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...Force Captain Matthew Miller wrote about the challenges of flying in Afghanistan after returning from a four-month deployment there in 2007. His medevac unit, from Georgia's Moody Air Force Base, had lost three helicopters and seven crew members in the two wars. Enemy fire had been a factor in none of the Afghan crashes. "In Iraq, helicopter pilots face a greater prospect of being shot at by ground fire," Miller wrote. "In Afghanistan, the greatest threat is the terrain." He described flying in Afghanistan as "'graduate level' piloting more challenging than cruising over the flatlands of Iraq...
...Read "Moving Troops to Afghanistan Harder Than Getting Them...
...Laikipia now finds itself caught up in the politics of faraway warmaking. As Britain increases its troop levels in Afghanistan (numbers there have doubled to about 10,000 in the past three years), it has ramped up its training exercises in Kenya, with more than 3,000 soldiers passing through the region each year. The army says Laikipia is perhaps its best training ground because the conditions there - high altitude, extreme heat, hilly terrain - are remarkably similar to those found in Afghanistan...
...tourism] may not always be compatible. There are definitely people who have invested heavily in tourism who are deeply concerned about the [region's] image. But if it's managed well, the army doesn't have to be a threat to wild animals." (See pictures of British soldiers in Afghanistan...
...Known as Operation Grand Prix, the training exercises can be massive, involving hundreds of troops, helicopters, and live-mortar and live-rifle fire. The military says this is the closest the soldiers will get to actual combat before they deploy to Afghanistan. The soldiers train by themselves and alongside the Kenyan army, sometimes with locals playing the roles of rioters or restless crowds. To accommodate the increase in troops, the army has begun renting land from residents - it went from dealing with three landowners a few years ago to seven now. Neither the military nor the ranches will disclose...