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Tag Archives: U.S.
Transportation officials confident in Afghan deployment
U.S. Transportation Command officials are confident they can accomplish the mission of delivering 30,000 U.S. troops and their equipment to Afghanistan when they are needed. Planners at the command based at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., are working with operations … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Command, command officials, Force Base, Ill., Scott Air, U.S.
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Col.: Lejeune’s 1/6 to lead Afghan surge
A North Carolina-based infantry battalion will be the first U.S. unit to deploy to Afghanistan as part of an additional 30,000 troops who will be sent into combat during the next six months, said a Marine official overseeing the unit.Camp … Continue reading
Hunter to Gates: Review SEAL abuse claims
SAN DIEGO — A San Diego area congressman and Iraq war veteran is asking Defense Secretary Robert Gates to look into charges levied against three Navy SEALs in connection with the alleged abuse of a detainee in Iraq in early … Continue reading
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Tagged Ahmed Hashim Abed, Calif., Capitol Hill, Iraq, Jonathan Keefe, Julio Huertas, Keefe, Little Creek, Matthew McCabe, Norfolk, Rep. Duncan D, Rep. Hunter, Robert Gates, San Diego, SEALs, Secretary Gates, U.S.
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Afghanistan — the way ahead: McChrystal sends message to troops
Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, has posted a message to the troops on the way ahead. The full text follows: We have been presented a great opportunity to take the tremendous work … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Army, Gen. Stanley A, nato forces in afghanistan, President Obama, U.S.
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Obama: 30,000 to Afghanistan by summer
Declaring “our security is at stake,” President Barack Obama ordered an additional 30,000 U.S. troops into the long war in Afghanistan on Tuesday night, nearly tripling the force he inherited but promising an impatient public to begin withdrawal in 18 … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Europe, Iraq, Kabul, Obama, Pakistan, Read, Sen. John McCain, Stanley McChrystal, U.S., U.S. Military, United States, violent extremism
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Trigger-happy security complicates convoys
HUTAL, Afghanistan — Ill-disciplined private security guards escorting supply convoys to coalition bases are wreaking havoc as they pass through western Kandahar province, undermining the coalition’s counterinsurgency strategy here and leading to at least one confrontation with U.S. forces, say … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Capt. Casey Thoreen, Col. Wayne M, Helmand, Hutal, Iraq, Kabul, Kandahar, Karachi, Lt. Col. Jeff French, Mohammad Zareef, private security guards, security, U.S., western Kandahar
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Agency delivers ‘taste of home’ to deployed troops
How do you plan Thanksgiving dinner for 180,000 people more than 6,000 miles away? If you’re a food buyer at the Defense Logistics Agency, you start by making a shopping list in April for meals to be served to U.S. … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Brig. Gen. Scott D, defense logistics agency, food, Iraq, Philadelphia, U.S.
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