CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — When the Marine unit that suffered the greatest casualties in the 10-year Afghan war returned home last spring, they didn’t rush back to their everyday lives. SEE ALSO: Get Out! Woman Offers Sex For McNuggets Instead, the Marine Corps put them into a kind of decompression chamber, keeping them at […]
WASHINGTON — Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday condemned as “completely inhumane” a video that purports to depict four U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters. Pentagon officials said commanders believe they have identified the men’s unit and that it is back in the United States. SEE ALSO: Satomrum’s Communist Clan The Marine […]
A video has surfaced of what appears to be American soldiers dressed in Marine gear urinating on dead bodies. The video was posted online with the caption “scout sniper team 4 with 3rd battalion 2nd marines out of camp lejeune peeing on dead talibans.” In the video, the soldiers joke around with one saying, “Have […]
AFGHANISTAN — Sgt. Edward J. Frank II was killed by a bomb while in Afghanistan on his first tour of duty there along with four other soldiers. Frank had previously served in Iraq for two tours of duty after joining the army in 2005. The Grio reports: Frank’s awards and decorations include two Army Commendation […]
BROOKLYN — A Brooklyn marine was killed trying to save his comrade during a bloody clash in Afghanistan last week. Lance Cpl. Jabari Thompson, 22, who wanted to be a marine like his dad, was mortally wounded in combat and succumbed to his injuries at a military hospital in Germany. The NY Daily News Reports: […]
The New Yorker has unearthed a horrible secret related to the staffing of military bases in the Middle East. Companies that are contracted by the United States to provide support services to bases in locations like Afghanistan routinely lure women far from their homes to be employees, where they become trapped. After traveling from locations […]
BY CARLITO RODRIGUEZ “They got him, yo. They got Bin Laden.” That’s how I heard. Unlike other hip-hop journo cum Twitter pundits whose daily grind requires them to keep eyes glued to the tube (“flatscreen” just doesn’t do it for me, sorry) while thumb-typing their way into relevance at 140 characters a minute, my May […]
AFGHANISTAN-Afghani protesters have stormed the U.N. compound in Afghanistan and killed eight staffers, beheading two, over Pastor Terry Jones recent burning of the Koran. The New York Daily News reports: Armed with guns seized from guards and fueled by outrage over Pastor Terry Jones’ March 20 desecration of the Islamic holy text, the protesters reportedly […]
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Another fallen soldier is honored this week after news of his death spread throughout Northern Kentucky on Wednesday.
Our U.S. Soldiers are making great sacrifices, for our country and freedoms. Instead of celebrating Thanksgiving with their friends and families, our soldiers are right now in Afghanistan.
