Word: 82nd
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...young Israeli tank commander who calls himself Sgt. Yoshua knows what awaits him in Lebanon. When his 82nd Battalion crossed the border a few days back, every imaginable threat seemed to pop up in front of him. Three of the four tanks in his unit encountered landmines, missile fire and snipers. Yoshua's best friend, a guitar player, was in one of the tanks hit by a missile and lost both his legs. Three others were killed. "It's not like fighting Palestinians in Gaza," explains Sgt. Yoshua, a gaunt, bearded young soldier. "Hizballah has better weapons. They're highly...
...finish in the 5k led the way for a women’s squad that finished 11th in that event. For the men, freshman Dave McCahill recorded the top time, finishing 61st in 29:25.2. He was followed by freshman Clem Wright at 74th and sophomore Oliver Burruss in 82nd. The relay team, made up of McCahill, Harlow, Burruss, and freshman Anna Schulz, finished 40th with a time of 46:59.2. On the Alpine side, junior Katie Connor’s effort of 1:23.47 was good enough for 41st in the giant slalom, while her combined 2:18.41 landed...
...Wylie in the box, and Wylie wove through defenders and slid the ball past an outstretched Holy Cross goalie. The Crimson never looked back. Dominating on both sides of the ball, Harvard was able to play its reserves, giving them valuable experience. Sarnack took advantage, scoring in the 82nd minute off a corner from Lau, giving Lau two assists on the day. Stellar play from the freshman class is nothing new, with the team starting four first-years and receiving key play from reserves like Sarnack. “Our freshmen class has been big-time [all year...
Dusk has set in on the road out of Kandahar, and Captain Jeremy Turner of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division is explaining why he prefers Afghanistan to Iraq. "The Iraqis will plant explosives and run away," he says. "But the Afghans will go toe-to-toe with you." Just as Turner, 29, starts to expand on the point, a huge explosion interrupts him. One of the humvees in his 16-vehicle convoy has been hit by a roadside bomb and explodes in a flaming whoosh. Turner and his men have driven straight into a Taliban ambush...
...inopportune time for the Pentagon, which wants to cut the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and turn over more of the combat burden to NATO, whose role is now limited to peacekeeping. Four days spent with Turner's Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, in the badlands of southern Afghanistan provides a glimpse of how one group of soldiers sustains its morale and mettle while up against an often ghostly enemy. Even as the military struggles to extricate itself from Iraq, it still has a fight on its hands in Afghanistan. Says Sergeant Andrew...