Monday, February 1, 2010

HEART-BREAKING VIDEO: SPC. JASON COOPER LOST TO SUICIDE. SERVED IN IRAQ. CAME HOME WITH PTSD


This is a video story about Spc. Jason Cooper who served in Iraq and came home with PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder).

It went untreated and eventually Spc. Jason Cooper took his own life.

This is a very gut-wrenching video but IMO should be seen by EVERYONE.

TURN UP YOUR VOLUME

WATCH VIDEO HERE:

http://www.youtube.com/v/GTJ2v3bOvqA&hl=en_US&fs=1

CLICK ON LINK ABOVE AND THEN DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY THIS VIDEO


GRAPHIC VIDEO OF SOLDIERS WHO COME HOME WITH PTSD


This is a video everyone should watch. The video shows what a soldier is going through who has PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) after what he saw and was involved in during the war in Iraq.

TURN UP YOUR SOUND

WATCH VIDEO HERE:

http://www.youtube.com/v/XzbpW5NMfls&hl=en_US&fs=1

CLICK ON LINK ABOVE AND THEN DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

BANISHED VETERANS---THESE STORIES WILL BREAK YOUR HEART

There are thousands of military veterans who face deportation and nothing is being done about it.

Please checkout this link:

http://banishedveterans.intuitwebsites.com/

DRAMATIC VIDEO OF 10TH MTN. DIV. IN THE HEAT OF BATTLE


The song is "Over There" and it is very appropriate for this video showing the 10th Mtn. Div. in Afghanistan.

TURN UP YOUR VOLUME

WATCH VIDEO HERE:

http://www.youtube.com/v/7hZ2xIo5B64&hl=en_US&fs=1

CLICK ON LINK ABOVE AND THEN DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

10th MOUNTAIN DIVISION DUMPS MORTARS ON TALIBAN IN THE MOUNTAINS OF AFGHANISTAN


Video shows the 10th Mountain Division using mortars to blast the Taliban out of the mountains between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Dramatic footage.

TURN UP YOUR VOLUME

WATCH VIDEO HERE:

http://www.youtube.com/v/dURAv43M-RA&hl=en_US&fs=1

CLICK ON LINK ABOVE AND THEN DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

MUST SEE: HOW DRONE UNMANNED PLANES CARRYOUT MISSIONS IN AFGHANISTAN (EXCELLENT VIDEO)


There has been a lot "ink" lately about the unmanned Drone aircraft and their strikes on terrorist targets in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

In this video, you will see how the Drone aircraft are controlled from a central command base in Nevada as they carryout missions.

This is a fantastic video showing you exactly how the Drone aircraft operates.

TURN UP YOUR SOUND

WATCH VIDEO HERE:

http://www.youtube.com/v/1lIBDyW0G6Q&hl=en_US&fs=1

CLICK ON LINK ABOVE AND THEN DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

FRESH U.S. TROOPS ARE SHOWN HERE IN THEIR FIRST COMBAT MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN


The first of thousands of U.S. Army and U.S. Marines have arrived in Afghanistan and this video shows them in their first mission into the dangerous mountains of Afghanistan to take on the Taliban.

You are going to hear a lot of chatter between members of the U.S. Marines who are searching out houses in Afghanistan.

TURN UP YOUR SOUND

WATCH VIDEO HERE:

http://www.youtube.com/v/FDjRr0UMtjQ&hl=en_US&fs=1

CLICK ON LINK ABOVE AND THEN DIAMOND-SHAPED ARROW TO PLAY VIDEO

CNN REPORTS: DRAMATIC SHIFT IN PENTAGON THINKING COMING MONDAY


Review shows dramatic shift in Pentagon's thinking

By Mike Mount, CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/01/us.pentagon.review/index.html?hpt=T1

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Quadrennial Defense Review will be issued the same day the Pentagon presents its budget
New review stresses threat of cyber attacks and threats to surveillance satellites
The review puts a priority on helicopters for the rugged terrain in Afghanistan
Review also says effects of climate change could be a cause for future conflicts

Washington (CNN) -- The Pentagon will no longer shape the U.S. military to fight two major conventional wars at once, but rather prepare for numerous conflicts and not all in the same style, according to a draft of a new strategic outlook the Pentagon is announcing on Monday.

The new mantra for military planners will replace the almost 25-year-old combat planning style of fighting and winning two major conventional wars in two different locations in favor of a fighting force that is capable of protecting U.S. interests around the world from a range of threats, from terrorism to cyber attacks.

The change will be addressed in the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review, a congressionally mandated document that looks at future threats and the military's requirements to mitigate them.

"It is no longer appropriate to speak of major regional conflicts as the sole or even primary template for sizing, shaping or evaluating U.S. forces," according to a draft first obtained by Inside Defense.

The review will come on the same day the Pentagon presents its 2011 budget.
According to Pentagon officials, Defense Secretary
Robert Gates will be asking for $708 billion, including funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan -- $44 billion more the 2010 budget of $664 billion.

Read more here: http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/01/us.pentagon.review/index.html?hpt=T1