Please be advised that this was written just before the inauguration.

A NEW ERA: MERCS IN IRAQ

ROAD TO KABUL—LIFELINE TO AFGHANISTAN

■ATTACK ON CHARLIE COMPANY

THE DEPTH OF THE UGLINESS OF WAR

250 INSURGENTS VS. 30 MARINES

While the Ramadi SEALs were learning about the conventional forces and making themselves useful, the Army and, to a lesser extent, the Marines were learning about SEALs. This was the first time in their history that SEALs had operated in direct and continuous support of conventional forces in combat.

MEXICO DRUG GANGSTERS EXTORT school teachers with threats of hurting family members and burning businesses in Juarez. 1400 die in one month. 150,000 soldiers have deserted since 2000. U.S.