Once, there were four girls who joined the Royal Air Force…
The Tornado is the British military’s premier fighter bomber. Over Afghanistan, it is providing close air support to Afghan and NATO forces fighting the Taliban.
And the Talibs are being killed by GURRLS!
Our Best: Spc. Elisebet Freeburg
Dec 29th, 2009
She’s on her way home, so it’s time to recognize this young woman and the work she has done in Afghanistan. This 26 year old former teacher deployed to Afghanistan as part of the 143d Expeditionary Sustainment Command, as a photographer and reporter in the Public Affairs area.
Here are the stories of ten men who inspired us in 2009.
OP ManBearPig challenges Marines daily
Dec 28th, 2009
“I think we got the lucky card and will be at ManBearPig the whole deployment,” said Jensen, a 24-year-old from Sonoma, Calif. “When you’re not getting bullets flying over your head, this is a peaceful place. There’s a lot to see here for inspiration you can write about. I really want to leave here having bettered myself.”
“The car was parked on top of the hill and the emergency brake wasn’t on,” said Lance Cpl. Adam D. Masle, rifleman, 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, who was standing his guard post and saw the car plunge into the water. “It started to roll forward and then went over the side and right in. The little kids there were watching it and then the owner came out and he looked really mad.”
“I belong to a family of wrestlers and my father has been a very well known name in the Indian wrestling community.”
Ten women who inspired us in 2009
Dec 27th, 2009
Here are ten women we wrote about in 2009 who inspired us. Some were heroes, some were heroic, some were just our best.
Anderson belongs to that breed of American farm boys that can do anything with almost nothing, and whose influence makes others want to grab shovel and hammer and pitch in to get done what needs doing. Time now, American forces in Iraq almost exclusively live on large bases where Ugandans provide security, laundry and food service is provided by contractors, and any nail need driving gets work-ordered out like Chinese food. Not at COS Ubaydi. Here, Army cooks still cook, sustainment troops provide water, fuel and clean laundry, and soldiers man the machine guns that guard the perimeter. Whatever needs building gets a visit from Uncle Andy and his crew of nail-bending carpenters.
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