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Archive for category Warriors
Howitzer Calibration in Iraq
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 23/Oct/2010 16:47
U.S. Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery, 3rd Striker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, fire rounds to calibrate an M777 Howitzer at Forward Operating Base Warhorse, Diyala province, Iraq, Dec. 8, 2009. (Photo by: Petty Officer 1st Class Eileen Kelly Fors) Date: 12.08.2009
Loading a Chinook in Afghanistan
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 23/Oct/2010 16:45
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From Left: Spc. Christopher Hickey, Spc. Xavier De Leon and Sgt. Alexander Correa prepare attach a sling load to a CH-47 Chinook Helicopter at Forward Operating Base Altimur in Logar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 9, 2009.
U.S. Navy Divers Recover Body of Soldier From Afghanistan River
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 23/Oct/2010 16:42
Members of a U.S. Navy dive team from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 drag a Zodiac inflatable boat up a river in Afghanistan that they have been searching. Members of a U.S. Navy dive team from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 along with members of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne are currently participating in Operation Hero Rescue attempting to recover the body of U.S. Army Sgt Brandon Islip lost in a river in Afghanistan after going in the water Nov. 4, 2009. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Matthew Bash)
Afghan National Police and U.S. Troops Search for Caches in Khowst Province
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 21/Oct/2010 22:42
U.S. Army Sgt. Stephen Olson exits a cave during a mission with Afghan national police to search for enemy weapons caches near Shah Wali Zarat, Khowst province, Afghanistan. Olson is deployed with A Company, 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion (Airborne), 4-25 Brigade Combat Team.
Patrol in Khost Province, Afghanistan
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 21/Oct/2010 22:40
U.S. Army Soldiers patrol an area near the village of Kowtay, Khowst province, Afghanistan. The Soldiers are deployed with 2nd Platoon, Company A, 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division.
Coalition Routs Taliban in Southern Afghanistan
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch, Warriors on 21/Oct/2010 01:06
Joao Silva for The New York Times An American soldier looked out Tuesday from a guard post in Arghandab, Afghanistan, a strategic district in Kandahar Province north of the city of Kandahar.
“ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan — American and Afghan forces have been routing the Taliban in much of Kandahar Province in recent weeks, forcing many hardened fighters, faced with the buildup of American forces, to flee strongholds they have held for years, NATO commanders, local Afghan officials and residents of the region said.
Some of the gains seem to have come from a new mobile rocket that has pinpoint accuracy — like a small cruise missile — and has been used against the hideouts of insurgent commanders around Kandahar. That has forced many of them to retreat across the border into Pakistan.
Disruption of their supply lines has made it harder for them to stage retaliatory strikes or suicide bombings, at least for the moment, officials and residents said.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/world/asia/21kandahar.html?_r=1
How Allies Used Math Against German Tanks
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 20/Oct/2010 18:43
“During World War II, Allied forces readily admitted German tanks were superior to their own. The big question for Allied forces, then, was how many tanks Germany was producing. Knowing that would help them counter the threat. Here’s how they reverse-engineered serial numbers to find out.
Allied intelligence noticed each captured tank had a unique serial number. With careful observation, the Allies were able to determine the serial numbers had a pattern denoting the order of tank production. Using this data, the Allies created a mathematical model to determine the rate of German tank production.
They used it to estimate that the Germans produced 255 tanks per month between the summer of 1940 and the fall of 1942.”
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/10/how-the-allies-used-math-against-german-tanks/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29
Latest version of Medal of Honor used by Army for training – but does not name the enemy
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Training, Warriors on 20/Oct/2010 17:56
The Army's Joint Training Counter-IED Operations Integration Center uses game software to train soldiers better.
“This past week marked the release of the latest version of Medal of Honor, a videogame that has come under a great deal of fire since it was revealed that in its newest iteration players would be able to assume the role of Taliban fighters and fire on American troops. After fielding protests and complaints, Electronic Arts made a last-minute decision to rename the terrorists in the game, calling them “an opposing force†instead of “the Taliban.â€
The controversy is hardly a surprise, given that the game addresses an ongoing conflict, a fight where moms and dads, brothers, sisters and friends are still in harm’s way. What is surprising is that playing a videogame where players can assume the role of terrorists is something that the U.S. Army not only understands, but actively develops and plays on a regular basis.”
Lance Cpl. Ashley M. Rockhold, driver with 4th Platoon, Military Police Company
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 20/Oct/2010 17:37
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Lance Cpl. Ashley M. Rockhold, driver with 4th Platoon, Military Police Company, Combat Logistics Regement 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, is a unique asset to her unit. Rockhold, from Linesville, Iowa, has her explosive license to haul ammunition for her unit. Marines with Military Police Co. are currently training for their upcoming deployment to Afghaistan.
Patrol near Checkpoint North in Helmand province
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 20/Oct/2010 17:35
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Lance Cpl. Dustin Thompson, a radio operator with Firepower Control Team Alpha, 1st Brigade Platoon, 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan, sits in an irrigation canal with Cpl. Tim Barney, a forward observer with FCT-A, during a patrol, Sept. 23, near Checkpoint North in Helmand province, Afghanistan. The patrol took the soldiers and Marines through fields of crops and through waist-high irrigation canals from the checkpoint down to another U.K. post known as Tapa Parang and back up to the checkpoint. Photo by Cpl. Aaron Rooks
Afghan Rules of Engagement
Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch, Warriors on 20/Oct/2010 14:49
From the Washington Examiner:
“I don’t think the military leaders, president or anybody really cares about what we’re going through,” said Spc. Matthew “Silver” Fuhrken, 25, from Watertown, N.Y. “I’m sick of people trying to cover up what’s really going on over here. They won’t let us do our job. I don’t care if they try to kick me out for what I’m saying — war is war and this is no war. I don’t know what this is.”
We need to figure out if we want the civilians to like us or if we want to kill the enemy. Right now it seems like we are trying to do a little of both and succeeding at neither.
Futuristic Judge Dredd smartguns issued to 101st Airborne
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 15/Oct/2010 18:23
“It’s all go in the world of futuristic Judge Dredd style guns today. Reports suggest that a battalion of US airmobile* troops in Afghanistan are to be equipped with the XM-25 computing smart-rifle, able to strike enemies hiding round corners or in trenches.
A successful “proof of concept” of a guided homing bullet for use in sniper rifles has also been announced.”
Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Special Olympics
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 15/Oct/2010 16:25
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Pfc. James Stokes and Lance Cpl. Kyle Froelich hold hands with a Special Olympics participant at the 14th annual Georgia Area 16 Special Olympics at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay. More than 800 active duty volunteers acted as buddies to more than 600 athletes from eight counties throughout Georgia. Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Leah Stiles
Navy SEAL freefalls from an Austrian C-130
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 15/Oct/2010 16:23
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A Navy SEAL freefalls from an Austrian C-130 aircraft above the Arctic Circle during Cold Response 2010. Cold Response is a Norwegian exercise open to all NATO nations for winter warfare and joint coalition training. (Navy photo/Petty Officer 2nd Class Ashley Myers)
USS Green Bay fires a missile from the Rolling Airframe Missile launcher
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 15/Oct/2010 16:21
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The amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay fires a surface-to-air intercept missile from the Rolling Airframe Missile launcher during Combat System Ship Qualification Trials off the coast of Hawaii. The trials are a series of underway tests to evaluate Green Bay's combat readiness. Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Larry S. Carlson