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From the Jewish Journal: It’s 5:45 and the alarm sounds. Another day at Bagram Airfield for me. Another day in Afghanistan and I somehow manage to sit up, put on my fatigues and walk over to the gym, 100 yards from my 10-by-10-foot living space. Around 0700, I grab a quick shower, and prepare for my morning update meeting. Now […]
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BK: Doug Chandler is an acquaintence and a journalist who has taken an interest in covering American Jewish military service. Check out his work! The Jews Of ‘Restrepo’ Sgt. Misha Pemble-Belkin, left, is one of 11 soldiers featured in the new film “Restrepo,” about U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Wednesday, June 30, 2010 Doug Chandler His parents gave Misha Pemble-Belkin a […]
Read moreThe first week at United States Marine Corps Officer Candidate School, our instructor platoon commander pulled me aside and asked whether I needed kosher meals. “Good evening, Sir. This candidate does not want the Platoon Commander to go out of his way for this candidate, Sir, I stammered, standing at stiff attention, still tentative with my candidate-speak. “I don’t care […]
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The Patriot Guard will render honors to LCpl Jeremy M. Kane, who died while supporting operations in Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, based out of Camp Pendleton, Calif. Viewing: 9 A.M. to 10:45 A.M. Congregation M’Kor Shalom 850 East Evesham Road Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08003-4400 http://patriotguard.org/ALLForums/tabid/61/view/topic/forumid/29/postid/1321748/Default.aspx
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Seattle-area Jewish soldier killed in Afghanistan July 6, 2009 (JTA)-A Jewish soldier from the Seattle area was killed in a Taliban attack on a U.S. army base in Afghanistan. Pvt. Aaron Fairbairn, 21, of Aberdeen, Wash., was killed last Saturday when an insurgent drove a truck full of explosives into the base in eastern Afghanistan and detonated it. Fairbairn’s stepfather, […]
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American Jewish Woman Dies in Line of Duty in Afghanistan by Hana Levi Julian (IsraelNN.com) The first female U.S. Air Force Academy graduate to die in the U.S. counter-terror campiagns in Iraq and Afghanistan, a Jew, fell in the line of duty last week in an insurgency attack in Afghanistan. Air Force 1st Lieutenant Roslyn Schulte was traveling from Kabul […]
Read moreFebruary 26, 2009 Brothers Renew Bond While Serving in Iraq By Daniel Heimpel It’s a long flight. The helicopter blades cut the deep night as Aaron Schilleci travels to celebrate the 28th birthday of his younger brother, Dan, on Oct. 6, 2006. The flight passes over the calm, wide valley of the Tigris, the flat expanse of desert, an oil […]
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