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-Land of the Free
Afghan soldiers missing from Joint Base Cape Cod
2014-09-22
Posted by:Creagum Unaviting6289

#17  So the ops in Syria have begun...
Posted by: 49 Pan   2014-09-22 22:27  

#16  The Babes weren't happy they didn't bring anything back from America the last time???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2014-09-22 21:07  

#15  On Friday, participants were working out how to react to a local farmer's request for compensation after his cattle had been killed stepping on a land mine.

A team of “reporters” even wrote stories and aired broadcasts on the mock World News Network, providing more fodder for responses to the scenario. Participants watched the mock broadcasts, which included a reporter doing a stand-up in the Camp Edwards training area as well as file footage.


Saturday was to be a day free from the exercises, giving participants a chance to visit Cape beaches and be treated to a traditional lobster boil back on the base, Harrington said.
That's the day the three Afghan men went missing.

I'm not eating those spiders! Yuk!

Lt. Col. Thomas Stewart, the Guard's commander of the exercise, said Friday he's already learned a valuable lesson from his fellow commanders.

During one scenario, several generators were broken down. Stewart's first inclination was to send in a new supply, but Afghanistan Maj. Yama Akramyar convinced him that perhaps sending in a trained maintenance man would be a better solution.

“I should have thought of that,” Stewart said. “I've learned that what I may do may be different than what my counterparts would do. That's an education in itself.”


If I had to sit through that BS, I'd be outta there, too.
Posted by: KBK   2014-09-22 20:22  

#14  '60s hippies running away from the army.
Posted by: AlanC   2014-09-22 18:30  

#13  Just sight seeing tourists....asylim next.
Posted by: Mugsy Glink   2014-09-22 17:56  

#12  Boston.com report also notes that a couple of Afghan police officers training at Quantico also were 'recovered' in the Buffalo area last Friday.

Must be a 'popular' place.

Certainly couldn't have been coordinated, doncha see.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2014-09-22 16:54  

#11  Heard they were over around Niagara Falls.
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-09-22 14:55  

#10  Taking a day trip to Provincetown?
Posted by: GORT    2014-09-22 14:55  

#9  Here's one report to that effect...
Posted by: Raj   2014-09-22 13:37  

#8  WRKO now mentions they've been found 'near the Canadian border'...
Posted by: Raj   2014-09-22 13:34  

#7  WRKO cites 'speculation' from local military authorities that they're seeking asylum. Thank you, Captain Obvious!
Posted by: Raj   2014-09-22 12:07  

#6  You think they're making for Mexico? /sarc off
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-09-22 09:53  

#5  "We've never seen green on green violence before!"
Posted by: Skidmark   2014-09-22 08:30  

#4  Article link fixed. Thank you, gentlemen, for your help.

Good article, Creagum Unaviting6289. :-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2014-09-22 03:55  

#3  Heads will roll!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-09-22 02:45  

#2  Linkie
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-09-22 01:01  

#1  Correct link: http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140921/CCOLBARKER/140929962
Posted by: Lone Ranger   2014-09-22 00:55  

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