96th Transportation Company Memorial Service Package video (720p HD)

Regional Command Southwest Video by Staff Sgt. Daniel SymondsDate Taken:07.1.2012 Members of the 96th Transportation Company held a memorial service for Staff Sgt. Anthony Massarelli and Sgt. Joseph Strachota who perished on June 24th, 2012 while trying to avoid a civilian vehicle that had struck another military truck, when their vehicle crashed into a roadside ditch. Includes...

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just a photo - Marine Lance Cpl. Hunter Hogan

Taylor Rudd of Lubbock, Texas, kneels to pray with his horse, White Horse, during the funeral services for Marine Lance Cpl. Hunter Hogan Friday, July 6, 2012 in York, Neb. Hunter died June 23, 2012 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/The Omaha World-Herald, Alyssa Schukar)   Related articles R.I.P. - Lance...

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Roadside bombing kills 6 civilians in S. Afghanistan

TIRIN KOT, Afghanistan, July 7 (Xinhua) -- A total of six Afghan civilians were killed and two others were injured Saturday morning when a roadside bomb struck a vehicle in southern Uruzgan province, the police said."The incident occurred at around 11:15 a.m. local time in Sangar area of Chora district," head of anti-criminal police department in the province, Gulab Khan,...

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17 civilians injured in rocket attack in W. Afghanistan

FARAH, Afghanistan, July 7 (Xinhua) -- At least 17 civilians were injured Saturday morning in an explosion and ensuing rocket attack in Farah city, the provincial capital of western Afghan province of Farah, the police said. "A motor bike bomb went off at around 11:00 a.m. local time near the provincial governor office building in Farah city, causing no casualties but minutes...

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July 07., 2012. - ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces arrested an Afghan National Army deserter turned Taliban insurgent in Khugyani district, Nangarhar province, yesterday. The deserter stole equipment belonging to Afghan security forces and, prior to his arrest, was planning to attend Taliban bomb-making training in Pakistan. The Afghan and coalition security force found...

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July 06., 2012. - RC-East operational update

BAGRAM, Afghanistan – Afghan and coalition forces killed seven insurgents, detained 14, located three weapons caches and cleared eight improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout the past 24 hours, July 7. Ghazni province Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces found and safely cleared an IED in Andar district. Khowst...

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RC(SW) Press Release: Update - Child Killed by Insurgent Device in Helmand Province

Regional Command SouthwestCourtesy StoryCAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – Today (Friday), three young children were struck from the blast of an improvised explosive device in Nahr-e-Saraj District. One of the children died as a result of the blast and the other two have been taken to an ISAF medical facility for treatment.Update: A total of six local national children were...

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Suicide bomber kills seven of his own family in Iraq

A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged belt at a gathering of his own family in western Iraq, killing his pro-government cousin and six other relatives, officials said Saturday. The blast targeting a leader in the Sahwa militias in the city of Ramadi is a reminder of how extremism still divides Iraq’s Sunni Muslim minority, with some working with al-Qaida-linked...

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US drones kill 17 'militants' in North Waziristan strike

By Bill Roggio - July 6, 2012 - LWJ The US killed 17 suspected "militants" in a strike in an area of the Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan that is known to host la Qaeda's top leaders. The remotely piloted Predators or the more heavily armed Reapers fired several missiles at a compound in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan,...

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