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The Thunder Run's From the Front for 07/15/2009 highlights:
Old Blue: The new digs
Curmudgeon: An Unlikely Army Chaplain: OUTRAGE
Far From Perfect: Transporting a child
Helmand Blog - Afghanistan: Don't prod this particular hornet's nest
Bill Roggio: Tribal force kills 23 Pakistani Taliban
Kevin Knodell: Jackson Death Distracted from Soldiers’ Sacrifices
Pentagon Deploys New Troops to Iraq, With a Twist
US Troops in Iraq to Focus More on Support Than Combat
U.S. Units Partner, Pass Combat Life Saver Skills to Iraqi Army Medics
First Air Force Officer Takes Command of Army Engineer Corps District
Battery Commander Looks Back at Successful Tour of Duty in Iraq
'Walking a tightrope'
Afghan War’s Buried Bombs Put Risk in Every Step
British Coffins Raise Ire Over Afghan Push
6 Killed in Afghanistan Helicopter Crash are Ukrainian, Reports Say
Coalition, Afghan Forces Reclaim Village, Disrupt Taliban
AND MORE... - David M
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Just one of our responsible, ethical, intellectually-rigorous public servants... - FbL
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The collision point of environmentalism, food safety, government regulation and small business: It ain't pretty. - FbL
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The Thunder Run's From the Front for 07/15/2009 highlights:
Old Blue: The new digs
Curmudgeon: An Unlikely Army Chaplain: OUTRAGE
Far From Perfect: Transporting a child
Helmand Blog - Afghanistan: Don't prod this particular hornet's nest
Bill Roggio: Tribal force kills 23 Pakistani Taliban
Kevin Knodell: Jackson Death Distracted from Soldiers’ Sacrifices
Pentagon Deploys New Troops to Iraq, With a Twist
US Troops in Iraq to Focus More on Support Than Combat
U.S. Units Partner, Pass Combat Life Saver Skills to Iraqi Army Medics
First Air Force Officer Takes Command of Army Engineer Corps District
Battery Commander Looks Back at Successful Tour of Duty in Iraq
'Walking a tightrope'
Afghan War’s Buried Bombs Put Risk in Every Step
British Coffins Raise Ire Over Afghan Push
6 Killed in Afghanistan Helicopter Crash are Ukrainian, Reports Say
Coalition, Afghan Forces Reclaim Village, Disrupt Taliban
AND MORE... - David M
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Just one of our responsible, ethical, intellectually-rigorous public servants... - FbL
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The collision point of environmentalism, food safety, government regulation and small business: It ain't pretty. - FbL
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*A term of art from the artillery. Harassment and Interdiction Fires. Back in the day, when you could just kill people and break things without a note from a lawyer, they were pre-planned, but to the enemy, random, fires at known gathering points, road junctions, Main Supply Routes, assembly areas, etc - to keep the bad guy nervous that the world around him might start exploding at any minute. Not really relevant to today's operating environment, right? But, it *is. The UAVs we fly over Afghanistan and Pakistan looking for targets of opportunity are a form of H&I fires, if you really want to parse it finely. We just have better sensors and fire control now. Of course, now I have to call them UAS's, because someone got a Legion of Merit for the name change.Anyway, I call the post H&I Fires because it's random things posted by me and people I've given posting privileges to that particular topic. Another term of art that might be appropriate is Free Fire Zone.
Heh. You have such a *cute* way of describing dirtballs...