R.I.P. - Lance Corporal Peter Eustace

It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Lance Corporal Peter Eustace from 2nd Battalion The Rifles (2 RIFLES) was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday 16 November 2011. Lance Corporal Peter Eustace. Picture: via MOD Lance Corporal Peter Eustace, 2 RIFLES, deployed to Afghanistan as a mortar fire controller with Delhi Company of 1st Battalion...

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Marines Won't Follow Army's Lead on new Carbine

November 17, 2011Military.com|by Matthew Cox  The Marine Corps will not follow the Army if it selects a replacement for its M4 carbine but instead will settle on improving its fleet of M16A4s and M4s, acquisition officials told lawmakers Wednesday. South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson asked about...

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Afghan police (ANP) kill 2 Taliban commanders

KABUL, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) --  Police killed two Taliban commanders in an operation in southern Afghan province of Uruzgan on Wednesday, Interior Ministry said in a press release Thursday. "Personnel of National Police during an operation raided Taliban hideouts in Uruzgan's provincial capital Trinkot Wednesday night and killed two commanders namely Mullah Nimatullah...

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27 insurgents killed, 6 captured in Afghanistan

KABUL, Nov. 17  --  Afghan security forces, backed by NATO-led Coalition troops, have killed 27 insurgents and captured six others over the past 24 hours, the Afghan Interior Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. "The Afghan National Police (ANP), Afghan National Army and Coalition Forces launched six joint operations in surrounding areas of Kabul, Kunar,...

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9 killed in U.S. drone strike in NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Nov. 17  -- At least nine people were killed in a U.S. drone strike launched Thursday afternoon in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of North Waziristan which borders Afghanistan, reported local Urdu TV channel ARY. According to the report, four missiles were fired by U.S. drones at a house suspected of being a militant hideout in the Razmak area of...

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Haqqani Network releases video of training camps

i don't like propaganda videos, but this one got enough interest things i'm just cut the video for the interest(funny?) moments interest like the helmets, the uniforms, and the weapons --> comments are welcome! (mute it if you don't like the music, btw i leave the audio on it, because of the background sounds) for the full report and the original video click on the link...

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At least two missiles fired into capital Kabul

Thursday, November 17, 2011 – A heavy explosion rocked capital Kabul early Thursday morning.  According to security officials, the explosion took as a result of missile attack which took place in the fourth district and in Bagh-e-Bala area of capital Kabul, where the Afghan national grand assembly tent is located.There is no immediate report regarding the...

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Soldier Surprises Son At Waltham School (+video)

By Bill Shields, WBZ-TVNovember 16, 2011WALTHAM (CBS) – Nine-year old Cody Young got the surprise of his young life today: his dad got home early from Afghanistan. Sgt. Rick Young and his wife Dyan decided to make it a Thanksgiving surprise…and what a surprise it was. “I’ve missed the little guy so much,” said Rick, as he and his wife arrived at the Fitzgerald School to...

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Nov. 17., 2011. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

2011-11-S-028 ISAF Joint Command - Afghanistan For Immediate Release KABUL, Afghanistan (Nov. 17, 2011) — A combined Afghan and coalition security force captured a Taliban facilitator in Daman district, Kandahar province, Wednesday. The facilitator conducted spectacular attacks and coordinated with insurgent leaders to plan roadside bomb and suicide attacks in Kandahar...

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R.I.P. - Spc. David E. Hickman

DOD Identifies Army Casualty              The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation New Dawn.             Spc. David E. Hickman, 23, of Greensboro, N.C., died Nov. 14, in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered after encountering an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort...

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British Soldier Killed In Afghan Bomb Blast

A soldier from 2nd Battalion The Rifles has died following in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said. Next of kin have been informed of the death in the Mirmandab region of Nahr-e Saraj. The soldier was serving with the 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment as a part of Combined Force Nahr-e Saraj North when he was killed by an improvised...

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Video: 10 years of operations in Afghanistan (by MoD/UK)

A new video, made by the Ministry of Defence from footage from the last ten years, tells the history of operations in Afghanistan and explains why we are there, what progress has been made, and how British Service personnel are preparing to hand over control to the Afghans in 2015. Ten years ago, British Service personnel first went into Afghanistan as part of what was...

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