Tag: Afghanistan

  • NYT Wants To Hear Your Stories From Afghanistan

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    The New York Times invites members of the military who are serving, or have served, in Afghanistan to help us document the daily life of this war in photographs, video and writing. Take us on a tour of the forward operating base, introduce us to your friends, describe the hardships and rewards of deployment and…

  • British Army Sniper Craig Harrison Sets New Record

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    A British Army sniper has set a new sharpshooting distance record by killing two Taliban machinegunners in Afghanistan from more than a mile away. Craig Harrison, a member of the Household Cavalry, killed the insurgents with consecutive shots — even though they were 3,000ft beyond the most effective range of his rifle. The distance to…

  • Photos from Afghanistan (April 2010)

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    A US Marines V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft kicks up dust as it takes off inside a US Marines base of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines in Marjah. The Osprey is my favorite aircraft. Check out the rest of the amazing photos – HERE

  • Tactical Lady Gaga – Soldiers Telephone Remake

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    What do you do when you’re bored and in Afghanistan with no girls?  This… and it’s absolutely hilarious: [youtube width=”560″ height=”340″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haHXgFU7qNI[/youtube] They have the dance down pretty well!  They are missing out on the shameless product placement though. The original Lady Gaga and Beyonce one, which is VERY VERY weird: [youtube width=”560″ height=”340″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ95z6ywcBY[/youtube] Hat Tip:…

  • Gatorade And The Taliban – Talibade

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    In my previous post about the U.S. abandoning their position in the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan, frequent commenter Aleksandr Mravinsky pointed out that the video showed one of the Taliban bozos at 3min 10sec with a Gatorade (pictured above). So naturally I fired up photoshop…

  • U.S. Abandoned Position in Korengal Valley And Apparently Left Lots Behind

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    [youtube width=”560″ height=”340″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsyNvgDvvQw[/youtube] Boxes of ammunition, mortars, rockets, missiles? Tons of fuel left in the tanks? How hard would it have been to put everything on a pile and blow it up?  I don’t buy it… My guess is the Taliban is just making that up to appear stronger. I do think its odd that…