WESTBROOK — Members of the 262nd Engineer Company of the Maine Army National Guard are training for a scheduled deployment to Afghanistan later this year where they will help close down bases and forward observation posts as U.S. troops withdraw from the country. “The 262nd is sourced for a potential mobilization this December,” Maj. Michael […]
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Maine company gives soldiers the gift of golf
In response to a serviceman’s email, a Maine golf company reached out with a massive donation to keep troops deployed to Afghanistan swinging. It began with an innocent inquiry. Staff Sgt. Justin Poirier of Waterville, currently serving with the Maine Army National Guard, contacted Matt Barnard, marketing director at Harris Golf, about purchasing some equipment. […]
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Top U.S. commander apologizes for drone strike that killed child in southern Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan apologized to President Hamid Karzai for a drone strike that killed a child and NATO promised an investigation Friday as rising tensions threatened efforts to persuade the Afghan leader to sign a long-delayed security agreement. Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford called Karzai late Thursday to express […]
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Dixfield American Legion Auxiliary stuffs Christmas stockings for Marines in Afghanistan
DIXFIELD — Three American Legion officers with the Swasey-Torrey Unit 100 Auxiliary filled 30 handmade Christmas stockings Thursday night with goodies for Marines in Afghanistan. The colorful stockings were filled with Sudoku and crossword puzzle magazines, lip balm, lotions, colored pencils, candy, meat and cheese sticks and hand and leg warmers donated by Maine American […]
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Kreckel Law to fill stockings for soldiers in Afghanistan
RUMFORD — In lieu of swapping Christmas gifts for the holidays, employees with Kreckel Law of Rumford will be aiming to make the Christmas season a little brighter for soldiers in Afghanistan by filling up stockings with different goods and shipping them overseas, said employee Melinda Woods. Woods said that during a recent meeting between […]
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Cal Thomas: What will happen to women in Afghanistan?
When the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan is completed next year what will happen to Afghan women? Will a resurgent Taliban return them to wearing burqas, withdraw them from schools and force them to live behind painted glass in their homes, permitting them to leave the house only when accompanied by a blood relative? […]
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Freedom Salute for 488th Military Police Company honors families
AUGUSTA — Carolyn Knights of Oxford was outside the Augusta Civic Center on Sunday morning awaiting the start of the Freedom Salute for the 488th Military Police Company, who returned to Maine on June 15 from a year-long deployment. “You don’t want to interview me. I’m just a grandmother,” she said before breaking into tears […]
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U.S. should assume the best of military vets
The U.S. public will clearly not repeat the mistakes of the Vietnam era, when war veterans returned to a nation that failed to acknowledge their sacrifice and service. Veterans returning from America’s most recent wars are deservedly thanked and celebrated, personally and often publicly. But while we now recognize their service, there is another more […]
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9 Afghans killed in attack on Indian consulate
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Three suicide attackers killed at least nine civilians, most of them children, in a botched attack Saturday on the Indian consulate in an eastern Afghan city near the border with Pakistan, security officials said. Authorities also reported that 22 police officers and over 70 Taliban fighters died in two days of […]
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LePage’s chief legal counsel resigning for Navy Reserve tour in Afghanistan
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage is expected to appoint a new chief legal counsel next week in the wake of the resignation Thursday of Michael Cianchette, who is shipping out to Afghanistan soon for a tour with the U.S. Navy Reserve. Cianchette, who joined the LePage administration as deputy legal counsel days after the 2010 […]