Michael Yon

		

				 
  	
		 		

			

	Michael Yon is a former Green Beret, native of Winter Haven, Fl. who has been reporting from Iraq and Afghanistan since December 2004.  No other reporter has spent as much time with combat troops in these two wars.  Michael’s dispatches from the frontlines have earned him the reputation as the premier independent combat journalist of his generation.  His work has been featured on “Good Morning America,” The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, CNN, ABC, FOX, as well as hundreds of other major media outlets all around the world.

			
		

		

	

	


  

  

  

      


  
  

    

    
  
  
      

      


  

    	  
  

                
Golden Seconds

  

  
  

                
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Posted On October 24, 2011 05:51 PM | Comments(1)

  

  
  

                

	Golden Seconds: Open Letter to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and President Barack Obama.


  

		  
  

                
Men at War: Come Home with Your Shield, or On It

  

  
  

                
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Posted On August 8, 2011 10:32 AM | Comments(0)

  

  
  

                

	My latest, Men at War: Come Home with Your Shield, or On It.


  

		  
  

                
The Snapper

  

  
  

                
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Posted On July 7, 2011 06:14 PM | Comments(4)

  

  
  

                
The Snapper

CIVCAS (civilian casualties) are a huge problem for our side and for the enemy.  The enemy causes far more CIVCAS but as outsiders our mistakes have a more toxic psychological effect....


  

	  





  

    	  
  

                
Dispatch: Gobar Gas

  

  
  

                
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Posted On June 8, 2010 11:38 AM | Comments(2)

  

  
  

                
Dispatch: Gobar Gas
by Michael Yon
Download the full article: Dispatch: Gobar Gas
Brunei, Afghanistan, Nepal, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam
08 June 2010
A Gurkha Idea
Among the more interesting coalition...


  

		  
  

                
Court Decisions on Bagram Detainees

  

  
  

                
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Posted On May 24, 2010 03:36 PM | Comments(0)

  

  
  

                
We all are aware that war leads to difficult situations.  In regard to detainees, we've seen terrorists released only to strike again. Yet in the interest of justice we are concerned about detaining...


  

		  
  

                
Dispatch: An Afghan Story

  

  
  

                
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Posted On May 9, 2010 08:12 AM | Comments(0)

  

  
  

                
Dispatch: An Afghan Story
by Michael Yon
Download the full article: An Afghan Story
Published 9 May 2010
If normal life were a river, most days would likely be a slow-moving, meandering passage.  But...