TATTOOED UNDER FIRE - Combat Medic, Anthony

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TATTOOED UNDER FIRE offers an intimate, character-driven portrait of Iraq-bound and returning U.S. soldiers, professing their pride, sharing their secrets and confessing their fears as they go under the needle at a tattoo parlor serving the Fort Hood community. Shot over four years, it has captured the chronological history of the stresses and fear these young men and women experience as they prepare for and return from war. What emerges is an evocative, poignant and highly personal look at the human and cultural cost of war, and the pressures life on Americas largest military base.

70,000 U.S. TROOPS HAVE BEEN KILLED, INJURED OR DISABLED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN (VIDEO)

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70,000 U.S. troops have been killed, injured or disabled in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

CAPTURED TALIBAN VIDEO OF ATTACK ON U.S. FORCES

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VIOLENT ATTACK BY TALIBAN ON U.S. TROOPS SHOT BY A HELMET CAM IN SIDEWAYS POSITION

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While securing a compound in Northern Afghanistan, US soldiers came under attack by RPG and small arms fire. Sorry, the helmet cam was mounted sideways so this is why the picture is as well. Unit is Alpha 1-87 10th MTN

HEAVY FIREFIGHT BREAKSOUT IN AFGHANISTAN

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NEWS ABOUT THE WAR NOBODY GIVES A DAMN ABOUT ANYMORE. U.S. AND COALITION FORCES DEFEND A COMPOUND AGAINST TALIBAN ATTACKS IN AFGHANISTAN

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Sept. 13 - U.S. AND ISAF soldiers defend their ground after insurgents launch multiple attacks in Kabul. Deborah Lutterbeck reports

THE WAR GOES ON: MARINES FROM 1/6 ALPHA COMPANY BATTLE TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN

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1/6 Alpha Company in Afghanistan

NEW COMBAT VIDEO FROM WARDAK, AFGHANISTAN

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4th Brigade 10th Mt. Div dishing it out in Wardak Afghanistan.

IRAQ STILL UNSTABLE: CAR BOMBING AT IRAQI RESTAURANT KILLS 17

The mainstream media in the United States is so wrapped up on politics they give little or no attention to what is happening in both Iraq and Afghanistan.


A car bomb went off today in Iraq killing 17 and wounding 33.


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Car Bombing at Iraqi Restaurant Kills 17 -- News from Antiwar.com

NATO CIVILIAN DEATHS RISING IN AFGHANISTAN

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The civilian death toll from NATO attacks is rapidly rising in Afghanistan. And now locals in the northern Takhar province are claiming that the US-led foreign forces have not only killed civilians, but also raped two women.

WARNING: VERY STRONG LANGUAGE IN THIS VIDEO: BADDEST FIREFIGHT EVER...ENJOY

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NOT A STRIKER. STRIKER IS ARMY. WE ARE LIGHT ARMORED VEHEICLES (LAV's)-MARINES. OUR LAV HAS A 25mm CHAINED MAIN GUN. ONCE AGAIN FOR YOU INSISTING IT'S A STYKER. NO.NO.NO. WE ARE MARINES IN A LAV.

RAW VIDEO: PT. 1 "THE OTHER WAR" AFGHANISTAN

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RAW VIDEO: PT. 1.  TROOPS battle Taliban in "The Other War."---Afghanistan.

US Marines in Afghanistan "The Best and Worst Years of my Life" (Part 2)

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RAW VIDEO of  U.S. Marines talking about the difference between fighting in Afghanistan as opposed to Iraq.

NEW VIDEO: U.S. ARMY GUNNER GOES DOWN IN AFGHANISTAN

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U.S. Army gunner goes down in Afghanistan.

BREAKING NEWS: FIRST VIDEO OF ATTACK ON U.S. EMBASSY IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN ON SEPT. 13, 2011

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Footage of Afghan and ISAF soldiers inside HQ ISAF, Kabul, fighting back against the attack on the US embassy on 13th September 2011. 1. (00:00) SHOWS AFGHAN SOLDIERS OUTSIDE THE PERIMETER OF ISAF HQ, KABUL 2. (00:06) SHOWS ROCKET LANDING OUTSIDE PERIMETER WALL 3. (00:16) SHOWS MACEDONIAN ISAF SOLDIER RUNNING 4. (00:25) SHOWS SMOKE FROM ROCKET 5. (00:31) SHOWS MACEDONIAN ISAF SOLDIER SIGNALLING 6. (00:38) SHOWS FRENCH ISAF SOLDIERS 7. (00:43) SHOWS VARIOUS OF MACEDONIAN AND US ISAF SOLDIERS FIGHTING AGAINST INSURGENTS

MEDEVAC TEAM WORKS TO SAVE AMERICAN LIVES IN THE SKIES OVER AFGHANISTAN. (LIVE VIDEO)

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When service members are injured during combat, medevac teams rise to the challenge of saving their lives. TF Six Shooters' Dustoff unit shows what it takes to patch up warfighters.

GRIPPING VIDEO OF SPECIAL FORCES AIR MEDEVAC TEAM RUSHING TO SAVE WOUNDED AMERICANS IN AFGHANISTAN

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Watch as these Special Forces from Air Medevac team rush to save the lives of wounded Americans in Afghanistan.

MEDEVAC CHOPPER RUSHES TO SAVE WOUNDED MARINE IN AFGHANISTAN (LIVE VIDEO)

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C.J. Chivers provides an aerial analysis of the medevac helicopter rescue of Cpl. Zachary K. Kruger in Marja, Afghanistan.



It was June 1, and a crew from Charlie Company, known as Dustoff, 6th Battalion of the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade had been called to pick up another wounded American in Marja. The two crew members — the crew chief, Sgt. Grayson Colby, and the medic, Sgt. Ian Bugh — stepped out and onto the soft dirt of a freshly tilled field

THE MILITARY'S GROWING CRISIS: THE RESULTS WILL STUN YOU

The United States military is rapidly approaching a growing crisis and the results of the survey will stun you.

To read more, click on this link:

http://defense.aol.com/2011/09/12/big-army-must-improve-people-management-or-lose-talent/?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl25%7Csec1_lnk2%7C94993

RAW VIDEO: FIRST VIDEO OF TALIBAN TRUCK BOMB ATTACK THAT WOUNDED 80 AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN WARDAK, AFGHANISTAN ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2011.

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RAW VIDEO:  First video of Taliban truck bomb attack that wounded 80 American troops in Wardak, Afghanistan on September 11, 2011.

NEWS ALERT: TRUCK BOMB AT U.S. BASE IN AFGHANISTAN WOUNDS 77 U.S. TROOPS

A truck bomb was detonated at a U.S. base in Eastern Afghanistan on the anniversary of the 9/11 attack and 77 U.S. soldiers have been wounded---some seriously. 

Information is just coming in, but you can read the latest on the following link:

http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110911/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan

MSNBC REPORTING 3 U.S. TROOPS KILLED TODAY IN AFGHANISTAN

On the anniversary of 9/11, NATO and MSNBC news are reporting three U.S. troops have been killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44462377/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/t/us-troops-killed-eastern-afghanistan/#.Tmx_juwa-yY

BREAKING NEWS: TALIBAN UNLEASH ATTACKS ON U.S. BASES IN AFGHANISTAN

The Taliban have taken the opportunity of the United States commeratoring the 9/11 attack to unleash their own attack on U.S. and coalition force bases in Afghanistan.

An unknown number of troops have been killed.  Story developing....

Read more here:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/09/10/afghanistan.troop.deaths/index.html?eref=rss_world

MARINES IN AFGHANISTAN TALK ABOUT WHERE THEY WERE WHEN 9/11 HAPPENED

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They were schoolchildren then, but they're on the front lines now. U.S. Marines in Afghanistan's Upper Gereshk Valley talk about their memories of 9/11 and how it affected their lives. See more stories in Stars and Stripes' report on the 10th anniversary of 9/11,

AUSTRALIAN CH-47 CHINOOK HELICOPTER IS ATTACKED BY TALIBAN MISSILE

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An Australian CH47 Chinook helicopter is attacked by a Taliban missile while flying in Southern Afghanistan. Justin O'Brien

NEW VIDEO SHOWING AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS ENGAGING TALIBAN. ONE OF THE "DIGGERS" IS WOUNDED

This is a brand new video showing Australian soldiers engaging the Taliban in a firefight in Afghanistan. One of the "diggers" is wounded in the exchange.

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http://nz.news.yahoo.com/video/watch/26563343/

MACHINE GUN TRACERS FLYING IN AFGHANISTAN

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MACHINE GUN TRACERS flying in Afghanistan at Taliban.  Remember:  Every sixth round is a tracer.

FIREFIGHT IN AFGHANISTAN

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82nd Airborne in a firefight in Afghanistan

REPUBLICAN "HAWKS" WANT MORE TROOPS SENT TO IRAQ

Republicans in Congress are pushing for more troops to be sent to Iraq in 2012, but not their kids of course.

Read more here.

Congressional Hawks Push for Even Bigger 2012 Iraq Force -- News from Antiwar.com

WERE THEY AMERICAN TROOPS WHO WERE KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN BOMBING? NATO ISN'T SAYING

As usual it becomes a guessing game whether the two soldiers killed in Afghanistan bombing were American troops or were they from another nation fighting in Afghanistan.


NATO will only say two NATO troops were killed.


Officials: 2 NATO troops, 5 Afghan soldiers killed The Associated Press News Washington Examiner