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What Tampa Bay vets who fought in Afghanistan think about the pull-out
Here are some candid reflections on Afghanistan from the men and women who were there.
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Afghan security forces stand on Humvee vehicles during a military operation in Arghandab district of Kandahar province last month. [ JAVED TANVEER | AFP ]
Published May 6
They fought. They led. They planned. They bled. They lost a loved one to combat.
As the United States prepares to pull its troops out of Afghanistan on the orders of President Joe Biden, those with a direct stake in 20 years of warfare reflect on service and sacrifice in Afghanistan.
Vladimir Lenin
Sorry for the delay, been a busy week, but I wanted to take a few moments and do the promised post on what is going on with Russia and Ukraine.
Reports have been trickling in from a variety of sources that Russia has been repositioning significant military assets near its western border with Ukraine. This has followed an increase over the past ten days or so of Russian Information and Psychological Operations directed at Ukraine, the US, NATO, and the EU.
While the Russian Ministry of Defense did announce military exercises along the border, these satellite images of the known Pogonovo training ground are worth pointing out amid heightened tensions between Russia and and Ukraine. https://t.co/73J1vLnSMs
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2nd Lt. Alex Villahermosa recently became the first Uniformed Services University (USU) medical student ever to receive the Order of the Military Medical Merit or O2M3. Photo by Tom Balfour, USU
Army 2nd Lt. Alex Villahermosa recently became the first-ever Uniformed Services University (USU) medical student to receive the Order of the Military Medical Merit or O2M3. The award was presented by the Army Medical Department (AMEDD) for his significant contributions to the Regiment.
On February 11th, 2021 Villahermosa was recognized for his achievements during a small ceremony at USU. “I didn’t tell him that we were doing this today. I have been stringing him along for the last year, and he had no idea that this was going to happen,” said Dr. Althea Green-Dixon. Green-Dixon is director of recruitment of the Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program, a partnership between the USU and the military services that provide enlisted servicemembers the opportunity to mee