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When the targeteers at U.S. Central Command grew frustrated in their hunt for al-Qaeda fighters hiding in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan, they utilized a new tactic that turned the rugged terrain to their advantage: causing avalanches. With the help of U.S. Geological Survey maps and a Navy reservist who is a geologist in the civilian world, U.S. bombs triggered dozens of rock slides into forested areas where al-Qaeda troops were hiding. Warplanes dropped smart bombs on precise points where the geologist predicted they would act like jackhammers on rocky cliffs. The tactic had the advantage of surprise...
...writing this because I'm not one of you, not really. Because I'm a part-time soldier whose number has not yet come up, an Army Reservist for whom serving his country in wartime - serving it where the war is - has so far been purely theoretical. I'm writing this because I can. Because I'm home for the holidays, and thousands of you aren...
...Israeli army reservist, Captain Eyal Sela, was shot dead on a West Bank road by a gang that included one member from Fatah, one from Hamas and one from a communist group within the P.L.O. that has been quiet for years...
TIME.COM SHIPS OUT Boots shined, bags packed, time.com's own Army reservist Frank Pellegrini shares his thoughts on shipping out to Egypt, unsure of his return date. time.com/frank
...fellow soldier (reservist, Public Affairs) I'll give Kel the benefit of the doubt in the Jerky Incident, mainly because I don't know where he was supposed to have gotten the stuff, and because in Big Green they teach even intelligence officers a little about honor and such...