CHAPTER 4 A ‘Hurt Locker’–type situation September 8, 2010, Kunar Province, Eastern Afghanistan by Carmen Gentile The guys at Combat Outpost Pirtle King get a tip from a local Afghan man that there is an IED in the road not far from here. I jump in one of the armored …
Casualties, Operations Iraqi Freedom, New Dawn, Enduring Freedom, Inherent Resolve, Freedom Sentinel 16 January 2019 DOD. OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM includes casualties that occurred between March 19, 2003, and Aug. 31, 2010, in the Arabian Sea, Bahrain, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Persian Gulf, Qatar, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia and the …
Spokesperson for Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS. U.S. service members were killed during an explosion while conducting a routine patrol in Syria today. We are still gathering information and will share additional details at a later time. CJTF-OIR is aware of open source reports regarding an explosion in Syria. Coalition forces …
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey agreed to relocate an art installation featuring a nine-foot-tall, candy-shaped statue painted up like Saudi Arabia’s flag from the World Trade Center campus. The traveling exhibit became a point of controversy after critics pointed out that multiple 9/11 hijackers were Saudi subjects.
A Day That Shook the World recalls the days of the 20th century that proved to be era-defining and pivotal in the course of modern history. These are the days on which political revolutions, technological breakthroughs, and sporting triumphs took place, and whose effects were felt the world-over. Beginning with the funeral of Queen Victoria …
In a series of remarkable color films, the 1937 Japanese invasion of Shanghai is captured in stark detail. It marked a rising wave of Japanese imperialist ambitions that would lead straight to WWI
Video: World War II sniper veteran, Ted Gundy, was a sniper during the Battle of the Bulge, now 67 years later he tries an impossible shot of his own. Ted hasn’t seen his Army issued Springfield 1903A4 since 1944, but he’s in for a surprise and then he’ll try a shot he’s never fathomed…1,000 yards …
