pittsburgh Post Gazette May 17, 2012 On Jan. 3, 2005, Jerry Cullen signed an … more →
The Defense Build-Down is On, But Fantasies Remain
wrote 2 weeks ago: Marine General John Allen, commander of forces in Afghanistan, is planning for the end – the withdra … more →
If State Dept Is Not Cancelling Iraqi Police Training Program, Why Is Its Contractor Packing Up?
wrote 2 weeks ago: Excerpts from: DiploPundit May 16, 2012 Last week, NYT reported that the U.S. May Scrap Costly Eff … more →
Learning How to Say: “We Regret to Inform You That…”
wrote 2 weeks ago: The pain of war isn’t limited to the front lines. Sometimes it ricochets all the way back home. That … more →
Private Bradley Manning: Hero or Traitor?
wrote 2 weeks ago: Army Private Bradley Manning represents a Rorschach tests for many Americans. The Army arrested the … more →
US insists Iraq police training not being scrapped
wrote 2 weeks ago: AFP May 13, 2012 BAGHDAD — The US embassy in Baghdad insisted on Sunday it had no plans to shut dow … more →
U.S. may scrap efforts to train Iraqi police units
wrote 2 weeks ago: The New York Times at The News Observer BAGHDAD — In the face of spiraling costs and Iraqi off … more →
