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US Troops Enjoy Two American Pastimes At A Fire Base In Iraq: Baseball And Shelling ISIS
What's more American than fighting for freedom and baseball? Doing both at the same time, of course.
Photographs released by the Department of Defense show U.S. service members enjoying an improvised game of baseball with a gorgeous sunset in the background after a long day of raining 155mm shells from M777 and M109 Paladin howitzers from a remote fire base in Iraq. The photos were taken on June 23, 2018.
U.S. Army/Spc. Anthony Zendejas IV
Soldiers from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and their Iraqi allies have been shelling ISIS locations in Syria as part of Operation Roundup, a major push to finally clear entrenched ISIS fighters from parts of the Euphrates River Valley and finally bring the U.S.-led Operation Inherent Resolve to a close.
The bombardment itself is taxing but, according to the Pentagon, quite fulfilling. "The most satisfying moment in the mission was when all three artillery units, two Iraqi and one U.S., executed simultaneous fires on a single target location," Task Force Steel operations officer Maj. Kurt Cheeseman said in a DoD release.
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U.S. Army/Spc. Anthony Zendejas IV
U.S. Army/Spc. Anthony Zendejas IV
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At least 4 American veterans among group arrested in Haiti with arsenal of weapons and tactical gear
At least four American veterans were among a group of eight men arrested by police in Haiti earlier this week for driving without license plates and possessing an arsenal of weaponry and tactical gear.
Police in Port-au-Prince arrested five Americans, two Serbians, and one Haitian man at a police checkpoint on Sunday, according to The Miami-Herald. The men told police they were on a "government mission" but did not specify for which government, according to The Herald.
They also told police that "their boss was going to call their boss," implying that someone high in Haiti's government would vouch for them and secure their release, Herald reporter Jacqueline Charles told NPR.
What they were actually doing or who they were potentially working for remains unclear. A State Department spokesperson told Task & Purpose they were aware that Haitian police arrested a "group of individuals, including some U.S. citizens," but declined to answer whether the men were employed by or operating under contract with the U.S. government.
H&K to Marines: Please don't try to break your new rifle, you crayon-eating simpletons
Have you ever wondered what would happen if the employee behind a firearm company's Facebook page decided to goaded a bunch of Marines into destroying their brand new firearms? Now you know.
Sen. Graham tells Shanahan that leaving Syria is ‘the dumbest f*****g idea I’ve ever heard’
A top Senate Republican and fierce ally of President Donald Trump reportedly exploded at Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan recently about the U.S. military's plans to withdraw all troops from Syria by the end of April.
"That's the dumbest f******g idea I've ever heard," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) reportedly replied when Shanahan confirmed the Trump administration still plans to complete the Syria withdrawal by April 30.
Later, Graham told Shanahan, "I am now your adversary, not your friend."
Editor's Note: This article by Matthew Cox originally appeared onMilitary.com, a leading source of news for the military and veteran community.
If you are in the market for any size of military surplus vehicle, keep an eye on GovPlanet. The online auction house is about to start selling U.S. Navy and Marine Corps surplus M1161 ITV Growlers and seven-ton Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement trucks.
The White House will keep challenging the Pentagon on the threat of climate change until it gets an answer it likes
The definition of insanity, the old saying goes, is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result — a definition that applies perfectly to the Trump administration's response to the looming national security threat of global climate change.