Wed, 9 Oct 2013  A smoko break and a room full of children are behind the failed US Navy ...
U.S. Army Sgt. Brandon Coburn, a medic from 3rd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment, Task Force Dragon, is hoisted back into his crew's UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a training exercise near Forward Operating Base Fenty, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 16, 2013. Medevac teams provide emergency care to U.S. and coalition forces, and transport patients by air to medical treatment facilities. Using a hoist allows medevac crews to raise and lower supplies and personnel into remote or treacherous areas where landing the aircraft is impossible. U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Margaret Taylor, 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment...
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Shane Harris / Foreign PolicyWASHINGTON—Since President Barack Obama stepped into the White House, his administration has had a consistent reaction when it located an accused terrorist: drop a Hellfire missile on the guy’s head. Saturday was different. U.S. forces g... | |
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