ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE IN THIS VIDEO OF A FIREFIGHT WITH TERRORISTS (LOTS OF ACTION)

A foot patrol suddenly turns deadly for this Army squad when they encounter terrorists who open up on them in Iraq.

The Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment engage in a FIRE FIGHT with terrorist in Al Anbar, Iraq.

Some very tense moments are captured in this video.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/WzHYdtrxxXM&hl=en&fs=1

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DEATH FROM ABOVE. US HELICOPTER GUNNERS SEND ENEMY TO ALLAH. (FANTASTIC WAR VIDEO)

The on board camera work is fantastic in this video as US helicopters rake the countryside taking out insurgents in trucks and on foot. Watch the tracers fly as you are carried along on this deadly mission to destroy the enemy.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/d3a-_m0BcPM&hl=en&fs=1

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AWESOME WAR VIDEO: KILLING INSURGENTS IN AFGHANISTAN (VERY, VERY GRAPHIC)

WOW! This is a really awesome video of US forces taking out insurgents in Afghanistan. The action is fast and rugged and the music enhances all the grisly footage.

You are in for a real treat with this video.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/17LB83A7cGY&hl=en&fs=1

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YOU WANT A KICK ASS WAR VIDEO: WATCH MARINES IN ACTION IN IRAQ (EXTREMELY GRAPHIC)

Here is a video with just the right music to show what the Marines are going through in IRAQ.

It is a kick ass video with lots of graphic footage and raw language in the song.

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ARMY CONTINUES TO LOWER ENTRANCE STANDARDS FOR RECRUITS

This article was posted on VetVoice http://www.vetvoice.com/ by a good friend, Brandon Friedman, a military veteran.

Reclaiming Army Standards
Posted: 13 Jan 2009 05:20 PM CST

The fact is, while the Army has been lowering its entrance standards with regard to education, physical fitness, and crime since the end of the Cold War, that process has accelerated since the invasion of Iraq. And this is something that the incoming Army Secretary should address.

The numbers are shocking when you actually see the scope of the issue:
Dr. Andrew Krepinevich, a retired Army officer, points out that in 1992 98 percent of recruits had a high school diploma. By 2004, that number had fallen to 86 percent. In 2007, only 79 percent of Army recruits had completed high school. Whereas nearly everyone in the Army had a diploma 15 years earlier, by 2007, fewer than four out five soldiers did.

In terms of maintaining a professional force, the numbers of "conduct" waivers are even more troubling. For felonies or serious misdemeanors (or three minor misdemeanors), the Army granted entrance waivers to 4.6 percent of its recruits in 2004. That number had more than doubled to 11 percent at the end of 2007. And in the first half of 2008, the number ballooned to 13 percent. To put it starkly, this means that one out of every eight Army recruits now has a criminal record.

To see how far physical fitness standards have fallen, just look at this photo. It's bad, but it's not necessarily that soldier's fault. It's a problem with the senior leadership who have allowed the Army to not only recruit this kid, but also to fail in enforcing proper physical fitness standards.

Imagine if the soldier's FOB were mortared and a buddy had to carry him out of the line of fire.

Not easy.

That's me in an op-ed piece I have up at Military.com on one of my favorite topics. Click here to check it out.

TELL ME ABOUT SUCCESS OF "THE SURGE" AGAIN: 2 KILLED IN MOSUL CAR BOMBING.

When is the media going to quit going along with the Bush administration and their LIES about how well "the surge" has gone in Iraq?

Iraq: suicide car bomber kills 2 in Mosul

By HAMID AHMED Associated Press Writer
Posted: 01/14/2009 03:06:12 AM PST

http://www.mercurynews.com/nationworld/ci_11450145?nclick_check=1

BAGHDAD—Iraqi police say two people have been killed and two wounded in a suicide car bombing in the northern city of Mosul.

A senior official at the provincial security headquarters says the attacker detonated his explosives Wednesday at an Iraqi military checkpoint in the Zanjili neighborhood.

The official gave the casualty toll on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to release the information.

The multiethnic city has been one of the hardest to tame after insurgents fled to the area following U.S.-Iraq security crackdowns in Baghdad and elsewhere.

Tensions have been expected to rise ahead of this month's provincial elections as Kurdish and mainly Sunni Arab parties jockey for power.

YOU WANT WAR ACTION VIDEO: CHECKOUT 24TH MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE IN ACTION IN IRAQ

There is enough action in this video to keep you occupied for awhile as you watch the 24th Marine Expeditionary force in combat footage from the Iraq war.

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AMAZING VIDEO OF US SPECIAL FORCES IN EXTREME FIREFIGHT IN IRAQ

There is more than enough action in this video of a US patrol engaged in a night fight in Iraq with the enemy.

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"BRAVE" INSURGENTS RUNNING LIKE GIRLS (INTENSE WAR VIDEO WITH RAW LANGUAGE)

A US patrol comes on a group of insurgents in Iraq and then the fun begins. Watch as our brave GIs pour it on.

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SAD, SAD STORIES: ARMY SUICIDE RATES RISE--USA TODAY REPORTS

Army suicides rise as time spent in combat increases

By Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY
http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2009-01-12-suicides_N.htm

FORT LEWIS, Wash. — Josh Barber, former combat soldier, parked outside the Army hospital here one morning last August armed for war.

A cook at the dining facility, Barber sat in his truck wearing battle fatigues, earplugs and a camouflage hood on his head. He had an arsenal: seven loaded guns, nearly 1,000 rounds of ammunition, knives in his pockets.

On the front seat, an AK-47 had a bullet in the chamber.

The "smell of death" he experienced in Iraq continued to haunt him, his wife says. He was embittered about the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that crippled him, the Army's failure to treat it, and the strains the disorder put on his marriage.

Despite the firepower he brought with him, Barber, 31, took only one life that day. He killed himself with a shot to the head.

"He went to Fort Lewis to kill himself to prove a point," Kelly Barber says. " 'Here I am. I was a soldier. You guys didn't help me.' "

For two days, a surveillance camera recorded the truck sitting in the Madigan Army Medical Center parking lot. Inside the truck, the body lay undisturbed.

If Josh Barber wanted his suicide to make a statement, no one seemed to notice
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Barber's suicide is part of a larger story — the record number of soldiers, Marines and combat veterans who have killed themselves in recent years, at a time when the Pentagon has stretched deployments for combat troops to meet President Bush's security plans in Iraq. The Marine Corps reported 41 actual or suspected suicides in 2008, a 20% increase over 33 in 2007. In 2007, the Army counted 115 suicides, the most since tracking began in 1980. By October 2008, that record had been surpassed with 117 soldier suicides. Final numbers for 2008 have not been released.

Suicides among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans doubled from 52 in 2004 to 110 in 2006, the latest statistics available, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Continue reading more accounts: http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2009-01-12-suicides_N.htm

KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF WATCHING THIS VIDEO: APACHE HELICOPTERS BLOW INSURGENTS AWAY

This video will knock your socks off as the gun camera from an Apache helicopter zooms in on one group of insurgents after another and sends them to the promised land.

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http://www.youtube.com/v/nD6BCsnHmlw&hl=en&fs=1

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