Tag Archives: Afghanistan

Gun For Sale… Cheap!

Posted on 4/23/2011 by Marcus

Go here if you want this awesome piece of history. Bid early, and bid often! The lovely beast could be yours.

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Outside the Wire vists Zombie Killer

Posted on 7/3/2010 by quilly

JD Johannes visits an Afghan National Army battalion in the company of the august personnel of Team Zombie Killer. There are two parts posted and it would be interesting to see what our loyal readers think. Part 1 At that … Continue reading →

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Update

Posted on 4/28/2010 by Marcus

We’ve had this little sniper issue lately. He (or perhaps they?) liked to hang out along a certain part of a road popularly used by coalition forces and would take pot shots at us. I had at least one near … Continue reading →

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Out and About

Posted on 3/27/2010 by Marcus

The Zombiekillers had to roll outside of the wire the other day to take care of some important business (like shipping home two sweet Martini Henry rifles) just down the road at The Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy. Since … Continue reading →

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SITREP

Posted on 3/22/2010 by Marcus

As some of you may already know, there were some fireworks last night. And not the kind you see on the 4th of July either. Much to the chagrin of more than a few bad guys in the surrounding area, … Continue reading →

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Don’t be a Yuck Mouth

Posted on 1/26/2010 by Marcus

Cross posted from here. Yesterday some of the boys and I headed over to Camp Phoenix to knock out some dental appointments and to pick up some equipment. The team didn’t mess around and we took care of our business … Continue reading →

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Red Dawn

Posted on 1/24/2010 by Marcus

Cross posted from here. We’ve been driving on with our collective training program here and getting the Afghans spun up for rifle marksmanship. We’ve recently been issuing the Afghans M16A2s and M16A4s and it’s been quite a challenge. They require … Continue reading →

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Interesting Times

Posted on 10/28/2009 by Marcus

One of my guys was in downtown Kabul at Camp Eggers today getting a new ID card when this went down just on the other side of the wall: KABUL — Gunmen wearing homicide vests stormed a guest house used … Continue reading →

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Finally in the Fight!

Posted on 10/13/2009 by Marcus

After getting stuck in friggin’ Kuwait for four days, the boys and I finally arrived here in Afghanistan late last night and are preparing for the next leg of our long-ass journey. The place is a total trip. There’s wrecked … Continue reading →

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The Afghan Issue

Posted on 9/22/2009 by Marcus

Lost in all this talk about healthcare and climate change, is the continuing war in Afghanistan. A campaign we have been fighting since shortly after 9/11, and a campaign where we have been gradually losing ground. General Stanley McChrystal has … Continue reading →

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Training Week Two Complete

Posted on 7/19/2009 by Marcus

Friday marked the end of our second week at Fort Riley and the official beginning of the train-up. Inprocessing is behind us and starting tomorrow we begin the real meat of our training. I saw the draft calendar yesterday and … Continue reading →

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McChrystal’s Guidance Finally Published…

Posted on 7/8/2009 by Marcus

and just as I suspected, it gives a lot of lattitude to commanders on the ground and doesn’t direct anyone to “run away” from a fight.  Here it is: Our strategic goal is to defeat the insurgency threatening the stability … Continue reading →

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Day 1

Posted on 7/8/2009 by Marcus

We just finished up “Day 1” of training here—which really consisted of inprocessing.  For the unitiated this was a round-robin set up where we did everything from update life insurance and wills, to getting inoculations updated and locking in our … Continue reading →

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