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Michael Yon, Reporter on the Ground

By jelewis8 ⋅ August 25, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Michael Yon writes dispatches on the ground in full combat mode. Gripping stuff, and not for the faint. He’s basically putting every other reporter in Iraq to shame, and he’s doing it on his own time and money. An interesting note. In the latest dispatch, Yon recounts the capture of a terrorist, and discovers that [...]

Navy SEALS

By jelewis8 ⋅ July 25, 2005 ⋅ 3 comments

My brother James is currently serving with (but is not part of) Navy SEALs as part of his six month Iraq deployment. He revisits the recent loss of eleven SEAL members in Afghanistan and discusses their sacrifice as part of a greater whole in the rebuilding of Iraq: Most of the focus on the war [...]

D-Day At 61

By jelewis8 ⋅ June 6, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

I nearly forgot. Today was the 6th of June. A day which not so very long ago brought heroes and cowards out in the full light of strafing gunfire and murderous artillery on the beaches of Normandy. We’ve all seen the movies, read the history books, heard the accounts of survivors and observers on the [...]

Five Days of Hell

By jelewis8 ⋅ September 22, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Five days of hell, survived by a journalist taken hostage by the mujahedeen.

Database Strategery

By jelewis8 ⋅ September 9, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Belmont Club has an interesting link to a strategy page that talks about the battle logistics of using databases to track enemies. It’s a fascinating read. Follow the link.

50 Questions and Answers

By jelewis8 ⋅ August 13, 2004 ⋅ 2 comments

Here is an interesting list of 50 questions about the Iraq war and the War on Terror in general. It’s from March 2003, but still contains relevant facts that help underline the reasons and effects of our current circumstances.

Humans Will Be Humans

By jelewis8 ⋅ August 5, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

This comment on MonkeyFilter caused me to have an epiphany of sorts. If you’ve visited the link, beeswacky is, like many other members of MoFi, a staunch liberal. Good heart, bad politics, in my personal opinion. bee’s rather dismal opinion on the nature of warfare, weaponry, and human conflict, and especially his/her comment regarding the [...]

Company C in Afghanistan

By jelewis8 ⋅ July 26, 2004 ⋅ 2 comments

This is an interesting story of the soldiers in Company C (Christiansburg National Guard) in Afghanistan and their reactions to the local population, being in a combat zone, and wondering what will happen next. “It’s just like prison, but I got a gun. You can get out of Leavenworth. You can’t get out of dead.” [...]

The Bright Side

By jelewis8 ⋅ July 23, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Gerard Van der Leun links to a graphic demonstrating the devastating effects of a 300 kiloton nuclear device detonated at the Pentagon. His assessment: “Bad news: Armageddon for all. Good news: Georgetown Real Estate becomes affordable.” Way to look at the bright side there.

3 Nukes

By jelewis8 ⋅ July 21, 2004 ⋅ 3 comments

Gerard Van Der Leuen has a posted a rumour that three nuclear warheads have been found in Iraq. I don’t put a lot of stock into this, but I’m sure we’ll hear more, especially if it is true. UPDATE: The Wash. Times reports that the nuclear warheads story is false.

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