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Sitting Judgment on Our Troops: Photo Controversies and the Media

Andrew Lubin | Posted 04.26.2012

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Andrew Lubin

But in today's highly politicized world the newspapers can't win: If they publish, they're called anti-American defeatists, yet if they don't publish they're complicit in a cover-up and tools of the Pentagon.

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Afghan Colonel: 'Sense Of Hatred Is Growing Rapidly'

New York Times | Posted 01.20.2012

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KABUL, Afghanistan — American and other coalition forces here are being killed in increasing numbers by the very Afghan soldiers they fight alongsid...

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John Rudolf

WATCH: U.S. Marines Appear To Urinate On Taliban Corpses

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 02.15.2012

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Pentagon officials vowed Wednesday that a video posted online that appears to show U.S. Marines in Afghanistan urinating on dead Taliban fighters will...

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WATCH: Marine In Afghanistan Sings Heartbreaking Christmas Song For His Wife

Posted 12.05.2011

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The holiday season can be a particularly difficult time for U.S. troops and their families. Master Sgt. Robert Allen, a member of Marine Wing Support ...

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Marines Don't Love the Smell of AXE in the Morning (or Ever)

Oscar Raymundo | Posted 11.13.2011

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Oscar Raymundo

Last year when my friend John returned home after a yearlong stint in Afghanistan, I noticed there was something different about him. Yes, he still jo...

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9/11 Took A Generation From Classrooms To War

AP | By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 11.11.2011

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By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, Associated Press PATROL BASE FULOD, Afghanistan -- The U.S. Marine swings his metal detector, scanning debris, rocks and sw...

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PHOTOS: Taliban Graffiti Found On U.S. Marine Headquarters' Walls in Afghanistan

Posted 09.28.2011

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Some unusual graffiti has been revealed on the walls of a U.S. Marines Battalion Command Headquarters in Afghanistan. As the Associated Press note...

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Michael McLaughlin

Bad Sign: Homeowners Assoc. Sues Parents To Remove Banner Supporting Son In Marines

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McLaughlin | Posted 09.26.2011

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It hasn't been a banner year for the Burr family of Louisiana, and now they are being sued by their homeowners association for flying a frontyard sign...

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Marines Await Taliban Move In Deadly Afghanistan Valley

AP | SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 05.25.2011

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SANGIN, Afghanistan — The cacophony of gunfire and bombing that dominated this southern river valley in the fall has dropped to a whisper, but U...

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U.S. Troops Fight Afghan Opium Farming

McClatchy | Dion Nissenbaum | McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 05.25.2011

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MARJAH, Afghanistan -- U.S. Marine Sgt. Brad Vandehei stood on the edge of the small opium poppy field that serves as a central helicopter landing zon...

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Film Review: The Western Front

Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is now a superb film that picks apart what we did wrong in Iraq and what our military did right: The Western Front.

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Afghanistan: Marines Rough It In Helmand Province

newsobserver.com | By CHUCK LIDDY | Posted 05.25.2011

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Helmand Province, Afghanistan -- It's not even officially winter here at FOB Hassanabad, yet temperatures routinely fall below freezing at night....

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US Marines Launch Large Offensive In Afghanistan

AP | ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — U.S. Marines swooped down behind Taliban lines in helicopters and Osprey aircraft Friday in the first offensive since President Barack O...

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2 US Marines Die In Afghanistan Bomb Blasts

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — A bomb blast killed two U.S. Marines in Afghanistan's dangerous south, where thousands of American troops have deployed in a massive ope...

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The Freeing of Afghan Poppies

Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stewart Nusbaumer

For years we have been hearing about a crop eradication program that does not exist. How many more years will it be before we hear about a crop substitution program that could exist?

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US Marines Push Deeper Into Southern Afghan Towns

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO and CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 05.25.2011

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NAWA, Afghanistan _ U.S. Marines pushed deeper into Taliban areas of southern Afghanistan on Friday, seeking to cut insurgent supply lines and win ove...

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U.S. Marines Launch Major Operation In Afghanistan

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 05.25.2011

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NAWA, Afghanistan — Thousands of U.S. Marines and hundreds of Afghan troops poured into Taliban-infested villages of southern Afghanistan with a...

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7,000 US Marines Patrolling Southern Afghan Desert

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Teams of builders worked through dust storms Monday to expand a base for a brigade of U.S. Marines now fanning o...

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Marines Plan Afghanistan Troop Redeployment

Los Angeles Times | Tony Perry | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reporting from Marine Headquarters At Al Asad, Iraq -- Marine Corps leaders are devising a plan to send thousands of additional combat troops to Afgha...

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Cindy McCain's Attack On Obama's Record Offends Military Spouses

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011

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"It ruffles our feathers when someone claims that Barack Obama doesn't support the troops, because the Obamas have gone out of their way to understand the military, its families, and its veterans."

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Marines Ordered To Extend Tour In Afghanistan

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has ordered roughly 1,250 Marines serving as trainers for the Afghan security forces to stay on the warfront almost a ...

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Pentagon Extends Tours Of Duty For Marines In Afghanistan

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time. Th...

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US Marines deploying in Afghanistan for first time in years

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 05.25.2011

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HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines are crossing the sands of southern Afghanistan for the first time in years, providing a boost to a ...

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