Advice & Dissent

Dec12

Navy narration of circumstances surrounding the death of SEAL Mike Monsoor

On 29 September, Monsoor was part of a sniper overwatch security position in eastern Ramadi, Iraq with three other SEALs and eight Iraqi soldiers. They were providing overwatch security while joint and combined forces were conducting missions in the area. Ramadi had been a…Read More
Dec12

Time Magazine on Ramadi, "The Most Dangerous Place in Iraq"

Perhaps the MSM is catching on that in terms of combat, it's not Baghdad but Ramadi that's the fiercest city in the country. Featuring a photo by my AP colleague Todd Pitman from the April 22, 2006 firefight we were both in, Time magazine's December 11 online edition declares…Read More
Dec11

Maj. Megan McClung and Capt. Travis Patriquin, RIP

I only heard Marine Major Megan McClung yell once, but it was righteous anger. If this were fiction, it might be considered foreshadowing. It was at Camp Ramadi headquarters outside of the city proper and away from the hostilities. The 34-year-old McClung, head Public Affairs…Read More
Dec10

The real Ramadi HAS stood up

In a Nov. 29 blog, "Will the real Ramadi please stand up?" I observed that three articles on conditions in Ramadi and al Anbar Province had appeared within a week of each other giving entirely different points of view. Mine and one in the Times of London said we're winning the…Read More
Dec2

A SEAL Team 3 dad comments on Mike Monsoor and Ramadi

Dear Mike, My son was Mike Monsoor's roommate in Iraq. He was in the action where Mike died. Today, I telephoned him in Coronado near San Diego about the November 27th issue [of the Weekly Standard, containing my article Return to Ramadi] with Mike on the cover. I personally…Read More
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