Archive | October, 2011

Odiernos, Father and Son, Honored

Posted on 31 October 2011

Retired Army Capt. Anthony Odierno, now a front-office executive for the New York Yankees, and his father, Gen. Ray Odierno, who once pitched against the Yankees, received awards over the weekend from the National Italian American Foundation.

U.S. Troops, Contractors Killed in Car Bombing in Kabul

Posted on 29 October 2011

Five U.S. troops and eight other Americans, all of them ISAF civilian employees, were killed when a car bomb blew up their convoy in Kabul today.

New Poll Says Afghanistan Is Now Obama’s Vietnam

Posted on 28 October 2011

The anti-war movement against Vietnam in the 1960s led former President Lyndon B. Johnson to give up on his re-election run. Now a new poll shows that most Americans believe that Afghanistan has become President Obama’s Vietnam.

New Reality Show Lifts the Veil on Muslim-American Community

Posted on 28 October 2011

There’s a reality show about everything these days – now there’s one about the lives of five American-Muslim families living in Dearborn, Mich.

Wounded Libyan Rebels Flown to U.S. Hospitals

Posted on 28 October 2011

Thirty seriously injured Libyan rebel fighters are being treated at U.S. hospitals in Boston and Germany.

The Lessons of War

Posted on 28 October 2011

The father of a fallen soldier hopes that the lessons learned in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya will pave the way for a new era for the U.S. military – one where all Americans are asked to share the burden of war.

Missing World War II Aircrew Interred At Arlington

Posted on 27 October 2011

There are about 73,000 Americans still listed as missing in action from World War II, about 18% of the more than 405,000 killed in the conflict. An aircrew of 10 was buried yesterday at Arlington, 67 years after they were lost in Germany.

McChrystal Returning to Afghanistan

Posted on 27 October 2011

Retired U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal is heading back to Afghanistan, this time as a personal guest of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

Pakistanis Fail To Stop Cross-Border Shelling

Posted on 27 October 2011

The U.S. has been telling Pakistan where the cross-border firing is coming from, and the Pakistanis have been doing nothing about it.

Mail Delivery to Troops in Iraq Ends on Nov. 17

Posted on 27 October 2011

Get those final care packages in the mail because on Nov. 17 the U.S. Postal Service will stop accepting mail addressed to military members stationed in Iraq.

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