Last month was the first month since the wars started that there wasn't a single casualty in Iraq of Afghanistan

2014-04-03T22:47:11-04:00

I think this is a big deal. Think about it. For the last 13 years someone has been killed every single month. This is the first month since then that this didn't happen. Is this a sign of things to come or did we just get lucky?

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 3 at 2014 10:49 PM

2014-04-03T22:49:58-04:00

I think it's amazing, if we could keep that up until we pull out

Response by SSG Robert Burns made Apr 3 at 2014 10:57 PM

2014-04-03T22:57:05-04:00

Why am I not seeing this on the news instead of a bunch of people looking at trash in the ocean?

Response by 1SG Shane Hansen made Apr 4 at 2014 1:41 AM

2014-04-04T01:41:10-04:00

Seeing first hand some of the operations and missions going on over the past month, I can honestly say we just got lucky. It will definitely pick up starting today/tomorrow with the Afghan elections.

Response by SGT William B. made Apr 4 at 2014 3:07 AM

2014-04-04T03:07:31-04:00

Concur with 1SG Hansen. I think we all know the spray and pray IDF is coming over here.

However, there really is a new trend developing within the rank and file of the Taliban (ignore the other groups for the sake of discussion). After what essentially comes out to 30+ years of warfare, the average dirt farmer that's paid to emplace IEDs and launch rockets is starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Some guys just aren't picking up their weapons, because they're starting to believe that after fighting all this time, they might just make it out of the woods alive, so why should they chance being killed during what they see as being the last year of significant US presence in Afghanistan?

Response by GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad made Feb 26 at 2015 6:23 PM

2015-02-26T18:23:07-05:00

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/02/26/this-is-the-longest-period-without-a-u-s-military-combat-casualty-since-911/?hpid=z5

This is the longest period without a U.S. military combat-zone death since 9/11

Wednesday marked 75 days since the last U.S. military fatalities in a combat zone, as a Gold Star father pointed out to a congressman.