HPFIREFIGHTER.com http://hpfirefighter.com THE UNOFFICIAL SITE OF THE HIGH POINT FIRE DEPARTMENT Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:28:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Afghan, Coalition Troops Kill, Capture Hundreds of Insurgents http://hpfirefighter.com/2010/09/afghan-coalition-troops-kill-capture-hundreds-of-insurgents/ http://hpfirefighter.com/2010/09/afghan-coalition-troops-kill-capture-hundreds-of-insurgents/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:14:13 +0000 admin http://hpfirefighter.com/?p=4788

Afghan and coalition forces killed or captured hundreds of Taliban and Haqqani extremists during the past month, military officials said

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In only eight months, 2010 has become the deadliest year for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, according to a CNN count of Pentagon and NATO figures.

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Navy SEALS and Special Warfare Combatant Craft Crewman operators trained with partner nations from South American special operations forces Aug. 16-30 as part of the U.S. Southern Command-sponsored exercise

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Research and testing by the Worcester Polytechnic Institute is getting much more closer to having a sophisticated tracking device commercially available for fire departments.

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A mobile home in Hubert is a total loss after a Tuesday morning fire, volunteer fire department officials say.

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Butterball management promised short-term employment Tuesday for the 17 workers displaced from its Kinston slicing facility as the company continued to decide to rebuild or relocate the plant that suffered extensive fire damage Monday

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Local firefighters spent the first day back at school for public schools finding different ways to safely dismantle and lift a salvaged white school bus during an on-the–job training session held out at TT&E scrap yard on Garner Road.

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Five city firefighters were injured battling a pre-dawn house fire on South Third Avenue today.

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Five soldiers killed in Afghanistan on Monday were based at Fort Carson. They died when insurgents attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device.

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An explosion and fire tore through a welding supply company Wednesday afternoon in Collingdale, Pa.

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