toyoufromfailinghands.blogspot.com - 1/8/2009
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This has been in the works for awhile. Years, in fact. Memos went up the chain of command, and back down again. Never any luck. And then, just recently, approval. I'm going to Afghanistan. I can't say when, but it will be shortly. I can't say exactly where, nor how long I'll be gone for. DND is ...
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Carrying The Torch to Afghanistan
Daimnation! —
... Damian Brooks will be the first Canadian blogger to be embedded with Canadian Forces in that country. Wish him luck, and hit his tip jar. ...
CANADA’S FIRST EMBEDDED MILBLOGGER heads to Afghanistan….
Instapundit —
CANADA’S FIRST EMBEDDED MILBLOGGER heads to Afghanistan.
"I'm going to Afghanistan."
small dead animals —
"I'm going to Afghanistan." SDA guest blogger Damian Brooks (of The Torch) is heading to Afghanistan; I can't say when, but it will be shortly. I can't say exactly where, nor how long I'll be gone for. DND is understandably picky about that sort of thing. But if the creek don't rise, I'll be posting from over there at some point in the fairly near future, so watch this space. This is a first for a Canadian blogger. A fairly narrow first, but a first nonetheless: bloggers have served, but not really written about it; American bloggers have embedded with Canadian troops; Canadian ...
Brass Balls Radio talks to Canadian mil-blogger headed to Afghanistan
All —
Brass Balls Radio
interviews Damian Brooks about his upcoming trip to Afghanistan.
He's looking for donations to help cover insurance and other expenses. (Here's his
website)
PLUS: Like me, Wendy was at the "Jew killer" demo in Toronto last Saturday, so she's got a report on that,
too.
Torch-Bearer Headed to Afghanistan
Op For —
... Again, apologies for the tardiness, but I am pleased to report that our friend and colleague Babbling Brooks at The Torch is headed to Afghanistan as an embed. ...
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