Showing posts with label Afghanistan on the ground report. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Afghanistan on the ground report. Show all posts
Thursday, September 5, 2013

The Untold Story Of The Battle Of Camp Bastion In Afghanistan

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Camp Bastion is the main British military base in Afghanistan. Accommodating 28,000 people it is situated northwest of Lashkar Gah, the c...
Thursday, October 11, 2012

U.S. Soldier Survives A Direct RPG Hit

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Photo: AFP/Strdel Solider Survives Grenade To The Leg -- Herald Sun/AFP A US soldier has described how he survived a direct hit from a r...
Friday, September 28, 2012

Helmet Cam Video Captures Terrifying Video Of U.S. Soldier In Firefight With Taliban

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'I'm Hit, I'm Hit!': Helmet Cam Video Captures Terrifying Video Of U.S. Soldier In Firefight With Taliban Machine Guns -...
Thursday, August 23, 2012

An Embed Is Observing A Worsening Situation In Afghanistan

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U.S. Army Cpl. Casey Leimbach and U.S. Army Spc. Timothy Rigg provide security during a patrol to Black Rock in Afghanistan's Khost prov...
Saturday, May 12, 2012

An Eyewitness Account Of Bravery And Tragedy In The Confusion Of The Afghan War

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Zaranj, Afghanistan, is a relatively peaceful town near the border with Iran. But when a suicide bomber struck a convoy there in April, WSJ...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Life At A U.S. Base In Afghanistan

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Spec. Cherry Maurice, right, and her supervisor Staff Sgt. Tawana Roberts get ready for the dinner rush at Combat Outpost Sayed Abad. U.S. S...
Monday, January 16, 2012

British Officer Fends Off Taliban Attack With His Bayonet

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Lt Adamson, who is single and comes from the Isle of Man, was moving between two eight man sections when a group of Taliban fighters attempt...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Combat Outpost Margah Ranks Among The Most Attacked Army Base In All Of Afghanistan

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Soldiers from Charlie Company patrol near Combat Outpost Margah in the wake of an attack last month. Photo: Spc. David Barnes Steadfast Unde...
Monday, December 12, 2011

During Bomb Factory Raid British Troops Find Afghan Policeman About To Be Executed

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Swoop: British soldiers flew into the Nahr-e Seraj district of Helmand Province and found a Taliban bomb factory To The Rescue: Spectacular ...
Thursday, November 3, 2011

A Mexican Standoff Between British Soldiers And Talban Fighters

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Dispatch: British Troops And Taliban Fighters In Mexican Standoff -- The Telegraph Across a flat, open expanse of ground 600 yards to our fr...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

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The sun sets behind U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jamie R. Johnson, a platoon sergeant assigned to Bayonet Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry...
Saturday, May 7, 2011

An Officer's Experience In Afghanistan

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First Lt. Troy Peterson of the Army, right, helping his radio operator, Pfc. Justin Cobbs, across a ravine during a patrol near Combat Outpo...
Sunday, April 17, 2011

Are British Commanders More Concerned With Protecting Soldiers Than Defeating The Taliban?

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The officer claims that by the end of a routine patrol soldiers struggle to make basic tactical judgements because they are physically and m...
Saturday, April 16, 2011

British Soldier Captures Taliban Leader With His Bare Hands

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Hero: Private Lee Stephens leapt unarmed from his Warrior armoured car to tackle a suspected suicide bomber 'I Just Grabbed The Geezer...
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Saturday, January 15, 2011

Saving Our Soldiers After An IED Attack

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Vantage Point: Protecting the Eyes That Face Explosions -- New York Times Late in the afternoon on May 27, 2010, a Marine and Afghan foot pa...
Thursday, January 6, 2011

An On The Ground Report From An American Unit In Afghanistan

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Active duty and reserve component U.S. Navy Seabees secure and fortify a remote combat outpost on the eastern edge of Khavejeh Molk, Afganis...
Wednesday, December 1, 2010

On The Ground Action Report From British Soldiers In Afghanistan

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General Petraeus visits 3 Para Battlegroup, based in the northern Nad e Ali district of Helmand Province Photo: HEATHCLIFF O'MALLEY Gen ...
Saturday, November 27, 2010

On The Ground Action Report From British Soldiers In Afghanistan

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Image from The Daily Mail Paratroopers Defeat Taliban In Decisive Day Of Battles -- The Telegraph Paratroopers have defeated the Taliban in ...
Thursday, October 21, 2010

How Ordinary Afghans See The Surge. An On the Ground Report From The Battlefields Of Afghanistan

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U.S. Army soldiers return fire while engaging enemy combatants in the Chak district, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Sept. 25, 2010. The soldi...
Thursday, October 7, 2010

On The Ground Report From Michael Yon In Afghanistan

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Photo : Michael Yon To Follow These Steps -- Michael Yon I first met Steve Shaulis about 27 years ago during Special Forces training. We’ve...