Afghanistan-Michael Yon-Another superb dispatch

[Battenburg Bob]

http://www.michaelyon-online.com/precision-voting....

Gripping reading. (Check out the age of that sniper rifle)

[Asterix]

Very good - thanks for posting.

[wombat74]

Looks like an L115A3 so it's probably a year or 2 old?

[playerone]

Im not sure if its a good idea to publish the 2 snipers names and faces then confirm they got kills.

[Jonny671]

Brilliant read!

When i've read this one, i'm going to read the previous one.

My brother is just joining the Army.. So he'll read this too.

For some reason it excites me, and I wish I could go there but I wouldn't be up to it I don't think.

[Benny Saltstein]

Very compelling, and only serves to reinforce my admiration for those serving in our name and harden my contempt for the cretins in Westminster.

Edited by Benny Saltstein on Thursday 3rd September 14:47

[TJD2003]

Very interesting, tough course to go on for a sniper as I recall.

Will bookmark that site thanks.

Regards
TJ

[Jonny671]

Its a shame about his paragraph at the end, I would have liked to read more about the British too.

[Traveller]

Another good site for analysis of the Afghan and Iraq conflict. Raises some interesting points about the quality of the military leadership and tactics currently employed in Afghanistan, as well as predicting in advance the shooting down of the Chinook due to the increased Taliban activity in the area.

http://defenceoftherealm.blogspot.com/

Edited by Traveller on Thursday 3rd September 15:37

[Battenburg Bob]

Read Michael Yon's archive. His reports from Iraq are equally as powerful.

[Jonny671]

Traveller said:

Another good site for analysis of the Afghan and Iraq conflict. Raises some interesting points about the quality of the military leadership and tactics currently employed in Afghanistan, as well as predicting in advance the shooting down of the Chinook due to the increased Taliban activity in the area.

http://defenceoftherealm.blogspot.com/

Edited by Traveller on Thursday 3rd September 15:37

Is that not just critizing everything out there?

[Traveller]

Jonny671 said:

Traveller said:

Another good site for analysis of the Afghan and Iraq conflict. Raises some interesting points about the quality of the military leadership and tactics currently employed in Afghanistan, as well as predicting in advance the shooting down of the Chinook due to the increased Taliban activity in the area.

http://defenceoftherealm.blogspot.com/

Edited by Traveller on Thursday 3rd September 15:37

Is that not just critizing everything out there?

The real worry is most of it is valid.

[Jonny671]

Traveller said:

Jonny671 said:

Traveller said:

Another good site for analysis of the Afghan and Iraq conflict. Raises some interesting points about the quality of the military leadership and tactics currently employed in Afghanistan, as well as predicting in advance the shooting down of the Chinook due to the increased Taliban activity in the area.

http://defenceoftherealm.blogspot.com/

Edited by Traveller on Thursday 3rd September 15:37

Is that not just critizing everything out there?

The real worry is most of it is valid.

I get that.. I just like to see the pictures of what its really like, the pictures out there are amazing.. And the writing by this journalist is very good.

[Mojocvh]

Odd, was he not "binned" ie had his embedded credentials removed, by the MOD last week or so??

[TEKNOPUG]

Mojocvh said:

Odd, was he not "binned" ie had his embedded credentials removed, by the MOD last week or so??

Did you read the whole article?

[Mojocvh]

TEKNOPUG said:

Mojocvh said:

Odd, was he not "binned" ie had his embedded credentials removed, by the MOD last week or so??

Did you read the whole article?

Not at the time of post, no. Obviously.

[Battenburg Bob]

http://www.michaelyon-online.com/eight-years-after...

Another post.

[Traveller]

Another post, this time very complimentary about the UK armed forces, but not about their capability in COIN operations. Makes a depressing read. Especially considering the growing body count.

Michael Yon

[Battenburg Bob]

Latest post. Always worth a read

http://www.michaelyon-online.com/pedros.htm

[Traveller]

A scary read, more and more stories coming out of Afghanistan about incompetence. Where is this deadly circus going to end ?

http://www.michaelyon-online.com/bullst-bob.htm