tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100636972008-07-20T09:38:33.798-05:00MasterGunnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07179700043679142047noreply@blogger.comBlogger2444125http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/fb_pwrd.giftag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10063697.post-82455389068873115412008-07-20T09:05:00.000-05:002008-07-20T09:38:33.815-05:00Photos by Bill Murray and Bill Roggio.Bill Roggio at The Long War Journal has a great post about the Iraqi Army's famed "IED Hunter" in Mosul.Fakhir’s activity and that of his brigade tells part of...<br/> <br/> To get the whole scoop, http://www.tankerbrothers.comMasterGunnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07179700043679142047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10063697.post-89912208679822925572008-07-20T00:12:00.000-05:002008-07-20T00:12:00.343-05:00Meet Petty Officer 2nd Class Alan Dementer: 'Best time of my life, working with Marines' Bronze Star...<br/> <br/> To get the whole scoop, http://www.tankerbrothers.comauntybrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088805334363307222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10063697.post-45724120084507560512008-07-19T23:52:00.000-05:002008-07-19T00:53:00.465-05:00Today marks the 92nd anniversary of the darkest day in Australian Military History. The Battle of Fromelles was the first time the Australian Imperial Force saw battle on the western front and was...<br/> <br/> To get the whole scoop, http://www.tankerbrothers.comA_Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18307456128059837848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10063697.post-32797055532429377182008-07-19T00:16:00.000-05:002008-07-19T00:16:01.711-05:00Some interesting Saturday reading for you all: July 18, 2008 Exclusive: Do First Ladies Make a Difference in Presidential Policy? Ruth King What a dreary political...<br/> <br/> To get the whole scoop, http://www.tankerbrothers.comauntybrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088805334363307222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10063697.post-42122831036555482542008-07-19T00:03:00.003-05:002008-07-19T08:44:20.543-05:00July 17, 2008 Exclusive: Election 2008 – This ‘n’ That, Tit for Tat Walter Anderson A week ago, Barack Obama and John McCain spoke to the influential Hispanic group, the National Council of...<br/> <br/> To get the whole scoop, http://www.tankerbrothers.comauntybrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088805334363307222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10063697.post-2486233301284861072008-07-18T00:10:00.001-05:002008-07-18T00:10:00.955-05:00COPY CAT - U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Johnathan R. Segovia, personnel security detail, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, a ground combat element attached to Multinational Force - West, relaxes with Iraqi...<br/> <br/> To get the whole scoop, http://www.tankerbrothers.comauntybrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088805334363307222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10063697.post-86397999344939532072008-07-18T00:10:00.000-05:002008-07-18T00:10:01.908-05:00IRAQI SMILE - U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kristy Vanlanen holds an Iraqi child at the Civil Military Operations Center at Forward Operating Base Hawk, Iraq, July 13, 2008. Vanlanen is assigned to the 432nd...<br/> <br/> To get the whole scoop, http://www.tankerbrothers.comauntybrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088805334363307222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10063697.post-7485217074486318602008-07-18T00:05:00.000-05:002008-07-18T00:05:00.946-05:00July 17, 2008 Civil Military Operations Center Opens in Gamsir Cpl. Randall A. Clinton, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit At a forward outpost in Garmsir, a line of Afghans wait to...<br/> <br/> To get the whole scoop, http://www.tankerbrothers.comauntybrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088805334363307222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10063697.post-7568438349736959992008-07-17T02:41:00.000-05:002008-07-17T05:05:54.938-05:00Brat<br/> <br/> To get the whole scoop, http://www.tankerbrothers.comauntybrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088805334363307222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10063697.post-83933957011106098042008-07-16T06:49:00.001-05:002008-07-16T06:51:09.094-05:00Spc. Kisha Makerney 23 years old from Fort Towson, Oklahoma 120th Engineers, Oklahoma Army National Guard Spc. Kisha Mackerney isn’t being profiled today because of something she did on the...<br/> <br/> To get the whole scoop, http://www.tankerbrothers.comauntybrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088805334363307222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10063697.post-39081848502344146062008-07-15T02:22:00.002-05:002008-07-15T03:00:31.917-05:00When A Soldier falls in the heat of battle, guns blazing, they are immortalised. We feel such a great sense of loss that these heroes should die in defence of our countries and our ways of life. It...<br/> <br/> To get the whole scoop, http://www.tankerbrothers.comA_Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18307456128059837848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10063697.post-84686456814098590702008-07-15T02:00:00.000-05:002008-07-15T06:00:32.814-05:00A lot of mainstream press was given to Presidential hopeful Barack Obama when he spoke to veterans in Colorado earlier this month. On July 2nd, Obama spoke in Colorado Springs before a group of...<br/> <br/> To get the whole scoop, http://www.tankerbrothers.comauntybrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088805334363307222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10063697.post-47828549064783041482008-07-14T19:19:00.002-05:002008-07-14T19:23:47.348-05:00Sarah Bjorknas looks on as she and others from the War Resisters Support Campaign hold a demonstration in support of U.S. Army deserter Robin Long outside Federal Court in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday...<br/> <br/> To get the whole scoop, http://www.tankerbrothers.comauntybrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088805334363307222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10063697.post-40112846523037542812008-07-14T09:10:00.001-05:002008-07-14T09:13:32.449-05:00Last week I brought you the words of Afghan 'terps, who are working alongside the coalition forces to rebuild their country into a safe place to raise their families. Today? The other side of the...<br/> <br/> To get the whole scoop, http://www.tankerbrothers.comauntybrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088805334363307222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10063697.post-34981109719087314362008-07-13T00:36:00.001-05:002008-07-13T00:36:00.755-05:00Meet Lieutenant Scott H. Sparrow: With improvised explosive devices claiming more lives than any other weapon in Operation Iraqi Freedom, few assignments were more mission...<br/> <br/> To get the whole scoop, http://www.tankerbrothers.comauntybrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088805334363307222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10063697.post-58437121125601141212008-07-12T23:33:00.001-05:002008-07-12T23:47:36.114-05:00Billboards for Troops.... July 12, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Digital billboards and videos are popping up on highways and in airports in most major cities from New...<br/> <br/> To get the whole scoop, http://www.tankerbrothers.comauntybrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088805334363307222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10063697.post-40452092965629652272008-07-12T23:31:00.000-05:002008-07-12T23:33:04.224-05:00Marine Parents United fifth annual Conference July 25-27 2008 in Chantilly VA takes a lesson in the Martial Arts Program, a night vision program and puts that learning experience to the ISMAT. These...<br/> <br/> To get the whole scoop, http://www.tankerbrothers.comauntybrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088805334363307222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10063697.post-47233594689874258262008-07-12T08:42:00.002-05:002008-07-12T08:56:02.447-05:00By the numbers: DoD Announces Recruiting and Retention Numbers for June 2008 The Department of Defense announced today its recruiting and retention statistics...<br/> <br/> To get the whole scoop, http://www.tankerbrothers.comauntybrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088805334363307222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10063697.post-816369501810352692008-07-11T06:36:00.005-05:002008-07-11T06:44:23.649-05:00Spc Alex Jimenez and Pte Byron Fouty "In the arms of the angels, may you find some comfort there." RIP<br/> <br/> To get the whole scoop, http://www.tankerbrothers.comauntybrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088805334363307222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10063697.post-62647247594216885422008-07-11T03:13:00.000-05:002008-07-16T07:34:26.931-05:00These are the posts that no one ever wants to have to write. When I fire up about something a post will flow and be out in 20 mins but these ones, I just never really know what to say. For...<br/> <br/> To get the whole scoop, http://www.tankerbrothers.comA_Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18307456128059837848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10063697.post-75063673735591764472008-07-11T00:14:00.000-05:002008-07-11T00:14:00.842-05:00US Army photo RAMADI — A middle-aged Iraqi woman, widowed and a mother of two young children, walks into a cream-colored concrete classroom filled with women of all ages. The...<br/> <br/> To get the whole scoop, http://www.tankerbrothers.comauntybrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088805334363307222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10063697.post-57137918940655004242008-07-11T00:12:00.000-05:002008-07-11T00:12:00.293-05:00The Zawra Park public swimming pool in central Baghdad reopens, July 5, 2008. The park recently went through a thorough revitalization with the help of Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers from...<br/> <br/> To get the whole scoop, http://www.tankerbrothers.comauntybrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088805334363307222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10063697.post-29717343358823297962008-07-11T00:09:00.000-05:002008-07-11T00:09:00.087-05:00Iraqi Air Force Increases Training Capabilities with Newly Acquired Aircraft Thursday, 10...<br/> <br/> To get the whole scoop, http://www.tankerbrothers.comauntybrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088805334363307222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10063697.post-53504307542907102792008-07-10T08:51:00.002-05:002008-07-10T08:53:40.280-05:00There are many stories from both Afghanistan and Iraq that the msm will never share. In Afghanistan - as elsewhere - brave locals work with our troops, often as interpreters. As elsewhere, these...<br/> <br/> To get the whole scoop, http://www.tankerbrothers.comauntybrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088805334363307222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10063697.post-91434717844328498902008-07-09T15:00:00.000-05:002008-07-09T15:00:00.312-05:00Sgt. Kenneth J. Schall 22 years old from Peoria, Arizona 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division May 22, 2005 “It was very tough not to be touched by him in some way,”...<br/> <br/> To get the whole scoop, http://www.tankerbrothers.comauntybrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088805334363307222noreply@blogger.com