Sgt Stryker

Sgt. Stryker here. You have probably seen this all over by now, but I want to share a quote from ISAF about this horrible act. “The continuing use of Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl as a means of propaganda is a deplorable act and only fuels our efforts to find him and bring him home. The insurgents [...]

You may not hear it on the nightly news or read it in the daily papers that much anymore, but rest assured that the terrorist crackdown in Iraq is continuing. Iraqi forces, with U.S. advisers, continued their assault on al-Qaida in Iraq this month, arresting one terrorism suspect near Baghdad and two others in Mosul [...]

While the media’s coverage of the problem with pirates around Africa comes and goes, the problem is always there. The good news is that the military isn’t run like the media. In fact, they’re over there now keeping the waters safe for people from all over the world. April 10, the USS Ashland was fired [...]

If you know anything about the history of Afghanistan, you know that drugs have played a negative role in the country for many years – hundreds of years. That said, the natives of Afghanistan sometimes are just trying to make a living by raising Poppy plants. Raising drugs is a serious problem, though, as it [...]

WWE Tribute to the Troops took place in December of 2009, as a way to support the troops. It aired on December 19th, 2009 on NBC, although it was filmed in Iraq on December 4, 2009. “It’s awesome; it’s really our Super Bowl,” said Vince McMahon, chairman of the WWE. “Everyone thinks Wrestle Mania is [...]

A Marine tradition continues this year, and I’m asking you to take part. Toys for Tots began in 1947. Major Bill Hendricks (USCR) and a group of Marine Reservists in Los Angeles collected and distributed 5,000 toys to needy children in the area. The original idea was said to come from Bill’s wife, Diane. The [...]

Earlier this November, Army Reserve Soldiers from the 401st Multi-Role Bridge Company of Oklahoma City, Oklahome (under the 844th Engineer Battalion, 194th Engineer Brigade), traveled 300 miles north to bridge the gap across the Tigris River near Hammam Al Alil. They knew that a bridge was needed, but they didn’t know how important the bridge [...]

An Afghan-international security force detained several suspected militants on November 29, 2009 in Wardak province while pursuing a militant who is a Taliban commander and IED weapons facilitator. The joint security force targeted a compound near the village of Tagab in the Sayed Abad district after intelligence sources indicated militant activity. They searched the compound [...]

Last week, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced that the military will be looking into the Fort Hood shooting more carefully, which is a good thing. The military is so large today that people sometimes get lost in the system. That doesn’t mean that the whole military system is bad, however. Oh no, that’s not [...]

No one likes when it happens, least of all me, but friendly fire sometimes happens. And not just from the US military. For example, Several Afghan national police were wounded when two AH-64 Apache helicopters responded to small arms fire from insurgents in the early morning hours in Ghazni province on August 8, 2009. The [...]