Photo for the Day - September 16, 2009

* Photo for the Day * U.S. Army Soldiers of Apache Platoon 1/501st Battalion, 4th Brigade, 25th Infantry Division are extracted via a CH-47 Chinook outside the village of Marsac, Paktia province, Afghanistan, during Operation Champion Spear, September 5th.
Photo by Spc. Christopher Nicholas - Joint Combat Camera Afghanistan

DoD Identifies Army Casualties

No. 721-09 September 16, 2009
DoD Identifies Army Casualties

The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device September 14th in southern Afghanistan. They were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.

Killed were:
1st Lt. David T. Wright II, 26, of Moore, Okla
Sgt. Andrew H. McConnell, 24, of Carlisle, Pa

For more information media may contact the Fort Lewis public affairs office at (253) 967-0152, (253) 967-0147 or after hours at (253) 967-0015 (ask for the Public Affairs Officer on call).

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U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

No. 718-09 September 16, 2009
DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Spc. Demetrius L. Void, 20, of Orangeburg, S.C., died September 15th at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when a military vehicle struck him while conducting physical training. He was assigned to the 57th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, 11th Signal Brigade, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas. The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.
For more information media may contact the Fort Hood public affairs office at (254) 287-9993; after hours (254) 287-2520; or via the internet at Fort Hood's News Center online at http://www.hood.army.mil/news.paos.aspx .

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U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)

Somalia Strike Kills Top Al Qaeda Suspect Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan

President Obama’s First Somalia Strike Kills Top Al Qaeda Suspect Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan
Post date: Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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* BBC News brings us the following good news this Tuesday morning and their report starts off like this... US forces are "likely" to have killed a top al-Qaeda suspect during a military raid in Somalia, US officials say... They flew helicopters into Somalia and attacked a car they say was carrying Kenyan-born Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan... US agents have been hunting Nabhan for years over attacks on a hotel and an Israeli airliner in Kenya in 2002... It is believed he fled to Somalia after the attacks and was working with the al-Shabab group, which the Americans see as al-Qaeda's proxy in Somalia...
Read the full report at link below...
Al-Qaeda Somalia suspect 'killed'
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* CSMonitor.com reports it this way... US commandos killed Kenyan national Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan in a helicopter raid against Mr. Nabhan's convoy, as it traveled through the Barawe district in southern Somalia...
Read the rest at link below...
Obama's first Somalia strike hits Al Qaeda suspect
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* Telegraph.co.uk has this report and it starts off like this... Six helicopters were involved in the attack in which Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan was killed and his body was recovered and taken away... The operation had echoes of the notorious "Black Hawk Down" mission in 1993 in which two helicopters were shot down by Somali gunmen during the Battle for Mogadishu... It is thought to have been the first time American boots have been on Somali soil since the debacle...
Read this report in full at link below...
Al-Qaeda man killed in 'Black Hawk Down' raid

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US Forces Kill Leading Al Qaeda Suspect

About this video: US forces say they've killed one of the FBI's most wanted men, Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, who had suspected links to Al Qaeda.
This news video posted on YouTube by itnnews
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AubreyJ.........

DoD Identifies Air Force Casualty

No. 717-09 September 15, 2009
DoD Identifies Air Force Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of an airman who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Bryan D. Berky, 25, of Melrose, Fla., died September 12th near Bala Baluk, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained from enemy fire while supporting combat operations. He was assigned to the 28th Civil Engineer Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D.
For further information related to this release, please contact the Ellsworth Air Force Base public affairs office at (605) 385-5056.

U.S. Department of Defense

Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)

DoD Identifies Army Casualties

No. 712-09 September 14, 2009
DoD Identifies Army Casualties

The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died September 12th in Wardak province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with an improvised-explosive device and small arms fire. The soldiers were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.

Killed were:
Staff Sgt. Nekl B. Allen, 29, of Rochester N.Y
Spc. Daniel L. Cox, 23, of Parsons, Kan

For more information media may contact the Fort Drum public affairs office at (315) 772-7267.


No. 711-09 September 14, 2009
DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Pfc. Matthew M. Martinek, 20, of DeKalb, Ill., died September 11th at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds suffered in Paktika province, Afghanistan, September 4th when enemy attacked his vehicle with an improvised-explosive device followed by a rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
For more information the media may contact the U.S. Army, Alaska, public affairs office at (907) 384-1542.


No. 710-09 September 14, 2009
DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Sgt. 1st Class Duane A. Thornsbury, 30, of Bridgeport, W. Va., died September 12th in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained during a vehicle roll-over. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, Fort Carson, Colo. The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.
For more information media may contact the U.S. Army Special Operations Command public affairs office at (910) 432-6005; after hours (910) 689-6187, or visit http://news.soc.mil .


No. 709-09 September 14, 2009
DoD Identifies Army Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Sgt. Tyler A. Juden, 23, of Winfield, Kan., died September 12th in Turan, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit using rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fires. He was assigned to the 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
For more information the media may contact the 82nd Airborne Division public affairs office at (910) 432-0661.

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U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)

B-Roll Video: Afghanistan - Apache Gunships Observing Insurgents Emplacing IED, Then BOOM!

About Afghanistan - B-roll video: Taken from Apache gunships with the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, TF Pegasus, observing insurgents in the act of emplacing an Improvised Explosive Device in southern Afghanistan. (Notice their concern over a child in area.) But before the Apaches could move in for the strike, the insurgents' bomb goes off, killing them in the act.
B-Roll video from U.S. Forces Afghanistan - Taken from the DVIDS website
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AubreyJ.........

Congressman Joe Wilson Says No More Apologies From Him, On House Floor Or Anywhere Else - 'One Apology Is Sufficient'

Official Joe Wilson photo portrait from U.S. Congress
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Post Date: Sunday, September 13, 2009

USAToday.com has the following report posted up on their website this Sunday afternoon and it starts off like this... The House of Representatives appears headed for a vote to formally rebuke Rep. Joe Wilson this week for heckling President Obama after the South Carolina Republican refused Sunday to apologize on the House floor... "The House likely will take up a resolution," Brendan Daly, a spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told USA TODAY. "He violated the decorum of the House; it has to be resolved in the House."... Daly's comments came after Wilson said on Fox News Sunday that he would not deliver a speech of apology on the House floor that some of his Democratic colleagues demanded... "I have apologized to the president," he said. "I believe that is sufficient."...
Read this report in full at link below...
House may vote on formal rebuke for Rep. Wilson outburst
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Fox News has this take on all of this and is well worth reading...
Rep. Joe Wilson said Sunday that he will not apologize on the House floor for his outburst during President Obama's health care address, even though Democratic leaders have threatened to formally discipline him if he does not... Wilson noted that he already apologized directly to the White House after shouting, "You lie," to the president during his Wednesday address to a joint session of Congress. The outburst triggered a political firestorm, but Wilson told "FOX News Sunday" that Democrats are just "playing politics" by trying to drag out the issue and force another apology... "I've apologized one time. The apology was accepted by the president, the vice president. ... I am not apologizing again," he told "FOX News Sunday." "I believe that is sufficient."... Wilson said he would "never do something like that again," but continued to defend himself...
Read the rest at link below...
Wilson Defends Outburst, Says He Will Not Apologize on House Floor

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Joe Wilson: 'One Apology Is Sufficient'

About this News Video: Congressman Joe Wilson says his outburst during President Barack Obama's national address on health care was a 'town hall moment,' and adds he doesn't plan to apologize again.
This video posted on YouTube by AssociatedPress
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Don’t give in to them, Congressman Wilson. We got your back out here in the Homeland!
Thank you for standing firm on the truth too...
I believe any forced apologies from here on out, by anyone or group, is just BAD Politics... So hang in there and stand firm... for all of us!
AubreyJ.........