Tag: afghanistan
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IAVA Hosting Film Screening at Ft. Benning
The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America will be hosting a screening of the film Restrepo at Fort Benning, GA on July 12th at 7:00PM. The screening will feature a Q&A with producers Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington. IAVA is excited to provide both member veterans and civilian supporters with opportunities to attend free screenings…
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McChrystal’s War
As most of you know already by now, ISAF commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal has been in the hot seat for the past 24-hours for comments that he and his aides made to a Rolling Stone journalist concerning several White House officials. It’s an unfortunate betrayal of trust and confidence from a man whom the President…
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End In Sight?
What a difference a couple of years makes. It wasn’t too long ago that America’s military operation in Iraq was the foreign policy debate du jour. But with the advent of the Obama Administration’s push for rapid withdrawal and the improving security situation there, little is heard from a place that helped shape the worldview…
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The Boys Are Back in Town
This week, Soldiers from Georgia’s 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team will begin returning home from a 12-month deployment in Afghanistan, though the fighting is hardly over. The seemingly overnight transition from a mild-mannered civilian occupation to the front lines in arguably one of the most definitive conflicts of this generation certainly isn’t an easy one,…
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Around the Services…
A few of the latest headline-grabbing tidbits across our armed services: President Obama (or “America 6” as I like to call him), announced today that New York Rep. John McHugh will succeed the Hon. Pete Geren as the Secretary of the Army. Considering that Rep. McHugh is a Republican representing a district that President Obama…