A combined Afghan and coalition security force killed two armed insurgents and detained several more suspected insurgents during a nighttime security operation in Mota Khan District, Paktika province, yesterday.

The Afghan-led security force encountered the armed insurgents while searching for a Haqqani network facilitator. The facilitator is a roadside and car bomb expert who conducts, coordinates and directs attacks against Afghan and coalition forces within the district.

Bagram is no stranger to indirect fire attacks, but actual assaults by ground forces is few and far between. One of the reasons bad guys rarely come near the wire is because of the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron’s Quick Response Team.

The QRT’s mission is to provide a security deterrence outside the perimeter at Bagram as well as a mobile reserve for forces inside the wire.

Afghan forces now stand guard over every street in the Washir marketplace and man observations posts on hilltops surrounding the villages.

Operation Afghan Warrior, that began 6 June, is now in its final stages having encountered no direct resistance from insurgent forces.

Soldiers assigned to 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade and Afghan government officials attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new biometrics facility at the Weesh border crossing point, Afghanistan, June 9, 2011.

The new facility, which is aimed at gathering forensic data from individuals, will improve the overall security of pedestrian traffic entering Afghanistan from Pakistan, said Capt. Vivian Chiu, Border Actions officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade , or BfSB.

Gunrunner: ATF Director Melson ‘very much in the weeds’

Kenneth Melson, the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was “very much in the weeds” on the way his subordinates conducted Operation Fast and Furious, to the point that he allegedly could watch suspected illegal gun transactions on a live feed to his office.

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Fast & Furious Explodes: Issa calls operation ‘felony stupid’

The chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today called “Operation Fast and Furious” an effort that was “felony stupid” and he promised that those responsible would be held accountable.

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SILVER STAR CEREMONY
A Vietnam Veteran receives some long-overdue recognition for his heroism.
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Video by U.S. Army Reserve Command

A vicious dog pack responsible for killing more than 100 domestic animals in the past few months will kill no more. They are all dead.

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Article by Dave Workman