Deuce Four, the unit covered so well by Michael Yon in Mosul has had its Redeployment Ball, in reality its breakup and farewell ceremony. Yon files an excellent report from the proceedings. (HT: Hugh Hewitt).

Kevin Sites tells the story of Captain Scott Walton of the 6th Civil Affairs Group from the 2nd Marine Division. Walton is a reservist who oversees investment projects in battle-scarred Fallujah. Sites follows Scott through the city, from one place in need of infrastructure investment to another.
[Walton] says the Marine Corps understands how important the [...]

Former Marine tells wild tales about atrocities commited by U.S. Forces in Iraq. Former Marine becomes media hero. Eventually a journalist actually bothers to check the stories. Oops. Michelle Malkin has the dirt.

The 173rd Airborne Brigade is using classi flytrapping techniques to engage and defeat Taliban units. Small numbers of American’s - sometimes with Afghan national Army troops tagging along -move into Taliban-held territory in an attempt to lure Taliban fighters out in the open. When the tactic works, the result is deadly - especially for the [...]