Wow, what an incredible game! Many thanks to AFN (Armed Forces Network TV) for broadcasting this game to all of us deployed all over the world. Everyone over here is into the USA games during this World Cup, even non-soccer fans - nobody is more patriotic than soldiers! Just pandemonium when they scored, really looking forward to Saturday's game. USA Today Photo. Team USA's Landon Donovan celebrates his late goal against Algeria with teammate...read more

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Great piece at foreignpolicy.com Link Eggs for sale: Last year, a group of teenagers at Afghanistan's Marefat School were given cameras as part of a photography project with teens at Philadelphia's Constitution High School. The students snapped away, and what emerged from the Afghan side were images of culture, friends, and daily life -- not car bombings and kidnappings. Above, a smiling boy sells eggs at an outdoor market, as photographed by Qasim Moradi, 18. Ready to read:...read more

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Neat looking vehicle! We definitely need a replacement for the humvee! JLTV prototypes roll out on Army testing sites Yahoo News By Matthew Cox - Staff writer Posted : Sunday Jun 13, 2010 10:26:33 EDT ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — Both the Army and Marine Corps intend to begin fielding the JLTV in 2015 as a replacement for the venerable Humvee in combat operations. Link The four-seat Category A...read more

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As a logistician, I have pondered this question a good deal. In the U.S., qualified truck drivers can make a nice living if they are willing to put in the miles. A recent article in Yahoo News attempts to discuss this question. The article intimates that drivers are fairly desparate, poor, and have few options. I wish that wasn't the case. Highlights from the article Fearful NATO supply truckers curse their jobs by Sajjad Tarakzai Sajjad Tarakzai – Fri Jun 11, 1:25 am ET TORKHAM,...read more

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Awesome news!!!! The World Cup is on AFN! FIFA grants permission to carry 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ Riverside, CA, June 10, 2010 -- Through the cooperation of a host of international television licensees, the American Forces Network Broadcast Center (AFN-BC) has been granted permission by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to distribute the full complement of matches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™. The U.S. Armed Forces stationed outside the...read more

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Hope this is not a double post as I submitted this before and it was eaten somehow. Cool photo of the Hairiton - Mazar-e-Sharif railway. It is scheduled to be complete by the end of 2010.

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Pretty nasty here in Kuwait now. Not a great time and place to recover from double sinus infections but it is what it is. I have a face mask that I wear outside. Current temps are routinely above 115 degrees. Today the sandstorm is very bad with awful visibility, dust and other debris blowing around. A nice, nasty day in Kuwait.

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I saw this piece in the Kansas City Star. A good read, and the Colonel does give an honest assessment. The bottom line is that he is hopeful but there still is much work to do. Link Highlights By COL. JAY D. HADEN Special to The Star KABUL, AFGHANISTAN | As an Army Reserve officer who has spent the last 11 months working with and training the Afghan National Army (ANA), I’d like to share some of my...read more

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Love this photo! This Army tug boat works at moving vessels in Southport, North Carolina. My parents live right by Sunny Point, or Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point. Virtually all ammunition sent by sealift to overseas U.S. forces is sent by Sunny Point. U.S. Army tug Valley Forge, a dual-purpose tug and fire boat, fires a salute from her water cannons during the dedication of Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point's center wharf in Southport, N.C. The...read more

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Yes, the Army has boats!  We actually call them watercraft - Sail Army!  I have worked in the Army Watercraft field for a long time.  Recently, one of the Army tugboats was re-christened with new nameplates at a ceremony at Kuwait Naval Base.  The U.S. Army Vessel "Champagne Marne" is named for the historic 3rd Infantry Division, motto "Rock of the Marne"   My wife loved driving through the 3rd Infantry Division gate in Savannah, Georgia when the gate guards would salute and say "Rock of the...read more

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