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FORT POLK, La., May 24, 2010 – FORT POLK, La., May 24, 2010—For troops seeking the most realistic training experience possible before deploying to Afghanistan, most wouldn’t expect to find it within the pine forests of western Louisiana. The Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, La., prepares rotational training units with scenarios that replicate situations they’ll encounter during deployments to Afghanistan. DoD photo by Donna Miles  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. But here at the Joint Readiness Training Center, that’s exactly what the 101st Airborne Division’s 4th Brigade Combat Team is realizing, as it goes through a rehearsal...

General David Petraeus wakes badly wounded soldier from comaA couple of years ago, MoveOn.org published a defamatory insult that called General David Petraeus "General Betray Us" and said he was at war with the truth. We remind our readers that Barack Obama solicited and accepted the endorsement of Eli Pariser's anti-Semitic and anti-Catholic hate group. Watch this YouTube video to see the man whom Eli Pariser insulted. Lieutenant Brian Brennan was maimed by a terrorist's explosive device, and he suffered a head injury so severe that doctors assumed that he would never recover. General Petraeus came to see the wounded...