Bouhammer | January 31, 2010
U.S. Army Spc. Aaron Blasingame, from 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, provides rear security inside a Stryker armored vehicle during a combat mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 15, 2010. The Army uses the Stryker in its day-to-day operations because of its unique combination of maneuverability and [...]
Bouhammer | January 29, 2010
This was just released from DOD. Rumors of this review have been out, but of course they have kept a tight lid on it and its contents.
Army Secretary Releases Wanat Investigation Statement Secretary of the Army John McHugh today released the following statement after receiving the U.S. Central Command investigation results regarding the combat [...]
Bouhammer | January 28, 2010
I have written on here several times about Man-Love Thursdays, the confusion that Afghan men have with sexuality and the rampant number of homosexuals there are amongst the Afghan male population. I have also had many people ask me if there was any truth to the term “man-love Thursday”.
One of my first blogs that mentioned [...]
Bouhammer | January 25, 2010
U.S. Army Spc. Luis Cabrales, with 8th Squadron, Bear Troop, 1st Cavalry Regiment, provides medical aid to an injured Afghan National Police officer near Dabaray, Afghanistan, on Jan. 3, 2010. DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Francisco V. Govea II, U.S. Air Force.
Bouhammer | January 25, 2010
I saw the story below over the weekend. It is textbook Taliban TTP 101. The story below took place in the QaraBaug district. A place I know all too well as I spent several months there in 2006. This is a very small but not always a overly-friendly area. However these fake allegations of coalition [...]
Bouhammer | January 24, 2010
KABUL, Afghanistan, January 22/PRNewswire/ — TS2 Satellite Technologies company is introducing new broadband services on Eutelsat EB4 & W6 satellites to the Afghan market.
These types of telecommunication products are mainly used by the companies that execute contracts in Asia, as well as by the soldiers that are stationed in Afghanistan. Purchased bands gives TS2 unlimited [...]
Bouhammer | January 23, 2010
The great guys over at Free Range International have done a great job laying out exactly what happened in the Kabul attack on Jan 18th. My blog was down at that time so I really could not write up anything. However after talking to my contacts in country, the general feeling was that it was [...]
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