Michael Evans
@colombiadocs.bsky.social
Editorial Director at National Security Archive. FOIA enthusiast. Colombia specialist. Bluegrass guitarist. He/Him nsarchive.gwu.edu
Backstory here:
November 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Backstory here:
Raskin did endorse Mamdani.
November 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Raskin did endorse Mamdani.
Reposted by Michael Evans
As THE HARDEST PLACE describes, the US evolution in Kunar was opposite—from light/flexible to heavy/motorized, driving MRAPs as wide and heavy as Soviet BTRs.
This is the earliest photo I’ve found of US troops in Kunar—Rangers working out of Topchi (later FOB Wright), an old Soviet base, in 2002.
This is the earliest photo I’ve found of US troops in Kunar—Rangers working out of Topchi (later FOB Wright), an old Soviet base, in 2002.
February 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
As THE HARDEST PLACE describes, the US evolution in Kunar was opposite—from light/flexible to heavy/motorized, driving MRAPs as wide and heavy as Soviet BTRs.
This is the earliest photo I’ve found of US troops in Kunar—Rangers working out of Topchi (later FOB Wright), an old Soviet base, in 2002.
This is the earliest photo I’ve found of US troops in Kunar—Rangers working out of Topchi (later FOB Wright), an old Soviet base, in 2002.
Reposted by Michael Evans
"In 2002, we barely had maps," one of the early Rangers in Kunar told me. "We basically had Russian maps."
He wasn't exaggerating. Here's a map used by Marines in the Pech early in the war.
He wasn't exaggerating. Here's a map used by Marines in the Pech early in the war.
February 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"In 2002, we barely had maps," one of the early Rangers in Kunar told me. "We basically had Russian maps."
He wasn't exaggerating. Here's a map used by Marines in the Pech early in the war.
He wasn't exaggerating. Here's a map used by Marines in the Pech early in the war.
Three words: underwater barroom brawl
November 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Three words: underwater barroom brawl