If you have never heard of Michael Yon, you owe it to yourself to read his dispatches from Iraq. This guy is a one-man show living with our guys in Iraq and reporting what is happening warts and all. Here is his latest.
http://michaelyon-online.com/wp/bless-the-beasts-and-children.htm
I first heard of Michael Yon from a dispatch where he assisted Soldiers from 2-4 Cav in taking out the enemy by firing a weapon- something that could've had him booted out of the theater. He is not a "trained" journalist, he's former SF that started blogging and made his way to Iraq to cover the war out of his own funds.
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