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GearyHome of the award winning Web Reconnaissance and From the Front series: bringing you all the news and information you need to know from around the web, the front and the home front.http://www.thunderrun.us/noreply@blogger.com (David M)Blogger7000125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-2961483071545276473Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-06-14T09:00:22.153-04:00al-QusayrHezbollahSyriaBashar al-AssadNebulZahraPopular Defense CommitteesHomsAleppoMinnakh Airbase Elizabeth O'Bagy | Institute for the Study of War |The Syrian regime has launched an offensive in the northern province of Aleppo. This operation follows shortly after the regime victory at al-Qusayr in Homs province, where Hezbollah forces and National Defense Forces played key roles. Along with key regime units, these forces have redeployed to Aleppo in support of this operation, http://www.thunderrun.us/2013/06/the-battle-for-aleppo-isw-report.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-6160296314774527715Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:45:00 +00002013-06-12T09:45:14.093-04:00Wednesday's HeroUSMCGySgt. John BasilonThis Post Was Suggested By Michael GySgt. John Basilone 21 years old from Raritan, New Jersey Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division November 4, 1916 - February 19, 1945 For extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry in action against enemy Japanese forces, above and beyond the call of duty, while serving with the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine http://www.thunderrun.us/2013/06/wednesday-hero-gysgt-john-basilon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-3144878347142655883Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:51:00 +00002013-06-07T08:51:09.426-04:00al-QusayrHezbollahSyriaBashar al-AssadIraqIranUN Elizabeth O'Bagy | Institute for the Study of War |   With the help of thousands of fighters from Hezbollah, Iran, and Iraq, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has achieved one of his most important military victories in the past two years by forcing the withdrawal of opposition forces from the town of al-Qusayr. The town is located in Homs province, an area central to the http://www.thunderrun.us/2013/06/syria-update-13-09-fall-of-al-qusayr.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-4146930262878283945Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:00:00 +00002013-06-05T08:00:04.484-04:00Wednesday's Hero1st Lt. Nathan M. KrissoffThis Post Was Suggested By Cindy 1st Lt. Nathan M. Krissoff 25 years old from Reno, Nevada Headquarters and Service Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force December 9, 2006 Nathan Krissoff enlisted in the Marine Corps. after the attacks on Sept. 11 out of a sense of duty to his country. 1st. Lt. Krissoff was killed in 2006 when his convoy was hit by an IED in http://www.thunderrun.us/2013/06/wednesday-hero-1st-lt-nathan-m-krissoff.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-4349100624665793433Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:00:00 +00002013-06-03T09:00:29.590-04:00Al Qaeda in IraqSunniHezbollahIraqVBIEDsectarianbombingsviolenceNuri al MalikiHassan NasrallahBaghdadShia By Jessica Lewis, Ahmed Ali, and Kimberly Kagan of the Institute for the Study of War View our 2013 Iraq Updates online.  Escalating violence in Iraq crossed a new and very dangerous threshold this week.  Al Qaeda in Iraq launched a concentrated wave of car-bomb and other attacks specifically against civilian Shi'a targets in and around Baghdad.  Shi'a militias are mobilizing and http://www.thunderrun.us/2013/06/2013-iraq-update-22-iraqs-sectarian.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-7850042677776350286Wed, 29 May 2013 12:48:00 +00002013-06-03T08:48:25.651-04:00Wednesday's HeroJr.Captain Barry F. CrawfordCapt. Barry F. Crawford , Jr. The President of the United States of America awarded the Air Force Cross to Captain Barry F. Crawford, Jr., for extraordinary heroism in military operations against an armed enemy of the United States as Special Tactics Officer near Laghman Province, Afghanistan, on 4 May 2010. On that date, while attached to Army Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha and http://www.thunderrun.us/2013/05/wednesday-hero-captain-barry-f-crawford.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-1797529455747685584Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:00 +00002013-05-22T08:00:20.585-04:00Wednesday's HeroPaul GleasonThis Post Was Suggested By Kathi Paul Gleason Not everyone who could be considered a hero has fought for their country. Paul Gleason, a retired history teacher, has never worn the uniform but in 1965 he wrote his first letter to a soldier, a student of his that joined the Army, and has since written more than 10,000 letters. He can been seen at Burger King just about everyday writing three http://www.thunderrun.us/2013/05/wednesday-hero-paul-gleason.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-3591093521784400913Tue, 21 May 2013 13:17:00 +00002013-05-21T09:17:59.669-04:00USMCBlake PowersIraqBlackfiveLaughing WolfA Different ViewBook ReviewBlake Powers aka "Laughing Wolf" over at Blackfive has an announcement: "My newest book, A Different View: Travels to Al Qa’im and Beyond, is now out as a trade paperback via Amazon's CreateSpace and on Kindle. This new volume in the A Different View series showcases day-to-day life of Marines at Al Qa'im on the Syrian border while I was with them on the last part of my first embed. It http://www.thunderrun.us/2013/05/a-different-view-travels-to-al-qaim-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-7412058035751530459Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:01:00 +00002013-04-17T08:01:00.207-04:00Wednesday's HeroSenior Airman Austin StokerSenior Airman Austin Stoker Senior Airman Austin Stoker replenishes a .50-caliber machine gun after a training mission in Afghanistan in March. Photo courtesy U.S. Air Force taken by Tech. Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr. These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives just so others may get to enjoy freedom. For that I am proud to call them Hero. Those Who Say That We're In A Time When http://www.thunderrun.us/2013/04/wednesday-hero-senior-airman-austin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-2409886554090734840Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:26:00 +00002013-04-16T08:26:03.188-04:00Jabhat NusraSyriaal QaedaIslamic State of IraqAyman al-Zawahiri Institute for Study of War | Elizabeth O'Bagy | On April 7, al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri released a video message calling for the unification of the jihad in Syria and the establishment of an Islamic state.  Two days after Zawahiri’s statement, leader of the Islamic State of Iraq Sheikh Abu Bakr al-Husseini al-Qurashi al-Baghdadi released his own audio message announcing the extension of http://www.thunderrun.us/2013/04/syria-update-jabhat-nusra-aligns-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-3885930052382139119Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:25:00 +00002013-04-12T08:25:16.187-04:00Supporting The TroopsOperation Welcome Home - MarylandBWIGREET THE TROOPS LANDING AT BWI ...As they return home on scheduled flights. Just a few hours of your time will show each one that you care as you welcome them back from Iraq and Afghanistan. The men, women and the waiting families are so surprised to see folks and HEAR greetings as they enter the lobby of the International section of BWI.airport. There are many planes coming in each month, http://www.thunderrun.us/2013/04/operation-welcome-home-at-bwi-airport.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-6056426329191225786Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:00:00 +00002013-04-10T08:00:08.245-04:00Wednesday's HeroSgt. Darryl GreenwoodSgt. Darryl Greenwood Colonel William Bowers, commanding officer of 6th Marine Corps District, awards the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal to Sgt. Darryl Greenwood, a recruiter from Recruiting Sub Station Germantown, Recruitng Station Nashville, Tenn., after the graduation of Fox Company aboard Parris Island, S.C., April 5, 2013. Greenwood received the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement http://www.thunderrun.us/2013/04/wednesday-hero-sgt-darryl-greenwood.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-1084797949892175972Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:36:00 +00002013-04-03T10:36:45.238-04:00Abdullah WakilPanjwai districtThe Long War Journal | Bill Ardolino | US special operations forces have killed Abdullah Wakil, the Taliban's shadow governor for Panjwai district in Afghanistan's Kandahar province. The insurgent commander was gunned down yesterday during a nighttime/early morning air assault specifically targeting him in the village of Perozi in central Panjwai. Wakil and at least six other insurgents opened http://www.thunderrun.us/2013/04/us-special-operations-forces-kill.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-2663787562086899908Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:33:00 +00002013-04-03T10:33:41.214-04:00Farah ProvinceTalibanThe AfPak Channel | Jennifer Rowland | Eight suicide bombers wearing Afghan Army uniforms and driving Afghan National Army vehicles launched a complex attack on a government compound in the western province of Farah where more than a dozen Taliban prisoners were being transferred to court for trial on Wednesday, taking several people hostage in one of the buildings, and killing at least six http://www.thunderrun.us/2013/04/attackers-in-army-uniform-storm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-4934152690148008263Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:27:00 +00002013-04-03T10:27:45.385-04:00IraqWeb Reconnaissancesix foot skinny's blog | It’s been over three years since I sat at a keyboard to record my thoughts on a war that seems so far away now. It’s a thing I did once. Well, twice, but you get the idea. So much has happened between right now and when I posted my last post. Then, I was sitting in the apartment I shared with The Dane, marveling at my ability to go to Target, or drink a beer, or eat eggs http://www.thunderrun.us/2013/04/thoughts-on-anniversary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-6917714474437490491Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:21:00 +00002013-04-03T10:21:28.226-04:00603rd Aviation Support Battalion3IDKandaharChief Warrant Officer Curtis S. ReaganMemoriamDOD Identifies Army Casualty - The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Chief Warrant Officer Curtis S. Reagan, 43, of Summerville, S.C., died March 29 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, from a non-combat related illness.  He was assigned to the 603rd Aviation Support Battalion, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Forthttp://www.thunderrun.us/2013/04/chief-warrant-officer-curtis-s-reagan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-3114784653698046147Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:08:00 +00002013-04-03T10:08:55.332-04:00IraqWeb ReconnaissanceBaghdadFrom the FrontYASMINE MOUSA | At War | When I first set foot at Baghdad International Airport in March 2010 to work for The New York Times, I was no stranger to Iraq. Until 2003, Baghdad had been my home. I still had family and friends here, and they remained dear to me, and I to them. Here, I had experienced wars, so many I almost lost count. Here was where I weathered it all, the good with the fear, yet http://www.thunderrun.us/2013/04/unfamiliar-feelings-in-familiar-land.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-8541179028316796403Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:06:00 +00002013-04-03T10:06:22.856-04:00Farah ProvinceTalibanAfghanistanVOA | 3 April 2013 | Taliban militants have stormed a courthouse in western Afghanistan, killing at least seven people and injuring at least 70 others. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in a text message sent to reporters. Officials say Wednesday's assault occurred during the trial of 10 Taliban fighters at a courthouse in western Farah province. (READ MORE)http://www.thunderrun.us/2013/04/7-dead-in-attack-on-afghan-court.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-5661862932012823896Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:04:00 +00002013-04-03T10:04:44.913-04:00Farah ProvinceTalibanbombAfghanistanUPI.com | 03 April 2013 | Kabul - A suicide bombing and gunfight at the provisional court for Farah province Wednesday killed at least six people and wounded dozens more, Afghan officials said. Officials said a bomb-filled vehicle exploded outside the courthouse, part of a provisional government complex, while a trial of Taliban suspects was proceeding, the BBC reported. Taliban insurgents http://www.thunderrun.us/2013/04/gunmen-hit-afghan-government-complex.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-7931490245731588534Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:02:00 +00002013-04-03T10:02:59.302-04:00Farah ProvinceTalibanAsadullah KhalidAfghanistanWeb ReconnaissanceFrom the FrontAZAM AHMED | New York Times | April 3, 2013 | Kabul - Eight Taliban insurgents dressed in Afghan Army uniforms staged a complex assault on a provincial government compound in western Afghanistan on Wednesday morning, killing at least six officials and civilians and seizing several hostages in one of the buildings, officials and witnesses said.  The attack in Farah Province coincided with the http://www.thunderrun.us/2013/04/insurgents-seize-afghan-government.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-668748255730916131Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:01:00 +00002013-04-03T10:01:53.483-04:00KabulNational Directorate of SecurityAsadullah KhalidAfghanistanRFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan | 03 April 2013 | Kabul - Afghanistan's intelligence chief, who was wounded by a suicide bomber, has returned home after four months of medical treatment in the United States. Asadullah Khalid, the head of Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security (NDS), arrived in Kabul on April 3. (READ MORE)http://www.thunderrun.us/2013/04/wounded-afghan-spy-chief-returns-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-1055438759029000853Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:58:00 +00002013-04-03T09:58:09.897-04:00TajikistanWardujTalibanAfghanistanRFE/RL's Radio Free | 03 April 2013 | Kabul - Taliban fighters have been reportedly forced out of Afghanistan's Warduj district, which borders Tajikistan. Badakhshan Province's police chief, General Imomuddin Mutmain, told RFE/RL late on April 2 that some 60 Taliban fighters were killed and some 200 wounded in the month-long operation. (READ MORE)http://www.thunderrun.us/2013/04/taliban-fighters-reportedly-forced-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-3833439052589080172Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:56:00 +00002013-04-03T09:56:11.682-04:00Peace ProcessNATOAfghanistanPakistanAfghanistan Sun (ANI) | Wednesday 3rd April, 2013 | Afghanistan's 'worst nightmare' of Pakistan cutting back on support for peace talks with the Taliban ahead of the NATO troops pull out in 2014, has come true. Afghan foreign ministry spokesman Janan Mosazai said Pakistan is changing the goalposts on its support for the peace process once again, and in recent weeks has appeared to have backed http://www.thunderrun.us/2013/04/afghanistans-worst-nightmare-of-pak.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-1512647798718942230Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:54:00 +00002013-04-03T09:54:47.420-04:00Mullah OmarTalibanAfghanistanAfghanistan Sun (ANI) | Wednesday 3rd April, 2013 | Senior Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has admitted recently that some of Taliban's area commanders were involved in the business of kidnapping for ransom, bringing bad name to the Taliban movement. Mullah Omar told his commanders through an audio message that all those involved in committing the heinous crime were bringing bad name http://www.thunderrun.us/2013/04/mullah-omar-accuses-taliban-leaders-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14338397.post-7850705155994334032Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:53:00 +00002013-04-03T09:53:01.336-04:00UKAfghanistanBryan PhillipsBelfast Telegraph | 03 April 2013 | Victoria O'Hara | A heroic soldier who nearly died after he was blown up in Afghanistan has spoken of his remarkable recovery – and determination to make the most of life – just 10 months after the Taliban attack. Bryan Phillips (27) lost both legs but escaped with his life in June last year when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated during a patrol. http://www.thunderrun.us/2013/04/new-life-of-adventure-and-helping.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David M)0