"We are still a province at war, there is no doubt about that. We have been for a while and it will continue to be, but it is a province where things have improved a lot over the course of three, four years," said Marine Maj. Gen. Mark Gurganus, the commanding U.S. officer in Helmand. "I am watching
said Maj. Gen. Mark Gurganus and the other Marines were at Bastion Air Field waiting to greet Panetta, when an Afghan contractor hijacked a white Toyota SUV and tried to run down the Marines. The Afghan, who worked as an interpreter, had a lighter and a container of fuel in the vehicle which ignited.
Gen. Mark Gurganus, the other Marines and the British official were at Bastion Air Field waiting to greet Panetta, when an Afghan contractor hijacked a white Toyota SUV and tried to run down the Marines. The Afghan, who worked as an interpreter, had a lighter and a container of fuel in the vehicle
Date: Mar 16, 2012
Category: World
Source: Google
Afghan who crashed truck near Panetta plane dies from burns
Mark Gurganus, the senior Marine commander in southern Afghanistan, virtually ruled out further restrictions on night raids, which have drawn repeated criticism from Afghan President Hamid Karzai and have been a major stumbling block in talks on the framework of a long-term security relationship.
Date: Mar 15, 2012
Source: Google
Troops in Afghanistan told to leave guns outside Panetta's tent
[Updated, 3:05 a.m. March 14: A Pentagon official said Maj. Gen. Mark Gurganus, the Marine commander, ordered the Americans to leave their weapons outside because Afghan soldiers were not allowed to be armed.
Maj. Gen. Mark Gurganus, the new Marine commander at Leatherneck, told reporters he has seen little backlash in his region over the shooting incident, and saw only a few protests of the Quran burning.