Soldiers and equipment, doing the job

Hard news: five Canadian soldiers received minor injuries in an IED strike around 10:15 a.m. local time, as they were making their way through the Panjwai District near Ma’Sum Ghar. While they were choppered away from the scene for further assessment at KAF medical facilities, four of them have since been released and one is being held overnight for observation. Next of kind for the soldier who will be staying overnight have already been notified.

The LAVIII they were travelling in was only lightly damaged. It has already been recovered from the scene and should be back in service PDQ.

Update: Wow. Not a single story in the MSM that I could see. As a friend mentioned to me this morning: "no bleed, no lede."