We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/operation_mount.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:54:31 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Army Capt. John Williams (left to right), commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment (Airborne), observes the hill top while Army Staff Sgt. William Randall, HHT, directs Army Sgt. Shawn Seymour,a M-240B machine gun operator in HHT, during Operation Mountain Highway II April 27 in Nuristan province, Afghanistan. By Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Aird 173rd ABCT Public Affairs NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment (Airborne) and Legion Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), teamed with the Afghan National Army and the Afghan Border Police to conduct Operation Mountain Highway... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/operation_mount.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/operation_mount.html Sat, 10 May 2008 08:26:50 -0600 second guys like Capt. Gwira to the ABP? Not to be visiting experts from out of town, but serving officers with command authority to dime out the corrupt. Kicks up mentoring a notch. Maybe we ought to start an exchange program. ABP officers from the Balochistan border should feel right at home along the Yuma sector.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/operation_mount.html#comment-72893 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/operation_mount.html#comment-72893 Sat, 10 May 2008 16:38:31 -0600 Okay, number two is carrying an PKM, but lead's got a Dragunov. Looks more like an outbound patrol than a security detail, but whaddoo I know. Orrrr, it could just be those imps in the AKO Caption Corps... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/operation_mount.html#comment-72886 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/operation_mount.html#comment-72886 Sat, 10 May 2008 14:57:42 -0600