Rules of Engagement — Show Courageous Restraint, Die
July 19th, 2011
By Dan Miller Afghanistan is a beautiful place for a lovely little war. This report is so incredible that it has to be accurate. A soldier in Afghanistan was blown up and killed by a Taliban improvised explosive device because he and others had been ordered to show “courageous restraint” when seeing IEDs being planted […]
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Tags: civilians, hearts and minds, IED, restraint, ROE, rules of engagement, Taliban
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The Marines Are Coming
March 23rd, 2011
By Dan Miller It has been reported that twenty-two hundred Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU) at Camp Lejuene are joining the fight against Libya…. Their mission is to help end the violence directed at the Libyan people. “In Libya right now they are doing exactly what we need them to do. […]
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Tags: 26th MEU, Libya, Marines, mission, ROE, rules of engagement, USMC
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