(Hi, blog. Have you missed me? Can you forgive me for cheating on you? We have something special here and I don’t want to let you go. But I’ve got to focus on my other commitments at the moment, so I’m going to probably Susie Madrak you for a bit. Is it narcissistic to say [...]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 867-10 September 22, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of five soldiers who died in a helicopter crash Sept. 21 during combat operations in Zabul province, Afghanistan, while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. All soldiers were assigned to 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air [...]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 866-10 September 22, 2010 DOD Identifies Navy Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of four sailors who died in a helicopter crash Sept. 21 during combat operations in the Zabul province, Afghanistan, while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Killed were: Lt. (SEAL) Brendan J. Looney, 29, of Owings, Md., assigned [...]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 864-10 September 22, 2010 DOD Identifies Air Force Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of an airman who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Senior Airman Michael J. Buras, 23, of Fitzgerald, Ga., died Sept. 21 of wounds suffered as the result of an improvised explosive device detonation in Kandahar, [...]

Here I was, set to write a long post about the new Woodward book excerpts, when Gulliver distills my intended point in a tweet: Does not compute: if we could “absorb” another 9/11, why are we wasting $70B/yr on war that won’t prevent it anyway? He’s referring to an Obama quote about how the U.S. [...]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 860-10 September 21, 2010 DOD Identifies Marine Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Pfc. Joshua S. Ose, 19, of Hernando, Miss., died Sept. 20 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine [...]

In the inbox, from a Pentagon briefing today: Taliban fighters in northern Afghanistan are tired of fighting U.S. and international forces and are looking to reintegrate back into society, the top military commanders of the NATO International Security Assistance Force element in the region said today. As a matter of basic empirical fact, what are [...]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 856-10 September 20, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Spc. Joshua A. Harton, 23, of Bethlehem, Penn., died Sept. 18 in Kaftar Khan, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms and [...]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 855-10 September 20, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom Maj. Paul D. Carron, 33, of Mo. died Sept. 18 at Qalat, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 2nd [...]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 854-10 September 20, 2010 DOD Identifies Army Casualty The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Pfc. Barbara Vieyra, 22, of Mesa, Ariz., died Sept. 18 of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked her unit using an improvised explosive device and rocket propelled grenade [...]