Posted on 11/25/2014 3:11:19 PM PST by huldah1776
The United States is preparing to increase the number of troops it keeps in Afghanistan in 2015 to fill a gap left in the NATO mission by other contributing nations, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the situation.
The final numbers are still being agreed, but there will be at least several hundred more than initially planned, one of the sources said.
"If they hadn't done that, the mission would have lost bases," the source said.
Under the U.S. commitment, described as a "bridging solution" until other nations fulfill their pledges later in the year or the troops are no longer needed, Washington may provide up to 1,000 extra troops.
(Excerpt) Read more at orlandosentinel.com ...
Well....I DO hope this anus orifice in the white house plans on leaving the resources to defend their lives as well.
Can I please have a link to this.
The loss or the micro-surge?
here is where I get my international news...
http://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/World+News/Asia/Afghanistan
No word from DOD, though.
Thank you
we don’t post names until DOD does or the family contacts a local paper.
Pentagon says a soldier from Wicomico County is one of two who were killed in Afghanistan.
48-year-old Sgt. Maj. Wardell B. Turner of Nanticoke was killed Monday in Kabul when a vehicle carrying an improvised explosive device attacked his vehicle.
Also killed in the incident was 27-year-old Spc. Joseph W. Riley of Grove City, Ohio.
Turner was assigned to Headquarters, United States Army Garrison, Fort Drum, New York.
I was wondering if you have family in the military and if so mail me. I was born in the bronx and am now (temporarily) north of philly. Hope you have a peaceful and happy Thanksgiving.
Active Duty ping.
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