Hell yes this is a combat video. Listen to what these combat hardened GIs say about the people back home who make some of the dumbest remarks in the world to someone who has faced brutal combat like you see in this video.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/niS1GjJE9AM&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
HELL YES THIS A COMBAT VIDEO
Posted by Bill Corcoran at 12:53 PM 0 comments
VIOLENT FIREFIGHT BETWEEN CANADIAN "RED DEVILS" AND TALIBAN (LIVE VIDEO)
Video shows Alpha Company, "Red Devils," from Edmonton, Canada in a violent firefight with the Taliban in Afghanistan.
WARNING: Strong language.
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 11:44 AM 0 comments
YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS: AFGHANISTAN'S CHILD BRIDES (LIVE VIDEO)
One of the untold stories about Afghanistan is how their is wave of child brides---some as young as 8-years old.
In this video, you will see many of the Afghanistan Child Brides who were sold to pay off a debt or simply forced to marry a much older Afghanistan man.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/dbkEahO161U&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 6:56 AM 0 comments
INSIDE A BAGHDAD ER: THE WAR IN IRAQ IS FAR FROM OVER
Much of the media would have you believe the war in Iraq is over thanks to "the surge," but nothing could be further from the truth.
New explosive devices have been developed by the insurgents and in this video clip you see the results of what happens to our soldiers and Marines when one of the new explosive devices goes off near their position or convoy.
You will also see how our medical teams work on wounded children who are caught in the field of fire.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/Gk0Vcq146ro&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 6:14 AM 0 comments
BATTLEFIELD ANGELS: Combat medics risk their own lives to save their brothers. (Raw video)
The combat medic is often forgot in the "fog of war," but they are the military personnel who risk their own lives to save the lives of their brothers. In this video, you see combat medics working hard to save the lives of wounded Americans.
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 5:46 AM 0 comments
"WE'VE GOT A BLEEDER"---COMBAT MEDICS SHOW HOW THEY TREAT BATTLEFIELD CASUALTIES
This video shows how combat medics are trained to handle battlefield casualties. Few people realize what our young people are doing in Afghanistan and this video gives you a glimpse of how the combat medics are trained to handle all kinds of wounded soldiers.
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 5:31 AM 0 comments
FIRST RESPONDERS: COMBAT MEDIC VIDEO: WARNING: VERY GRAPHIC
The combat medics are the first responders in a war zone like Afghanistan and in this video, which can be very gruesome at times, you see the combat medics working to save the lives of U.S. troops wounded in action against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 5:17 AM 0 comments
WATCH VIDEO OF COMBAT MEDICS RUSHING TO SAVE LIVES AFTER A SNIPER ATTACK IN AFGHANISTAN
Combat medics are shown in this video rushing to save the lives of GIs hit by a sniper in Afghanistan. It is extremely dangerous work and in this video you get to hear the combat medics talking to each other about what has to be done next.
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 4:58 AM 0 comments
MUST SEE: TALIBAN VIDEO OF ATTACK ON 173RD AIRBORNE CONVOY IN KORENGAL VALLEY AFGHANISTAN
This footage was made by the Taliban and shows an attack on a 173rd Airborne convoy in the dangerous Korengal Valley in Afghanistan.
First reports are none of our GIs were seriously wounded.
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 4:39 AM 0 comments
Saturday, January 30, 2010
BREAKING NEWS: INTERPRETER KILLS 2 U.S. SOLDIERS IN AFGHANISTAN
The mainstream media in the United States continues to ignore what should be on the front pages and the lead story on every TV news outlet----the war in Afghanistan.
Thanks to the Huffington Post and AP we are able to bring you this vital information.
KABUL - A NATO official says an Afghan interpreter killed two U.S. service members before he was killed himself at a combat outpost in eastern Afghanistan.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/30/interpreter-kills-2-us-so_n_443002.html
The new details emerged Saturday, a day after the deaths were announced in a brief statement.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to release the information, says the attack occurred in Wardak province.
First reports indicated three Americans were killed but the official said one of the dead was an Afghan.
It wasn't immediately clear why the interpreter opened fire.
A clash between U.S. and Afghan troops Saturday that left four Afghan soldiers dead also occurred in Wardak province. But the official says the incidents don't appear to be related.
Story continues below
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE.
KABUL (AP) -- NATO forces clashed with Afghan troops Saturday at a snow-covered highway outpost, calling in an airstrike that killed four Afghan soldiers, U.S. and Afghan officials said.
Afghanistan's Defense Ministry condemned the incident and demanded punishment for those responsible. NATO called it a "regrettable incident and announced an investigation.
The deaths are likely to strain relations between NATO and Afghan forces at a time both are calling for a closer partnership in the fight against the Taliban.
The fighting began about 3 a.m. in the eastern Wardak province, when a joint NATO-Afghan force traded fire with another Afghan unit manning the outpost. NATO troops then called in an airstrike, killing the four Afghans, NATO and the Afghan ministry said.
Neither group confirmed the nationality of the NATO soldiers. Associated Press Television News footage of the aftermath showed American armored vehicles on the highway, about a half mile (a kilometer) from the hilltop outpost. The snow outside the fortified compound was blackened by the airstrike.
"Besides expressing heartfelt condolences to the families of the martyrs, the Afghan Defense Ministry is condemning this incident," the Afghan statement said, adding a delegation had been sent to the area to investigate. "After the investigation is completed, the Defense Ministry wants to bring those responsible to justice."
Provincial officials said the fighting was due to a misunderstanding as the joint NATO-Afghan force returned from an operation in the Sayed Abad district. Provincial spokesman Shahidullah Shahid said seven Afghan soldiers also had been wounded.
NATO said the Afghans began shooting first and the joint force returned fire before calling in the airstrike.
"We work extremely hard to coordinate and synchronize our operations," NATO spokesman Brig Gen. Eric Tremblay said.
It was believed to be the first fatal friendly fire incident since November, when eight Afghans -- four soldiers, three policemen and an interpreter -- were killed during close combat amid a search for a missing U.S. paratrooper.
Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said at the time that the deaths had been caused by "an air attack by NATO forces" during the fighting.
Saturday's incident followed the deaths Friday of two U.S. service members and one U.S. employee who were killed in eastern Afghanistan. In a statement announcing the deaths, NATO did not specify the circumstances or give further details pending an investigation.
That suggested the deaths may not have been due to hostile fire.
Also Saturday, NATO said its troops opened fire on a taxi the day before as it sped toward a patrol, ignoring warning shots. Two civilians were killed and one was wounded in the shooting, which occurred in the Muqor district of Ghazni province.
U.S. soldiers shot and killed an Afghan imam Thursday when his car approached a convoy on the eastern outskirts of Kabul.
Elsewhere, joint NATO-Afghan forces came under attack in the northwestern province of Badghis at about 1 a.m. Saturday (2030 GMT Friday; 3:30 p.m. EDT Friday), prompting a gunbattle and an airstrike that killed eight militants, including a group leader, deputy provincial police chief Abdul Jabar Khan said.
Posted by Bill Corcoran at 2:38 PM 0 comments
GRAPHIC VIDEO OF SUICIDE BOMBER ATTACKING NATO CONVOY IN AFGHANISTAN
This video shows the grisly aftermath of a suicide bomber's attack on a NATO convoy near Kabul, Afghanistan. The video may need a little nudge from your pointer to get started.
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 2:38 PM 0 comments
WATCH AS M1/A2 ABRAMS TANK TAKES ON TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN
In this video you are right inside an M1/A2 Abrams tank as they take on the Taliban in Afghanistan. Listen to command give the tank crew directions on where to fire.
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 2:24 PM 0 comments
ACTION FILLED VIDEO: MARINE CONVOY IS AMBUSHED BY TALIBAN WITH RPGs AND MORTARS
This video shows you what happens when a Marine convoy is ambushed by the Taliban with RPGs and mortars. There is plenty of high-powered action in this video.
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 2:09 PM 0 comments
RAPE IN THE RANKS: (MIS)TREATMENT OF WOMEN IN THE MILITARY (3 VIDEOS IN ONE)
This is a series of video clips showing women who have served in the military and their personal experiences with the opposite sex.
Rape in the military is much more common than most people know.
In these videos you will see and listen to women describe what happened to them while they served in the United States military.
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WATCH VIDEOS HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/v/cDO9a03oZY0&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 7:32 AM 0 comments
VETERAN HECTOR BARAJAS' SAD STORY
Please read this story about how one veteran, HECTOR BARAJAS, is being treated by our government. It will make your blood boil.
Bill Corcoran, editor, CORKSPHERE
Subject: Hector Barajas
Dear Friends and Family,
As some of you may know I was detained by the Department of Homeland Security, and faced alot of time , for re entry in the US ,
All I want is to be with my family and the country I love and served for , but once again I was deported, The good this is I have not been in trouble it was a minor traffic accident, Due to Gods Grace I was released but with a stern warning of re entry with federal time.
Untill the laws change for veterans I am going to stay in Mexico and try and fix things from here, My Girlfriend and Daughter have been effected , financially and emotionally, I have sold my truck and selling some of my belongings to try and help out my family, I am trying to situate myself here in Mexico and in need of some financial help to not burden my Gf, I am getting help fro my immediate family any help would be great...
My parents are coming to Tijuana next week and my gf in a few weeks after she gets her passport...If you are intrested in helping me please forward any money orders to my mothers adress or my GF adress, under 626 422 0784 Karina Perez 15902 workman , La Puente Ca 91744 or my mothesr adress 310 638 1924 Margarita Barajas 814 N Tajauta Compton Ca 90220 you can email me or call me at 559 479 5921 I am selling a C 10 1972 Chevy Long Bed for $800 , and all my weight equipment pull up bar and dip machine, weight bench with over 300 in weights, with bars, a punching bag, boxing equipment, all for $200 and a small generator for $75, if anyone is intrested or knows anyone that needs those things...it´s really hard to ask for help...
I cant find the right words to say..do not feel obligated , the economy is tough .. what ever God puts in your heart..
Thank and God Bless you all.
Posted by Bill Corcoran at 4:38 AM 0 comments
ATTACKS INCREASE IN IRAQ: 2 CIVILIANS WOUNDED NEAR BAGHDAD
2 civilians wounded in second southern Baghdad attack
January 30, 2010 - 08:45:29
http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=126124
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Two civilians were wounded in an armed attack by unidentified gunmen targeting pilgrims going on foot to the holy Shiite city of Karbala to visit Imam al-Hussein Shrine, the second in southern Baghdad Saturday, an Iraqi police source said.
“The gunmen opened small arms fire at pilgrims in the area of al-Mahdiya, al-Dora neighborhood, southern Baghdad, wounding two,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Meanwhile, an Iraqi police source told Aswat al-Iraq that a home-made bomb planted by unidentified persons on the main road in al-Sayyediya went off while pilgrims were heading on foot to Karbala to visit Imam al-Hussein shrine on the occasion of the arbaeen, killing one person and wounding four others.
“The security forces sealed off the explosion site and rushed the wounded to the nearby al-Yarmuk hospital for treatment,” the source added.
The arbaeen pilgrimage is a religious occasion marking the 40th day after the death of Imam al-Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson and the third holiest figure for Shiite Muslims, in the battle of Taf in Karbala in the Hijri year 61 (680 in the Gregorian calendar).
Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from inside and outside Iraq were flowing on foot into the city for the holy rituals. Tight security measures have been in force and a large number of security personnel have been deployed in Iraq’s holy sites in preparation for the occasion.
Karbala, said to be housing the tombs of Imam al-Hussein and his brother Imam al-Abbas, lies 130 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
Posted by Bill Corcoran at 3:46 AM 0 comments
PAKISTAN TALIBAN BLAME DEADLY ATTACK ON U.S. FORCES (NEW VIDEO)
The war in Afghanistan has spread across the border into Pakistan and in this video you see Taliban leaders blaming a deadly attack that killed scores of civilians on the U.S. military.
This is another video you will not see on your local TV stations.
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 2:35 AM 0 comments
VIDEO SHOWS HOW FIGHTING HAS INTENSIFIED OVER IN AFGHANISTAN
This video shows how the fighting has intensified over in Afghanistan between U.S. forces and the Taliban. You will NOT see this type of video in any of your mainstream media.
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 2:19 AM 0 comments
FANTASTIC FOOTAGE OF HELICOPTER GUN CAMERA CATCHING TALIBAN PLANTING EXPLOSIVES IN ZABUL AFGHANISTAN
This is a remarkable video showing a helicopter gun crew catching Taliban planting explosives along a roadside in Zabul, Afghanistan. Listen and watch as ground control directs the attack by the U.S. chopper.
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 2:00 AM 0 comments
Friday, January 29, 2010
RAW VIDEO: GUN BATTLE BREAKS OUT IN AFGHANISTAN
This is a new video that just came in today showing a gun battle breaking out between U.S. and coalition forces and the Taliban in southern Afghanistan.
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 10:26 AM 0 comments
SUPERB VIDEO SHOWS U.S. AND COALITION FORCES FIGHTING TALIBAN
Video is taken mostly from choppers above the battlefield and show how the aerial support group assists the U.S. and coalition forces on the ground in Afghanistan as they do battle with the Taliban.
Listen to narration describe the attack.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/B7txjkzJUL0&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 2:59 AM 0 comments
SEMPER FI! US MARINES IN REAL COMBAT FOOTAGE
Video shows US Marines in real combat footage.
Song: "With a Spirit" 009 Sound System.
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 2:06 AM 0 comments
YOU GOTTA SEE THIS: TOP 5 HELICOPTER ATTACKS
This video contains what is considered to be the top five helicopter attacks on enemy insurgents.
Turn up your sound so you can hear ground control talking to chopper pilots.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/NyEQuuVsIAw&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 12:36 AM 0 comments
Thursday, January 28, 2010
MUST SEE: TOP-RATED COMBAT CLIPS FROM AFGHANISTAN
Be sure and turn your sound up and watch this compilation of top-rated combat footage from the war in Afghanistan.
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/v/WY1sFMguVZI&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 11:25 AM 0 comments
NBC NEWS: THE OTHER PTSD: SEXUAL ABUSE OF WOMEN IN THE MILITARY
As one of the former women soldiers says in this video, sexual abuse or rape of women soldiers in the military has been mostly covered up until lately. Listen to the stories of former female GIs tell their stories of what happened to them while deployed to Iraq.
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 5:59 AM 0 comments
KID ROCK "WARRIOR" AND DALE EARNHARDT, JR. COLLABORATE ON THIS SALUTE TO U.S. TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN
Kid Rock sings "Warrior" and there are scenes of NASCAR driver DAle Earnhardt, Jr mixed in the video salute to our troops in Afghanistan.
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 3:13 AM 0 comments
BON JOVI SINGS "IT'S MY LIFE" IN TRIBUTE TO OUR TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN
Video is a collage of our troops in action in Afghanistan and the music is Bon Jovi singing "It's My Life."
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 3:01 AM 0 comments
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
CHAPLAINS IN AFGHANISTAN (VIDEO)
A Canadian military chaplain explains the role of what chaplains do in a war zone like Afghanistan.
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 2:18 PM 0 comments
HUFFINGTON POST REPORTS: TOP DEFENSE CONTRACTORS SPENT $27 MILLION LOBBYING GOVERNMENT AT TIME OF AFGHAN SURGE
Top Defense Contractors Spent $27 Million Lobbying At Time Of Afghan Surge Announcement
With Reporting By Julian Hattem
The ten largest defense contractors in the nation spent more than $27 million lobbying the federal government in the last quarter of 2009, according to a review of recently-filed lobbying records.
The massive amount of money used to influence the legislative process came as the White House announced it would ramp up military activity in Afghanistan and Congress considered appropriations bills to pay for that buildup. All told, these ten companies, the largest revenue earners in the industry, spent roughly $7.2 million more lobbying in the fourth quarter of 2009 (October through December) than in the three months prior.
Such an increase in lobbying expenditures is partly a reflection of just how profitable the business of waging war can be. Each of these companies earned billions of dollars in defense contracts this past year. As the U.S. ramps up its military activities overseas, and the army is stretched thin by other ventures, it stands to reason that the contracts won't dry up any time soon.
In mid-December, Congress passed a defense appropriations bill that totaled more than $635 billion. Shortly thereafter, the firm Northrop Grumman moved its corporate office to the Washington D.C. region to be closer to the heart of legislative action. Among the issues on which these ten firms lobbied, "appropriations" was the most frequently cited in lobbying forms.
"We've built Rome," one longtime good-government official said of the symbiosis between contractors and the government.
On a related note, the Congressional Research Service released a report on Thursday, which showed that the number of private security contractors has bulged in the wake of Obama's Afghanistan-surge announcement. Currently, contractors in Afghanistan make up between 22 percent and 30 percent of armed U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Corcoran at 12:07 PM 0 comments
SHOCKING NEWS: SOLDIERS ARE BEING FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THEIR CHILDREN AND THE MILITARY, AND THEY'RE PAYING THE PRICE IN JAILTIME
In January, U.S. Army officials announced four separate court-martial charges against Specialist Alexis Hutchinson, a single mother who missed her deployment to Afghanistan in early November 2009 when her childcare plans for her infant son, Kamani, fell through at the last minute. Hutchinson was jailed and threatened with a court-martial if she did not agree to deploy to Afghanistan. Kamani was placed into a county foster care system.
By Dahr Jamail, AlterNetPosted on January 26, 2010, Printed on January 27, 2010
http://www.alternet.org/story/145397/
Hutchinson, in accordance with the family care plan of the U.S. Army, had been allowed to fly to Oakland, California to leave her son with her mother, Angelique Hughes. However, after a week, Hughes realized she couldn't care for Kamani along with her other duties of caring for a daughter with special needs, her ailing mother, and an ailing sister. She told Hutchinson and her commander, Captain Gassant and the Army granted a Hutchinson an extension so that she could find someone else to care for Kamani.
In the meantime, the boy came back to Georgia to be with his mother.But only a few days before Hutchinson's original deployment date, she was told by the Army she would not get the time extension after all, and would have to deploy despite the fact that her son had nowhere to go.
Faced with this choice, Specialist Hutchinson chose not to show up for her plane to Afghanistan. The military arrested her and placed her child in the county foster care system."I think they didn't believe her that she was unable to find someone to care for her infant," Hutchinson's civilian lawyer, Rai Sue Sussman, said at the time.
Continue reading here: http://www.alternet.org/story/145397/
Dahr Jamail is an independent journalist and author of Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches From an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq, and The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight In Iraq and Afghanistan.
Posted by Bill Corcoran at 6:19 AM 0 comments
YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF TO WATCH THIS VIDEO OF OUR TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN
The sub-titles on this video say it all. You really owe it to yourself to watch this video. It is beautifully produced.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/iyXYot6wHuE&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 3:35 AM 0 comments
TAKE A RIDE WITH US MEDICS IN AFGHANISTAN (RAW VIDEO)
This video shows a team of U.S. medics on board a Blackhawk helicopter as they go into hostile territory to pickup wounded American GIs in Afghanistan.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/I1g4EJJw8OY&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 3:08 AM 0 comments
NEWS ALERT: US/UK TROOPS FACE FIVE MORE YEARS IN AFGHANISTAN
After meetings were held in Kabul, Afghanistan, the president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, has announced US and UK troops will face at least five more years in Afghanistan.
The Afghanistan Army is in shambles and it is going to take years to train them to takeover security in their homeland.
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 2:09 AM 0 comments
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
COMBAT MEDIC---MOS 68W--SGT. HEATHER McFARREN ON THE FRONT LINES IN AFGHANISTAN
Sgt. Heather McFarren is a National Guard Combat Medic and in this video you get to see what she does on the front lines in Afghanistan. In her own words, Sgt. McFarren describes what it is like to be a combat medic in a war zone.
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 2:40 PM 0 comments
GOING IN "HOT"---MEDICS RUSH IN BY CHOPPER TO SAVE A WOUNDED MARINE
Dramatic video of medics in a Medevac chopper rush in to a "hot" zone to pickup a wounded U.S. Marine and transport him to a field hospital in Afghanistan. This is the kind of event that is happening everyday in Afghanistan, but the media and general public in the United States couldn't care less.
The wounded Marine is just out of high school and was caught in a Taliban ambush.
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WATCH VIDEO HERE OR DELETE
http://www.youtube.com/v/G4vbajh-b_s&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 2:16 PM 0 comments
SEVERELY WOUNDED AFGHAN SOLDIER TRANSPORTED TO U.S. HOSPITAL IN KANDAHAR
The medics who work at these field hospitals in Afghanistan don't care whether the wounded are Americans or Afghans. They have one mission in mind. Try to save the wounded. In this video you see doctors and nurses at U.S. hospital in Kandahar Afghanistan treating a wounded Afghanistan army member.
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 1:58 PM 0 comments
AFGHANISTAN: INSIDE A WAR ZONE HOSPITAL (MUST SEE VIDEO)
The cameras follow what happens in a day in Afghanistan at a Kandahar hospital right after a suicide bomb blast had rocked Kabul. You will see and hear doctors talking about the way they treat patients. You will also see children in the children's ward who suffer from living in a war torn country.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/ADgXjgeWfN4&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 6:06 AM 0 comments
3/6 MARINES IN HEAVY GUNFIGHT---OPERATION STEEL CURTAIN. (RAW VIDEO)
Turn up your sound and listen and watch as the 3/6 Marines are engaged in a heavy gunfight in Iraq. Some of the language is very explicit.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/TysyEbWHNfI&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 3:11 AM 0 comments
TRIBUTE TO US ARMY AIRBORNE--DON'T MISS THIS VIDEO
This video is a tribute to all the divisions in the U.S. Army Airborne. They are carrying the fight to the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Song: "Colors" by Crossroads
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http://www.youtube.com/v/4KAivkAyxQU&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 2:56 AM 0 comments
Monday, January 25, 2010
THREE BLASTS ROCK BAGHDAD CLOSE TO HOTELS HOUSING U.S. JOURNALISTS
Three blasts rock central Baghdad
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/01/201012512552630141.html
The blasts went off near the fortified Green Zone where government buildings are located [Reuters]
At least 36 people have been killed in three suicide car bombings, which took place within 10 minutes of each other, near hotels in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, police said.
At least 71 other people were wounded in the blasts, which came during rush hour on Monday.
The blasts happened close to the Sheraton and Palestine Hotels in the centre of the city, and the Babil hotel in the south.The hotels are located outside the heavily fortified Green Zone, where many government and international agencies are situated.
Posted by Bill Corcoran at 2:21 PM 0 comments
A SOLDIER'S TAKE ON AFGHANISTAN. (MUST SEE VIDEO)
S/Sgt. Adam Schroeder, Nebraska National Guard, shares his views on the mission in Afghanistan during a patrol through a small village in Afghanistan.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/eXJsn5RIJcE&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 1:37 PM 0 comments
THEY NEVER KNEW WHAT HIT THEM---APACHE BLASTS TALIBAN
Video allows you to see and hear ground control to an Apache helicopter which makes a strike on the Taliban on the ground in Afghanistan. They never knew what hit them.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/Cq3vOQ1dcQ8&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 1:10 PM 0 comments
APACHE TAKES OUT INSURGENTS WITH 30 MM---RAW VIDEO
Aerial view of Apache helicopter wiping out insurgents on the ground with 30 mm. Great music with this video.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/9MlA1qqNoJE&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 12:57 PM 0 comments
AWESOME COMBAT FOOTAGE FROM AFGHANISTAN
Video shows U.S. military in combat in Afghanistan. Non-stop combat action.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/BrvNwsC-Iss&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 4:39 AM 0 comments
MARINE LIFE AT A FOB IN AFGHANISTAN
Video shows what it is like for our Marines living at a Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Afghanistan.
Not exactly all the pleasures of home.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/acTAitI9cxM&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 4:03 AM 0 comments
"OPERATION MOUNTAIN RESOLVE"---10TH MOUNTAIN DIV LAUNCH COMBAT MISSION ON TALIBAN
The footage in this video shows members of the 10th Mountain Division launching a mission to attack the Taliban as part of "Operation Mountain Resolve" in Afghanistan.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/DRfjAfjPnIo&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 3:14 AM 0 comments
AFGHANISTAN: U.S. TROOPS IN VIOLENT FIREFIGHT WITH TALIBAN
The war in Afghanistan rages on and this video shows an American Army platoon in a violent firefight with the Taliban.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/LOX0RqtkHBs&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 3:04 AM 0 comments
CANADIAN FORCES FROM EDMONTON CONDUCT DAWN RAID ON TALIBAN
Alpha Company, "Red Devils," from Edmonton, Canada conduct a dawn raid on the Taliban in Afghanistan. Heavy combat.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/KLsMixwMn_I&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 2:53 AM 0 comments
Sunday, January 24, 2010
TOP RATED REAL COMBAT CLIPS
Video is a compilation of combat clips showing our troops in violent firefights in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/NYF3dFoqgII&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 6:22 PM 0 comments
HELMET CAM AND RAW FOOTAGE OF OUR TROOPS IN VIOLENT BATTLE WITH THE TALIBAN
Helmet cam and audio brings you right into the middle of this firefight between U.S. forces and the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/AGkGScHJbLE&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 5:17 PM 0 comments
THANKS: RICHARD MOWRY for this tribute--BILL CORCORAN
Richard Mowry is a former member of United States Air Force and he has been hard at work making up tributes to fellow Facebook members who served in the United States military.
This is the one he made up of me: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4413848&id=165582952436&ref=mf
Posted by Bill Corcoran at 3:28 AM 0 comments
VETERANS: BANISHED AND BETRAYED
Barton Kunstler, Ph.D.
Author, "The Hothouse Effect"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barton-kunstler-phd/veterans-banished-and-bet_b_421828.html
"Banished veterans." The phrase shouldn't make sense. Someone joins the military, fights in a war, returns home, and then is banished? Thankfully, this can't happen here...
But it is happening here. Thousands of men and women who have risked their lives in the country's wars have been deported or are living under the threat of deportation because they committed non-violent crimes that often wouldn't warrant serving jail time. Many of these vets suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a condition often overlooked by our nation's health care system.
These vets can be deported because they are not U.S. citizens. Gabriel Delgadillo, a Vietnam veteran, committed a burglary in 1988. Eight years later, burglary was declared a deportable offense. Only then, in a retroactive application of the new law, was he deported, leaving behind a wife and seven children. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) officially deplored Delgadillo's deportation in May, 1999, stating:
These harsh new measures have now snared immigrants who spilled their blood for our country. As the INS prepares to deport these American veterans, we have not even been kind enough to thank them for their service with a hearing to listen to their story and consider whether, just possibly, their military service or other life circumstances outweigh the government's interest in deporting them.
Robyn Sword, an activist on behalf of banished vets whose fiance, Rohan Coombs, is facing deportation for drug offenses, pointed out in an interview that many people simply can't get past the image of a "convicted felon." Who wants them here, right? That might be understandable in cases of violent crime but such an attitude is inexcusable when applied to most banished veterans.
Sword is a fellow Facebook member.
Read more here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barton-kunstler-phd/veterans-banished-and-bet_b_421828.html
Posted by Bill Corcoran at 2:12 AM 0 comments
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RARELY SEEN VIDEO OF NAVY SEALS EXTRACTION ON TO MH-47 CHINOOK HELICOPTER
This is a short video showing you how the Navy Seals extract fellow Seals on the tail of a MH-47 Chinook helicopter. This video has not been seen until NOW.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/YqqKe1AxfHk&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 1:51 AM 0 comments
VIDEO OF AFTER EFFECTS OF MORTAR ATTACKS ON U.S. BASES IN AFGHANISTAN
Video shows the grim results of what happened to U.S. bases in Afghanistan after they were hit by mortar attacks.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/yd6HpKbObxQ&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 1:36 AM 0 comments
NON-STOP COMBAT ACTION FROM FIRE BASE VEGAS IN AFGHANISTAN
This clip shows our troops in non-stop combat action against the Taliban from Fire Base Vegas in the mountains of Afghanistan. A must see video.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/lZ1KYVtFLh4&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 1:02 AM 0 comments
Saturday, January 23, 2010
AFGHAN BEAUTIES
Not everyone in Afghanistan is a member of the Taliban. This video shows an array of the most beautiful women in Afghanistan.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/XzXWnQZsbyM&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 6:50 PM 0 comments
USAF TANDEM PARACHUTING FROM C-17: LIVE VIDEO
The guys shown in this video have nerves of steel. Watch as they joke around before jumping out of a C-17 during parachute training. This is what is called a "tandem jump" in the USAF Pararescue teams.
Great music, too.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/7tGFicS-ufc&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 11:34 AM 0 comments
FABULOUS VIDEO OF USAF PARARESCUE TEAMS IN ACTION
This is a really fabulous video. It shows USAF Pararescue teams preparing carrying out missions in Afghanistan.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/ZL80-7FYo0E&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 11:09 AM 0 comments
ATTN: RICHARD MOWRY: USAF PARARESCUE TRIBUTE. WARNING: GRAPHIC FOOTAGE
I dedicate this video to fellow Facebook friend Richard Mowry who served in the United States Air Force.
This video shows members of the USAF Pararescue team doing what they do best---rescue wounded American military personnel.
Great music with this video
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http://www.youtube.com/v/c1LVG3HZ8po&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 10:40 AM 0 comments
DEA AGENTS ARE AMBUSHED IN AFGHANISTAN. LIVE VIDEO
Some pilots for the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) are complaining they are being forced into combat in Afghanistan.
In this video, you see DEA agents on the ground in Afghanistan firing back after they were ambushed by the Taliban.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/BnOVNHEw7P4&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 10:06 AM 0 comments
FABULOUS VIDEO OF AIR FORCE PARARESCUE TEAM IN ACTION
Video clips show the Air Force Pararescue team in action bringing wounded Americans out of Afghanistan.
Song: "Resurrection" by Chairmaira
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http://www.youtube.com/v/tyYzCZwuyMo&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 6:26 AM 0 comments
GOOD VIDEO SHOWS HOW A PARARESCUE TEAM WORKS IN A WAR ZONE
This is an excellent video which shows you how a pararescue team works in a war zone to bring out the wounded.
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http://www.youtube.com/v/0E2WQJQCpfo&hl=en_US&fs=1
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Posted by Bill Corcoran at 6:04 AM 0 comments