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Archive for October, 2010
Dismounted Patrol near Combat Outpost Herrera
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 8/Oct/2010 22:31
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U.S. Army Sgt. Zachary Adkins, from Sweetland, W.Va., conducts a dismounted patrol with his platoon near Combat Outpost Herrera, Paktiya province, Afghanistan, Oct. 11, 2009. The Soldiers were searching for sites from which the Taliban has been using to fire rockets at the outpost. Adkins is deployed with Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment. Photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith
Civil Military Support Team provide security during visit with Chief of Police Col. Abdul Rauf
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 8/Oct/2010 22:30
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U.S. Army Spc. Clarence Wright, an artilleryman with the Civil Military Support Team and an Andrews, S.C. resident, along with an Afghan National Policemen provide security during a visit with Chief of Police Col. Abdul Rauf, Ghulam Ali, Parwan province, Oct. 5. Korean Provincial Reconstruction Team Leader Won Hyuk Im visits with Col. Rauf to discuss further assistance with training the ANP. Photo by Spc Kristina Gupton
“Attempted Coup†in Ecuador
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 8/Oct/2010 22:27
“The military rescued President Rafael Correa from the hospital where police where holding him hostage. There was heavy gunfire, and multiple people are reported injured, including at least one soldier.
The government of Ecuador has announced that an attempted coup against President Rafael Correa is underway. Correa brought Ecuador into the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas, of which overthrown Honduran president Manuel Zelaya was also a member.
The unrest in Ecuador stems from a police protest over bonuses that they allege were taken away from them. The Ecuadoran government claims the police were compensated for this loss of bonuses in other ways.
Correa reports that police are holding him hostage in a hospital where he was being treated after police attacked him with teargas.”
A plea for help from citizens of the city of Monterrey, Mexico
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 8/Oct/2010 21:15
“To whom it may concern:
We, the citizens of the city of Monterrey, Mexico, are tired of the violence created by the drug cartels and the organized crime. We don’t know where or who to ask for help since our governor and president have failed to protect us.
We have been living in fear since February this year and until now we have no answer on how to stop this. The drug cartels and the organized crime have taken our peaceful city along with its citizens prisoners; they have kidnapped men, women and children.
We never asked for this nor support any group or organization that is in connection with them. We never thought that something like this could happen to us and now here we are living a nightmare, our worse nightmare.
Today we are asking for your help. We know that you have the power to communicate and inform people about our real situation. We as good Mexican citizens are imploring for your valuable help. Please, inform the rest of the world about our current situation and let people know that we are pleading for clemency.
If there is an organization out there that can help us to find a solution, we are in the best position to accept the help. We don’t trust our government since our government has failed protecting us and there are no warranties for our lives.”
Many veterans with PTSD struggle to find employment
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Medic, News, Warriors on 8/Oct/2010 21:13
“Michael Butcher has applied for at least 25 jobs since injuries he suffered in Iraq forced him to leave the Army three years ago.
“I was even turned down by McDonald’s,” said the 29-year-old San Diego native.
The military is known for developing leadership, adaptability, loyalty and teamwork. But Butcher said when he tells employers he needs time off to see therapists for post-traumatic stress disorder and a brain injury, they don’t call back.”
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/19/local/la-me-veterans-invisible-wounds-20100920
Art of the Dynamic Handgun
Posted by Gary in Training, Training Tools, Training Videos on 8/Oct/2010 10:03
Magpul Dynamics – Art of the Dynamic Handgun
ACR Accessories Available Now
Posted by Gary in Accessories, Warrior Tools on 7/Oct/2010 23:45
ACR accessories are now available from Bushmaster.
http://www.bushmaster.com/products.asp?cat=11
High-Fashion PINK Power
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Charter Arms, Handguns, Warrior Tools on 7/Oct/2010 21:29
“In the fashion world hot pink is the new black and Charter Arms has made it so in the firearms industry too. The New Charter Arms Chic Lady revolvers make a real statement.
Evolved from Charter Arms’ popular Pink Lady series these two revolvers are a feathery-light 13-ounces thanks to a tough anodized pink 7075 aircraft aluminum frame.”
http://www.downrange.tv/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/CharterArmsChicLady-300×177.jpg
Conceal & Carry School on Spike TV: full-episodes
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Training, Warriors on 7/Oct/2010 21:25
“Meet Tac Pro Shooting Center’s owner, Bill Davison. Bill tells us about his past, his experience, and what’s motivated him to become a firearms instructor.
Also, Ruger’s own, Ken Jorgensen, joins Bill as they meet with students one-on-one to discuss firearms, and what steps the students as well as you at home, can take when deciding which handgun will be right for you.
[This episode is] midway through the course with some of the biggest challenges still ahead. The students look back on their progress, and express their feelings for the new challenges that still lay ahead.”
“They’ve got the whole thing ass-backwards: Send Vets over 60 to War!â€
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 7/Oct/2010 20:52
“I am over 60 and the Armed Forces thinks I’m too old to track down terrorists. You can’t be older than 42 to join the military. They’ve got the whole thing ass-backwards.
Instead of sending 18-year olds off to fight, they ought to take us old guys. You shouldn’t be able to join a military unit until you’re at least 35.
For starters: Researchers say 18-year-olds think about sex every 10 seconds. Old guys only think about sex a couple of times a day, leaving us more than 28,000 additional seconds per day to concentrate on the enemy.
C.O.D.E – Call Of Duty Endowment, Helping Veterans Find Jobs
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 7/Oct/2010 20:46
The Problem
“A generation ago, American soldiers risking their lives in Southeast Asian jungles returned home to a nation ambivalent to their sacrifice. Good jobs were scarce. Educational opportunities were limited. Too often sidewalks and parks served as home.
This national shame cannot be repeated.
Many of our soldiers who risked their lives patrolling the streets and villages of Iraq and Afghanistan and other conflicts are met with closed doors unless we pry them open today. Rather than be rewarded for their service, they are effectively penalized.”
Expert: Mexico’s Kidnapping Industry Extremely Lucrative – not Likely to End
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 7/Oct/2010 20:27
“Kidnapping, one of the crimes that concerns Mexicans the most, is such a lucrative industry for criminals and police that there is little likelihood of seeing it reduced, journalist and writer Humberto Padgett says in his new book “Jauria.â€
“Everybody makes money, except the family that sees its daily life fatally interrupted,†the journalist, who spent two years investigating kidnappers and police, as well as speaking with victims, said.
Nearly three kidnappings per day, according to official figures, are committed in Mexico.
A total of 1,181 kidnapping cases were reported last year, up 40 percent from 2008 and nearly double the level in 2006.”
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/10/expert-mexicos-kidnapping-industry-so.html
Double Homicide in Brownsville, Texas: Mexican drug cartel Executions
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 7/Oct/2010 20:23
The Brownsville Herald
“Authorities have linked Thursday’s double homicide on FM 511 in the northwest outskirts of Brownsville. Texas, to Mexican drug cartels and are investigating the killings as spillover violence from the Tamaulipas war between the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas.
The bodies of Omar Castillo Flores “El Omarcilloâ€, 25, and Jose Guadalupe Lopez Perez, 38, were found inside a gray Dodge Ram pickup that was riddled with bullets, police spokesman Eddie Garcia said Friday. He said the truck had a Mexican license plate on the back bumper, and he identified both men as residents of Mexico.
At the crime scene, police recovered numerous shell casings of an unknown caliber. The Border Enforcement Security Task Force, a multi-agency group led by U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, assisted police in the investigation but deferred all comment to Brownsville police as the lead agency in the case.”
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/10/two-zetas-executed-in-brownsville-texas.html
Jaoquin “El Chapo” Guzman will bring war to Tijuana
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch on 7/Oct/2010 20:17
Tijuana– Headed by Fernando Sanchez Arellano (member of the Arellano Felix dynasty), the Tijuana cartel is recovering territories and markets it had previously lost. They kill, kidnap and offer drugs on a massive scale to a state that is already flooded with them, the ministerial police have been corrupted and are now considered the armed wing of the cartel.
People who live in the city recognize that the violence has diminished, but there are still murders and decapitations, kidnappings and shootouts which are largely ignored by the central government in Mexico City.
There is also suspicion in Tijuana that there is some type of pact between the state government, local business leaders, and the news media to collectively turn a blind eye to these actions.
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/10/el-chapo-will-bring-war-to-tijuana.html