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Afghan Ideas from Great Britain
Afghan Ideas from Great Britain
michaelyon-online.com — 24 November 2009 Adam Holloway, a British Member of Parliament, sent this PDF yesterday evening. Mr. Holloway... is definitely worth reading and considering. I will land in Dubai on Thanksgiving evening, and from there push to Afghanistan. Happy ... (more) Afghan Ideas from Great Britain
FYI: Paperwork for Afghanistan Media Embed
FYI: Paperwork for Afghanistan Media Embed
michaelyon-online.com — 17 November 2009 There has been much curiosity about the procedures involved during the embed process. The... process is constantly changing, and is different for Iraq than for Afghanistan. A Philippines embed is different still, and requires ... (more) FYI: Paperwork for Afghanistan Media Embed
Hostages
michaelyon-online.com — Michael Yon 16 November 2009 When New York Times journalist David Rohde was kidnapped last year in... Afghanistan, the company engaged in a painstaking effort to squash the story. They succeeded in persuading major media who learned of the kidnapping ... (more) Hostages
Japanese Aid to Afghanistan II
michaelyon-online.com — 12 November 2009 I asked General David Petraeus, General (ret.) Barry McCaffrey, and Secretary of Defense Robert... Gates, about the Japanese decisions on Afghanistan. (The Japanese plan to recall their refueling capacity but to add $5 billion ... (more) Japanese Aid to Afghanistan II
Japanese Aid to Afghanistan
michaelyon-online.com — Published: 12 November 2009 By Michael Yon Kathmandu, Nepal — The Japanese are pulling naval assets from... the fight in Afghanistan, but they are adding assets in another category. I asked Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (who has not responded), ... (more) Japanese Aid to Afghanistan
Ambush of the Common Sort
Ambush of the Common Sort
michaelyon-online.com — 08 November 2009 Got a ping today about an attack on the road between Jalalabad and Kabul.... It's a dangerous road and I don't like to drive it. The source has always been reliable, so I pinged Tim Lynch (who often is on that road), and Tim just ... (more) Ambush of the Common Sort
Smithsonian Air&Space on Kopp-Etchells Effect
Smithsonian Air&Space on Kopp-Etchells Effect
michaelyon-online.com — November 04, 2009 Helo Halo Luminous halos twirled above a Boeing CH-47 Chinook on a recent night... around 11:30 p.m. local time at Forward Operating Base Jackson in Sangin, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, as helicopters ferried casualties ... (more) Smithsonian Air&Space on Kopp-Etchells Effect
Great Britain Loses one of its Finest
Great Britain Loses one of its Finest
michaelyon-online.com — 03 November 2009 British soldiers at war are an incredible group. Courageous, competent, and committed in very... difficult conditions. An email came today from London, from a BBC correspondent who has been to Afghanistan saying that Staff ... (more) Great Britain Loses one of its Finest
Huge Money is being wasted in Afghanistan
Huge Money is being wasted in Afghanistan
michaelyon-online.com — The following interrogative from McClatchy Newspapers to USAID is the tip of the iceberg. The more one... looks, the more squandering one finds. Please Click here to view the entire document. {loadposition user8} (more) Huge Money is being wasted in Afghanistan
Colors
michaelyon-online.com — A military watchdog gets it wrong on the debate over camouflage. By Michael Yon Some things are... not as they seem. Many people, for instance, seem to think Stars & Stripes is a military lapdog, but this is untrue. If Washington had a yearbook, ... (more) Colors