We've known Nick has been out of contact because he's been really really busy flying missions - We didn't know the details, obviously for their security, but now news reports are filling us in and we couldn't me more proud of our Ugly Angel Marine, Capt. Nicholas Turner! Nick's family, both in Hawaii and back on the mainland, are very grateful for your thoughts and prayers. They are so needed and appreciated by all these soldiers and their families during these stressful times.In case you missed it in the news, below are articles and links to many stores being reported right now.
Major Military Operation Under Way in Afghanistan (ABC News)
U.S. Lt. Col. Christian Cabaniss speaks to his Marines at Camp Dwyer on July 1, 2009 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.The Marines are part of a stepped up effort by American troops fighting Taliban fighters in Southern Afghanistan.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Thousands of U.S. Marines and hundreds of Afghan troops moved into Taliban-infested villages with armor and helicopters Wednesday evening in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's revamped strategy to stabilize Afghanistan. The offensive was launched shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday local time in Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold in the southern part of the country. The goal is to clear insurgents from the hotly contested Helmand River Valley before the nation's Aug. 20 presidential election. Dubbed Operation Khanjar, or "Strike of the Sword," the military push was described by officials as the largest and fastest-moving of the war's new phase. British forces last week led similar missions to fight and clear out insurgents in Helmand and neighboring Kandahar provinces. (...more in link below)
In case you missed it in the news below are links to many stores being reported right now.
Links below to news links that have been found by Kim, family members and spouses:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/31696806#31696806 MSNBC News video July 1, 2009 - Brian Williams reporting
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/31696806#31696806 MSNBC News video July 1, 2009 - Brian Williams reporting
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/31696806#31709347 Night Helicopter air assault video July 1, 2009
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31684118/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/ MSNBC Brian Williams, text report from News July 1, 2009. Video links.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=7982024 ABC News reporting, text article
4th UPDATE: US Marines Storm South In Major Afghan Offensive - Morning Star Article
(from Nick's wife, Kim's blog)
Marines launch Operation Khanjar in southern Afghanistan
The Ugly Angels are part of MAG 40, which is mentioned in the article link above. No word from Nick tonight. Please continue to pray for the troops involved in this mission! Photos below are Black Hawks.
Marines launch Operation Khanjar in southern Afghanistan
The Ugly Angels are part of MAG 40, which is mentioned in the article link above. No word from Nick tonight. Please continue to pray for the troops involved in this mission! Photos below are Black Hawks.
Here are a few more articles/links that the spouses have dug up tonight: FOX NEWS U.S. Military Launches Major Afghan Offensive http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529788,00.html
NEW YORK TIMES U.S. Marines Try to Retake Afghan Valley From TalibanWASHINGTON POST
Preparing to Deploy U.S. Marines launched a pre-dawn mission in Afghanistan's volatile Helmand Province. *There isn't anything specific to the squadron in this article, but there are some really neat pictures.
We'll keep posting updates. If you see or hear of something we may have missed, please email me: info@slowdownhayfeeder.com
GOD SPEED, NICKO! You're in all our thoughts and prayers!!
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