Tag: Army

  • Photos From Afghanistan (July 2010)

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    This combination photograph shows portraits of Afghan National Army soldiers following a patrol made on Sunday, July 11, 2010, at the United States Army’s Combat Outpost Ware, in the volatile Arghandab Valley, near Kandahar City, southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) Check out the full Afghanistan July photoset – HERE Some especially graphic pictures in this…

  • Afghan National Police Get High, Giggle, And Act Silly While On Patrol

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    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MZWPCrI4RU[/youtube] Hilarious. I wouldn’t want to be on patrol with those ANP jokers though. I gotta hand it to Al Jazeera for getting these exclusives. If I was one of the guys from the 82nd Airborne it would take all my restraint to not pull out my rifle and put a few rounds through that…

  • Tactical Kilt Makes Appearance On Top Shot

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    This blog is no stranger to the Tactical Kilt… I posted some pictures about a year ago and my thoughts still remain the same. I actually forgot they existed until last Sunday’s episode of Top Shot (S01E06 – Wild Wild West) where former British Army Captain Iain Harrison had one on for the first half of the show: It…

  • Army Medevac in Afghanistan

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    A soldier shields himself from rotor wash as a U.S. Army MEDEVAC helicopter from Charlie Co. Sixth Battalion, 101st Airborne Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Shadow takes off from a field after picking up wounded Afghan National Army soldiers June 22, 2010 near Kandahar, Afghanistan. Full photo set – HERE

  • Toy Soldier Hat Boy David Morales Awarded Medal

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    Retired Lt. Gen. Reginald Centracchio, the former head of the Rhode Island National Guard, gave 8-year-old David Morales a medal called a challenge coin during an appearance on WPRO-AM’s John DePetro show. Centracchio said the second-grader should be thanked for recognizing veterans and soldiers. “You did nothing wrong, and you did an outstanding job,” he…

  • Toy Soldiers Glued To A Hat Violates School’s Weapons Ban

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    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xzRfR0Kgbc[/youtube] Providence, RI – Christan Morales said her son David just wanted to honor American troops when he wore a hat to school decorated with an American flag and small plastic Army figures. But the school banned the hat because it ran afoul of the district’s zero-tolerance weapons policy. Why? The toy soldiers were carrying…