10th Mtn. Div. Shows its Mettle In Operation Mountain Resolve ~ Part One

To: armymarinemom

I'm at fault, too. Followed the troops in Iraq from the beginning of the war, and didn't pay enough attention to our troops in Afghanistan.

The DoD is making up for it. They've had some good articles lately. Check for a graphic link to Afghanistan-related news (which is temporarily ~ I hope ~ missing!) at defendamerica.mil. CENTCOM has links to Enduring Freedom - Afghanistan news.

A few links from Nov:

8 10th Mtn. Div. Shows its Mettle In Operation Mountain Resolve ~ Part 2 ~ DoD | Sgt. Greg Heath
8 World Cup soccer returns to Kabul, Afghanistan

8 Davis-Monthan Warriors Return to Fight War Against Terrorism [Bagram] ~ DoD | Sgt. Brian Davidson
8 Logistics Task Force Delivers Supplies from the Heart ~ [Logistics Task Force 129 ~ Bagram] ~ Defend America | Sgt. Keith Thompson
8 Sweden to send 100 more troops to Afghanistan ~ Xinhua via COMTEX | 11/22/03
8 New Afghan Ambassador to Help Country 'Stand On Its Own Feet' ~ DoD | 11/20/03 | Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample
8 UNICEF says much progress made for Afghanistan's women and children [UNICEF "forgets" to credit the courageous ~ mostly American ~ troops who continue to pay the highest price for the world's freedom.] ~ AP | 11/20/03 | Paul Haven
8 Special Forces Officer Honored for Heroism in Mazar-e-Sharif Prison Battle ~ DoD | Jennifer K. Whittle & Army Reserve 1st Lt. Steve Alvarez
8 Guard Enhanced Brigade Prepares for Afghan Duty ~ DoD | 11/07/03 | Master Sgt. Bob Haskell
8 Bulldogs Replace Panthers at Bagram ~ DoD | 11/05/03 | Air Force Staff Sgt. Russell Wicke
8 Officials Encouraged by Afghan Progress ~ DoD | 11/04/03 | Jim Garamone
8 Navy SEAL Awarded Navy Cross for actions in Afghanistan ~ San Diego Union Tribune | 11/01/03

21 posted on 11/29/2003 9:20:19 PM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl ( "Our military is full of the finest people on the face of the earth." ~ Pres. Bush, Baghdad)

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

Thanks for the links. Some of the better newslinks for that area are on pdf format too. Makes posting hard and it is old by the time we get it. Maybe some of us should ask the DOD for better updates out of the area.

22 posted on 11/30/2003 12:51:57 AM PST by armymarinemom (I Rocked the Cradle of Death from Above)

To: armymarinemom

Afghanistan news link, from today's http://www.army.mil/. Click on the Operation Enduring Freedom link:

The Way Ahead
The Soldier's Creed
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Enduring Freedom

Soldiers remove equipment from a Ch-47 Chinook helicopter at a remote firebase near Gereshk, Afghanistan. The Soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 10th Forward Support Battalion. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Isaac Scruggs. *

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My mutt computer doesn't have Adobe, but I find this pdf-html converter very handy for UK and CPA news:

http://access.adobe.com:8088/ads-cgi/convert.pl

23 posted on 11/30/2003 6:49:54 AM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl ( "Our military is full of the finest people on the face of the earth." ~ Pres. Bush, Baghdad)

To: Ragtime Cowgirl

Thanks for the ping on this. I just forwarded this thread also to the 10th Mountain Division. I'm hoping to post updates shortly.

24 posted on 11/30/2003 8:02:27 AM PST by Calpernia (Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.)

Thank you, Cal. I love your idea ~ creating specific 'threads' to send mass-messages of support to the troops is a wonderful use of Al Gore's invention. (^:

25 posted on 11/30/2003 9:01:43 AM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl ( "Our military is full of the finest people on the face of the earth." ~ Pres. Bush, Baghdad)

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