FORWARD OPERATING BASE ALTIMUR, Afghanistan, March 2 -- From the air, this U.S. Army camp in Logar province looks like a fortified gravel pit on a barren slope, surrounded by two-tiered sacks of dirt and razor wire.
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But inside the wire, the hundreds of young sappers and scouts and cavalry troops from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, all newly arrived for a one-year deployment, have a pretty good life.
There is a heated recreation tent with treadmills and table tennis, 24-hour Internet service, Skype hookups and a bank of low-cost, instant-connection phones. A muted cacophony of domestic chatter rises from the rows of plywood booths.
"Don't forget to make the car payment . . . She told me the new baby has red hair . . . I thought we agreed not to talk about that till I get home . . . No, it's real quiet here, Ma . . . I saw some pretty nice hunting rifles on the Net . . . Are you being a good girl for Daddy?"
One tent away is the DFAC, or dining facility, where a crew of cheerful civilian cooks from India stays up all night preparing a smorgasbord of goodies. There is a mountain of fresh strawberries and grapes, replenished daily. There are six kinds of ice cream and pie. There is surf and turf every Friday night, with lobster tails flown from Maine via Dubai.
After a late patrol, the men can still get grilled cheeseburgers at 2 a.m....
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
WHAT THE 10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION HAS FOUND IN AFGHANISTAN
US SOLDIERS FIGHT TO SECURE AN OUTPOST IN AFGHANISTAN (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
This is a great video showing how US soldiers secure and outpost from the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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TURN UP YOUR SPEAKERS: VIOLENT VIDEO OF US TROOPS ENGAGE TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN (VIOLENT VIDEO)
Be sure to turn up your speakers so you get the full impact of this video showing US troops engaging the Taliban in Afghanistan. This video is loud and real.
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LOOK AT THIS: US SOLDIERS ON PATROL IN AFGHANISTAN (MUST SEE VIDEO)
If the media in the United States ever comes out of their self-imposed boycott of all combat footage from the war in Afghanistan, the American public will be seeing more and more like this one showing US troops on a patrol in the remote regions of Afghanistan.
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MUST SEE VIDEO: MARINES IN THE REMOTEST PART OF AFGHANISTAN ENGAGE TALIBAN
The language can be brutal at times, but this video follows a unit of United States Marines into the desolate countryside of Afghanistan where the Taliban are waiting to bring death and destruction to American forces. This is an excellent video and should be watched by all who NEVER see anything like this on their TV.
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LOOK AT THIS GOD AWFUL TERRAIN IN AFGHANISTAN AS A PLATOON OF US SOLDIERS SEARCH FOR TALIBAN IN KORENGAL VALLEY (GREAT VIDEO)
This video gives you an idea of what the terrain is like in Afghanistan where our troops are about to engage in the heaviest fighting of the Afghan War when the Taliban launch their Spring offensive in the next month or two. The platoon in this video are searching for signs of the Taliban in the mountains of Afghanistan.
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FANTASTIC VIDEO: TROOPS FROM 173RD BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM EXPLAIN THE MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN. (GREAT VIDEO)
A Dutch reporter embedded with the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team as they take out members of the Taliban in the rough and rugged terrain of Afghanistan. Members of the Brigade explain what their mission is in Afghanistan.
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GREAT VIDEO OF 173RD AIRBORNE BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM GOING HOUSE-TO-HOUSE IN AFGHANISTAN (MUST SEE VIDEO)
The American forces in Afghanistan are preparing for the announced Spring offensive of the Taliban by going house-to-house looking for weapons. In this video you see members of the 173rd Brigade Combat Team doing a search of houses in Afghanistan.
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