Micheal Yon.

He’s fearless … provides a candid, soldier’s-eye view … from the very unique perspective of being there with them for weeks and months at a time … delv[ing] deep into the human component.”

-General DAVID H. PETRAEUS, commanding general, Multi-National Force, Iraq

Micheal Yon is an American author, independent reporter, and blogger. He has been embedded on numerous occasions with American and British troops in Iraq and recently in Afghanistan.

His website, Micheal Yon online is a must read, particularly a series of reports called “Death in the Corn” Which details his time with British Paras.

Russian Jet Flies Within 90 seconds Of Hull.

A Russian nuclear bomber managed to get within 90 seconds of Hull in a mock attack as RAF radars failed to pick it up. The supersonic Blackjack changed course 20 miles from UK airspace, it has been reported.

The jet was picked up on RAF radars but only after it had turned back. It does show that the Russians aren’t as crazy as people think they are.

If I got to within 90 seconds of Hull, I’d turn back as well.