Jim Dao of the NY Times is following a combat unit on their entire deployment to Afghanistan from pre-deployment through the getting back home. Here's the latest installment.
There's some funny stuff about all the things that go wrong with a new unit on its first mission. It's front-page of the print edition today for those who read the old fashioned way.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
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