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Monthly Archive

September 2011

Welcome to our Archives page. On this page you will find a total of 24 of our articles broken down into Months and Years.

Coalition Forces Seize 82mm Recoilless Rifle from Insurgents near Nalgham

03 Sep

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Coalition Forces Seize 82mm Recoilless Rifle from Insurgents near Nalgham

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPR #: 20110901-005 NEWS RELEASECoalition Forces Seize 82mm Recoilless Rifle from Insurgents near Nalgham NALGHAM, ZHARAY DISTRICT, Afghanistan – While manning a checkpoint nea read more..

Afghan and Coalition Forces Open Park near Hutal Bazaar

03 Sep

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Afghan and Coalition Forces Open Park near Hutal Bazaar

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPR #: 20110901-002 PRESS RELEASEAfghan and Coalition Forces Open Park near Hutal Bazaar HUTAL, MAIWAND DISTRICT, Afghanistan – A new park has opened near the Hutal Bazaar and read more..

Afghan, Coalition Forces Secure Kandalay Mosque for 3,000 Worshippers

03 Sep

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Afghan, Coalition Forces Secure Kandalay Mosque for 3,000 Worshippers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPR #: 20110901-004 NEWS RELEASEAfghan, Coalition Forces Secure Kandalay Mosque for 3,000 Worshippers KANDALAY, ZHARAY DISTRICT, Afghanistan – More than 3,000 Muslim attendees read more..

Hutal Residents Celebrate Eid-al-Fitr with Concert in the Park

03 Sep

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Hutal Residents Celebrate Eid-al-Fitr with Concert in the Park

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPR #: 20110901-001 PRESS RELEASEHutal Residents Celebrate Eid-al-Fitr with Concert in the Park HUTAL, MAIWAND DISTRICT, Afghanistan – To celebrate the second-to-last day of Ei read more..

Joint ANSF/Coalition Forces Air Assault Operation Leads to Drug Cache Find, Killing of High-Value Insurgent

03 Sep

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Joint ANSF/Coalition Forces Air Assault Operation Leads to Drug Cache Find, Killing of High-Value Insurgent

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPR #: 20110901-003 NEWS RELEASEJoint ANSF/Coalition Forces Air Assault Operation Leads to Drug Cache Find, Killing of High-Value Insurgent ZHARAY DISTRICT, Afghanistan – Afgha read more..

03 Sep

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Memorial At Sperwan Ghar

August 28, 2011By Maj. Joel Anderson, 1/25th SBCT Public Affairs Officer FORWARD OPERATING BASE ZANGABAD, Afghanistan – With a pair of OH-58D, Kiowa Warrior scout helicopters flying above the outer p... read more..

04 Sep

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Censoring Afghanistan

Censorship 04 September 2011Kandahar Province, Afghanistan A message came today that a certain General has told me to unpublish "Battlefield Forensics." “Battlefield Forensics” was first publi... read more..

05 Sep

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Soldiers' Angels September Newsletter 2011

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The Elusive Kandahar Cougar & Murphy’s Laws of Combat

06 Sep

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The Elusive Kandahar Cougar & Murphy’s Laws of Combat

Sergeant TJ Vowell insists he's seen the mysterious big cats of Kandahar many times. Recently, Sergeant Vowell got shot. 06 September 2011Kandahar Province, AfghanistanTask Force Spartan 4-4 C... read more..

07 Sep

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New Britches

07 September 2011Kandahar Province, Afghanistan American troops have been losing their britches in combat. Until now, I’ve never seen so many troops exposing their hardware in battle. M read more..

12 Sep

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One Night in Zhari

4-4 Cav Soldiers firing a 40mm mortar on the evening of 20 August 2011. 12 September 2011 Note: This rough dispatch was written over many days during slivers of time between prepping gear and going ... read more..

ANSF, CF Air Assault Operation Leads to Large Cache Find, Enemy Tunnel System Destroyed

13 Sep

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ANSF, CF Air Assault Operation Leads to Large Cache Find, Enemy Tunnel System Destroyed

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPR #: 20110912-001 NEWS RELEASEANSF, CF Air Assault Operation Leads to Large Cache Find, Enemy Tunnel System Destroyed ZHARAY DISTRICT, Afghanistan – Afghan National Security read more..

13 Sep

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Afghan Faces

13 September 2011Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan Today there were some attacks far away in Kabul. The attacks meant practically nothing from a military perspective but they gar read more..

14 Sep

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Peanut Butter is Good

14 September 2011FOB Pasab, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan Nobody will have fought a full tour in Southern Afghanistan without bearing witness to a thousand helicopter flights. Before this fli read more..

15 Sep

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Narco-Poetry

Opium paste 15 September 2011FOB Pasab, Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan4-4 Cav, Task Force Spartan Three 82mm rockets hit base this morning, causing two wounded, but that’s about it s... read more..

16 Sep

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Captain Chainsaw

16 September 2011Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan4-4 Cav, Task Force Spartan The enemy has figured out the strategy here in Zhari but they have been unable to stop it. Day by da read more..

21 Sep

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Every Step is Your Last

21 September 2011Zhari District, Kandahar Province, AfghanistanTask Force Spartan, 4-4 Cav The moon in September was special and the war kept going. Bombs are planted everywhere. The dog read more..

Afghanistan Update: Taliban Losing on Battlefield, But Making Progress in Media War

22 Sep

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Afghanistan Update: Taliban Losing on Battlefield, But Making Progress in Media War

22 September 2011 Description from Glenn Reynolds: Want some good news? Our troops are fighting and winning in Afghanistan. Combat journalist Michael Yon calls Glenn Reynolds from the "Birthplace o read more..

23 Sep

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Grapes

23 September 2011Zhari District, Kandahar Province, AfghanistanTask Force Spartan, 4-4 Cav Many Americans have died in these vineyards. Canadian blood has fertilized this ground, and we kill read more..

25 Sep

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Threat from American Soldier

25 September 2011Kandahar Province, Afghanistan Every American service member is a representative of the United States of America. If an American Soldier were to write about President Obama, “I... read more..

26 Sep

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War Boy

26 September 2011Zhari District, Kandahar Province, AfghanistanTask Force Spartan, 4-4 Cav The boy knew it would be loud. He looked to the Soldier. He waited for the shots. The Afghan So... read more..

27 Sep

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The Long Walk

27 September 2011 Surprises are everywhere. Behind these doors could be a thousand pounds of explosives waiting for the patrol. Or there might be a cow and some chickens. Und... read more..

27 Sep

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Michael Yon's War

Republished: 27 September 2011 Author: D.B. Grady1 June 2010 It began with a bridge. On the morning of March 1, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated on Tarnak River Bridge near Kand... read more..

Censorship Threat from US Army Public Affairs

28 Sep

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Censorship Threat from US Army Public Affairs

28 September 2011 A US Army Captain named Carbone barged into my tent and physically assaulted me. The interesting backstory is studded with ill-discipline inside the 443rd Civil Affairs Battal... read more..

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