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Guard Force Marines Make Security a Priority at Geronimo

Cpl. Richard Rupe questions two local Afghan men at a vehicle checkpoint in Nawa District, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 10, 2009. Rupe is a 24-year-old motor transport operator from Las Vegas deployed with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. U.S. Marines are conducting security patrols in the area to speak with the local populace to identify their issues and concerns.Photo by Lance Cpl. John McCall

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Repairs to Well Give 5,000 Afghanis Drinkable Water

Nearly 5,000 residents of DehDadi, Afghanistan, once again have running water available in their homes this week thanks to the combined efforts of the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division, Regional Support Command-North, and the Region Command-North Public Affairs Advisory Team. Community members came out to personally thank the service members who worked to facilitate the repairs during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the water well house Aug. 21. The community had been without water for five weeks, leaving local women and children to walk great distances to obtain water from other sources. The community had tried to raise money from residents, but were not able to collect enough to fix the water pump, plumbing, and minor repairs. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Casey Martin

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Marine Corps Super Stallion: Pakistan Disaster Relief

A Marine Corps Super Stallion helicopter from VMM-266 (REIN), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, flies in route to deliver relief supplies during humanitarian assistance operations in the southern province of Sindh, Pakistan. Photo by Capt. Paul Duncan

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Oliver North From Afghanistan

Via the PatriotPost:

Over the course of this visit, it has become vividly clear to some of us who have been here repeatedly during the past nine years that the prospects for a positive outcome in this war are today better than ever before. That’s not an assessment one can get from hanging around the barricaded embassies in Kabul or the bars and restaurants in the capital that serve as echo chambers for America-hating cynics.

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Navy SEALs to deploy armoured dogs in Afghanistan

K9 Storm specialises in the production of tactical gear for dogs, including ballistic body armour and - of course - the "aerial insertion vest" for "dogs of war" needing to deploy into their operational area by helicopter or freefall parachute jump

Elite, bulletproof commando canines go to war

By Lewis Page

Latest from the Wars On Stuff: The Register has learned that top-secret, super-elite US Navy SEAL special forces are to deploy heavily armoured bulletproof dogs equipped with infrared nightsight cameras and an “intruder communication system” able to penetrate concrete walls.

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Maggie Reese/Team Surefire at USPSA Multi-gun Nationals

Press Release

Team SureFire Stands Tall on the Podium at USPSA Multi-gun Nationals

Fountain Valley, CA — SureFire, LLC, manufacturer of high-end illumination tools and tactical products, is proud to announce Team SureFire’s incredibly successful weekend at the USPSA Multi-gun Nationals. Women’s shooting captain, Maggie Reese, was crowned the female Open Division National Champion for the second time in a row, and every member of the team placed third place or above in their divisions.

Maggie Reese

Maggie Reese

“Last year’s championship was so incredible that it was hard to wrap my head around because it was my first win and just my second competition,” said Reese. “This year is just as exciting, but it’s also more satisfying because now I have a whole team to share it with.”

Reese, a Southern California native, just started shooting competitively three years ago. Now she’s a back-to-back national champion in her only two attempts. Reese signed on as SureFire’s female shooting captain only two months ago and now has won another national championship for one of the most dominant teams in the sport.

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Girls Really In To Shooting – GRITS

I have a soft spot in my heart for chicks with guns. I stumbled across these ladies on Facebook.

Girls Really In To Shooting

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Helicopter crash in Afghanistan kills nine Western troops

By Laura King, Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan —

“Nine Western service members died Tuesday in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan, making this the deadliest year for NATO in the nine-year war.

Military officials did not immediately disclose the nationalities of the dead or say precisely where the crash happened. Two other Western troops, an Afghan soldier and an American civilian were injured, NATO’s International Security Assistance Force said in a statement.

Combat deaths in June and July had spiked to the highest levels of the conflict. With Tuesday’s crash, according to icasualties.org, 529 members of the international force have been killed this year. The previous high was 2009, when 521 Western troops were killed, according to the website’s tally.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghan-chopper-crash-20100921,0,6586947.story

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Cpl. Paul Miller, Combat Engineer, Honored at Memorial

The 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion’s firing detail executes a 21-gun salute before the playing of Taps during Cpl. Paul Miller’s memorial ceremony aboard Camp Delaram II, Aug. 10. Miller, a combat engineer with 3rd CEB, Regimental Combat Team 2, was killed in action while on a patrol. During the ceremony, many Marines from Miller’s unit spoke about Miller’s character and told stories about Miller, as a Marine and a friend. After the ceremony was concluded, Marines passed by Miller’s battlefield memorial to say a quick prayer and salute the fallen Marine. Photo by Sgt. Dorian Gardner

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Airdrops Break Records in Afghanistan

Forty container-delivery-system bundles, parachute to the ground from a C-17 Globemaster III May 9, 2010, over a drop zone in Afghanistan. Photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez

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Pakistan Humanitarian Aid

A Pakistani soldier watches flour being unloaded from a U.S. Army CH-47 helicopter at Rubicon, Pakistan, Sept. 19. Pakistan and it's people, have been recovering from record floods over the recent weeks and many roads were completely destroyed. Photo by: Spc. Stephen J. Schmitz

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Conceal and Carry School: full episode

Bill Davison, owner of Tac Pro Shooting Center in Texas, and his instructors teach nine students – some with absolutely no experience handling a gun – how to safely carry and use guns to defend themselves.

See the first episode here:

http://www.spike.com/full-episode/dont-fear-gun/39021

Learn more about Tac Pro Shooting Center here:

http://www.tacproshootingcenter.com/

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Coast Guard Arctic Domain Awareness Flight

Vice Adm. Sally Brice-O’Hara (left) watches as the Coast Guard Cutter Healy breaks ice along with the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent approximately 560 nautical miles North of Barrow, Alaska, during an Arctic domain awareness flight Sept. 3, 2010. The Healy is designed to conduct a wide range of research activities, providing more than 4,200 square feet of scientific laboratory space, numerous electronic sensor systems, oceanographic winches, and accommodations for up to 50 scientists. The Healy is capable of breaking 4 ½ feet of ice continuously at three knots and can operate in temperatures as low as 50 below zero. Photo by Air Station Kodiak

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Stryker Vehicle Convoy heading back to the US

A convoy of Stryker vehicles heads for the Port of Shuaiba, Kuwait, Aug. 26. Soldiers with the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team drove the Strykers onto the backs of the trucks before the convoy left for the port, which is the final location in the process of shipping the Strykers to the United States. Photo by Natalie Cole

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Soldiers rebuild a jeep in under 4 minutes

Video here:

http://www.break.com/index/rebuild-a-jeep-in-under-four-minutes

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