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Archive for category Warriors
Army Helo Unit Reassembles Chinook by Night, Flies by Day
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 9/Sep/2010 22:42
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Soldiers with the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, steady the aft pylon as it’s lowered onto the main body of a CH-47 Chinook on the flightline, Sept. 6. The Chinook is disassembled to fit on transport aircraft carrying the helicopter over long distances. Once re-assembled, the helicopter will undergo ground runs and maintenance test flights to ensure it’s ready for operations. Photo by Staff Sgt. Kali Gradishar
Somalia: US Marines have boarded and seized vessel hijacked by pirates
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 9/Sep/2010 12:06
US Marines overpowered nine pirates who had captured the Magellan Star (left)
“US Marines have boarded and seized a vessel hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, navy officials say.
Continue reading the main storyA group of 24 marines swooped on the German-owned M/V Magellan Star and took control of the ship from nine pirates who had captured it on Wednesday.
There were no casualties during the pre-dawn raid, the US Fifth Fleet said.
Control of the vessel has been returned to the crew, who were unhurt after they managed to seal themselves in a safe compartment when the pirates struck.
Lance Cpl. Nicole Nelson, a radio operator with 8th Communications Battalion
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 8/Sep/2010 01:39
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Lance Cpl. Nicole Nelson, a radio operator with 8th Communications Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group (Forward), finishes her drawing of a scorpion that will don her battalion's deployment T-shirt aboard Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, July 29. Nelson has been drawing since she was three years old and spends her free time during the deployment refining her art skills.
American soldiers helped Iraqi troops repell major attack in Baghdad
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 5/Sep/2010 16:58
Reporting from Baghdad —
“American soldiers helped Iraqi troops battle insurgents in downtown Baghdad on Sunday, repelling a major attack in the heart of the capital city five days after President Obama declared an end to U.S. combat operations.At least 18 people were killed and 39 injured in the midday attack in which a group of suicide bombers and gunmen attempted to storm the Iraqi army’s headquarters for eastern Baghdad, located in a former Ministry of Defense building in a busy market district alongside the Tigris River.
No Americans were among the casualties, said military spokesman Lt Col. Eric Bloom.
“Soldiers living and working at Old MoD provided suppressive fire while IA [Iraqi army] soldiers located the two terrorists that entered the compound,” he said in an e-mail. The firefight lasted “a few minutes,” he said.”
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iraq-attack-20100906,0,6013303.story
Enhanced Marksmanship Program Shoot
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 3/Sep/2010 21:29
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A Marine assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit participates in an enhanced marksmanship program shoot aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49). Harpers Ferry is part of the Denver Amphibious Ready Group conducting a fall patrol in the western Pacific Ocean. Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Wahl
Reconnaissance SPIE Exercise
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 3/Sep/2010 21:26
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Marines from 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit remain suspended from a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter from Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron 162 (Reinforced) during a Special Purpose Insertion and Extraction exercise in Djibouti, March 24. Various non-infantry Marines received the opportunity to participate in the SPIE exercise for their first time. The 24th MEU Marines performed a series of sustainment and joint exercises alongside the French and Djiboutian military throughout their visit in Djibouti. The 24th MEU is currently on a seven month deployment aboard Nassau Amphibious Ready Group vessels as the theatre reserve force for Central Command. Photo by Sgt. Alex C. Sauceda
173rd Airborne Brigade Soldiers arrive at Forward Operation Base Joyce
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 2/Sep/2010 19:22
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade arrive to Forward Operation Base Joyce, Afghanistan in a CH-47D Chinook helicopter, Dec. 17, 2009 Photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade
Operation Copper Cactus
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 2/Sep/2010 19:19
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Border Patrol agents patrol the U.S. border with Mexico seen on Aug. 25 near Nogales, Ariz. Up to 1,200 National Guard troops are deploying to the four Southwest border states in support of the Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Photo by Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill
Going Home from Iraq: Soldier’s Voices
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 2/Sep/2010 19:12
F-22 Raptor
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 31/Aug/2010 19:36
F-22 Raptor pulling so many Gs, the low pressure air over the fuselage gets cold enough for the water to condense. The angle is just right for sunlight to make rainbow colors around the airplane
Marine gives life trying to save Afghan policeman
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 29/Aug/2010 20:00
Lance Cpl. Joshua S. Leventhal, a grenadier with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, completes Sgt. Joe L. Wrightsman’s battlefield cross by placing boots and identification tags on the monument during a memorial service at Patrol Base Jaker, Afghanistan, July 30. Wrightsman died supporting combat operations July 18.
PATROL BASE JAKER, Afghanistan — Cpl. Joe L. Wrightsman gave his life trying to save an Afghan policeman drowning in Afghanistan’s Helmand River July 18. And while the two would ultimately become victims of the powerful currents, Wrightsman’s actions weren’t in vain.
Texas Ranger Recon Teams battling Drug Cartels in Texas
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Threat Watch, Warriors on 26/Aug/2010 03:19
AP – FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2009 file photo, Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks about border security
The governor hammered the White House this month for not sending enough National Guard troops and Border Patrol agents to Texas. When President Barack Obama signed $600 million in funding for more agents, unmanned drones and customs officers this month, Perry said, “It’s a good step in the right direction. Is it enough? I don’t think so.”
Perry announced the Ranger Recon program in the midst of his re-election primary campaign last September, two months after the program launched. The legislature had allocated about $230 million for border security during its last two sessions, he said.
“Landowners all along our border are finding their farms and ranches overrun by smuggling operations, often by armed individuals with no respect for property, the law or human life,” Perry said during a speech in Houston. “By introducing Ranger Recon teams that can stay on the move, we can stay one jump ahead of the cartels and beat them at their own game.”
Faith: Two-legged dog that learned to walk upright inspires veterans with debilitating war injuries
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 22/Aug/2010 22:36
Despite having only her hind legs, Faith the dog learned to walk and is an inspiration to wounded soldiers. Photo: YouTube
Faith is no ordinary dog. The labrador-chow mix was born missing one front leg, with the other so badly deformed that it had to be amputated when Faith was still a puppy.
Veterinarians suggested putting her down but Faith’s owner, Jude Stringfellow of Oklahoma City, instead taught the dog to walk on its hind legs.
Since appearing on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in 2006, Faith has toured veterans hospitals in the U.S. to inspire servicemen injured in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now, Faith is set to travel to the U.K. to greet wounded British soldiers returning from the war in Afghanistan.
“Faith seems to inspire these young men,” Stringfellow tells Britain’s Sun. “It’s very emotional watching them respond to her. She shows what can be achieved against great odds.”
http://theweek.com/article/index/206223/faith-the-dog-that-inspires-wounded-soldiers
4 US soldiers killed in eastern Afghanistan
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 22/Aug/2010 15:06
KABUL, Afghanistan – Four U.S. troops were killed in fighting in eastern and southern Afghanistan on Sunday, and a former guerrilla leader who battled Soviet invaders decades ago was killed by a roadside bomb in the country’s north.
Three of the U.S. casualties died in insurgent attacks and one was killed by a homemade bomb, NATO said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100822/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan;_ylt=AimUqSrP5OZlMnsgYruGr4B0fNdF
“The war in Iraq is not a glorious cause … it is a jobâ€
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 20/Aug/2010 20:14
Staff Sgt. Lucas C. Trammell has had four tours in Iraq. He said what was most important to him was that he had not lost a soldier in his squad. Joao Silva for The New York Times
“A lot of people at home are tired of this,†said Staff Sgt. Trevino D. Lewis, sitting outside a gym at Camp Liberty, the dusty rubble-strewn base near Baghdad’s airport and coming to a point many soldiers made. The people back home can tune out; they cannot.
“The way I look at it, it’s my job,†he said, recounting and dismissing the shifting rationales for the war, from the weapons of mass destruction that did not exist to the overthrow of Saddam Hussein to the establishment of democracy in the Arab world. “It’s my career.â€
The sense of duty among those who serve here, still strong, is nonetheless tempered by the fact that the war is winding down slowly — or, as one officer put it, petering out — with mixed results.