The At War blog, by CJ Chivers, a former Marine, offers some of the best war reporting on the web. Chivers is a seriously credible writer on the subject of war, and is far better at reporting on it than most other journalists. Read the article above for a very interesting description of a typical mission evacuating a wounded Marine in Afghanistan.
Here's another video of a firefight a firefight in Marja which CJ Chivers took, also with analyzing voiceover. 12 civilians were killed.
This is 21st century ground warfare.