From the Front: 06/01/2010

In today's From the Front: (Click on link to read stories highlighted below) This post is courtesy of The Thunder Run

Dispatches:
Learning to Live: remembering
Kandahar Diary: A Can of Coke and a Close Recce
Kandahar Diary: Countdown to Leave
A Handful of Dust: LT Wompum Will No Longer Be Blogging
A Handful of Dust: Meet LT Gorman
A Little Pink in a World of Camo: Pre Memorial Day
Maj C: Your Questions -- My Answers
FaST Surgeon: Memorial Day Weekend - Part III - Memorial Day 2010
Old Blue: The Second Memorial Day
Old Blue: Trending Positive
CJ: My Memorial Day
AfghaniDan, Part II: Multinational Memorial Day
AfghaniDan, Part II: Bagram bemused
Army Live: The meaning behind Memorial Day
Army of Dude: Metal Memorials
C.J. CHIVERS: Shoot at American Patrol. Get Shot. Ditch Rifle. Ask Patrol for Bandage. Repeat?
TIM HSIA: Memorial Day Is Every Day
Battle Rattle: Marines in Afghanistan remember their lost on Memorial Day
Battle Rattle: Memorial Day is no summertime kick-off for these Marines
better when we're together: A very special day
CI-Roller Dude: My Flag
Bruce R: The Keller precedent
Free Range International: Jalala-Not So Bad and Not So Good
Hellcat Betty: Memorial Day
Home From Iraq: Editorial in Today's Sunday News
IraqPundit: Palestinians Matter More than Iraqis?
IraqPundit: Current Rumours
Kerplunk: Catching up with ... Hot Wheels
The Kitchen Dispatch: Should We Be In Afghanistan?
Knottie's Niche: Remembering on Memorial Day
Life as an Army Duck: An effort and a rant
Loving A Soldier Blog: "Happy Memorial Day"? Lets talk about it.
Our Army Life: Deployment 2010: Thank God That Such Men Lived…
Rajiv Srinivasan: Memorial
SemperFi Wife: Promises Kept. Memorial Day 2010
Terry Glavin: Massouda Jalal, Jose Maria Aznar Win UN Watch Human Rights Awards
Wings Over Iraq: Canadian general sacked for hanky-panky within the rankys
IraqPundit: Court Confirms Election Results
Bill Roggio: Afghan commandos retake eastern district from the Taliban

News from the Home Front:
Redefining Gender Roles in Combat
As ‘Don’t Ask’ Fades, Military Faces Thorny Issues

News from the Front:
Iraq:
A Farewell to the Green Zone
The Praying Women of Sadr City
Iraqi high court certifies March vote results
Iraq's supreme court upholds March election result
Service members in Iraq mark Memorial Day
Iraq’s Psyche, Through a Green Zone Prism
Iraq's Sunni insurgent groups gather to plot comeback amid political crisis
Afghanistan:
Backward at Bagram
Afghanistan Suspends Two Aid Groups
In Afghan region, U.S. spreads the cash to fight the Taliban
Afghanistan's Jirga Is A Centuries - Old Institution
Taliban Scorn Afghan National Peace Conference
NATO Has High Hopes for Afghan Peace Council
American general to take command of British troops in Helmand province
Afghan, Foreign Forces Recapture District From Taliban
McChrystal: Evidence is 'clear' Iran aids Taliban

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