Afghanistan War Archives

‘It’s Fyre Festival for veterans’ — Inside a vet non-profit’s ‘chaotic’ couples retreat

Posted on Jul 28, 2022

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I don’t know what to make of this Afghanistan docu-series, but maybe that’s the point

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Jul 22, 2022

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The military’s top hospital is copying wounded troops’ tattoos onto their prosthetic limbs

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Jul 21, 2022

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EOD commander reunited with working dog 3 years after patrolling in Afghanistan together

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Jul 13, 2022

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The Army is getting leaders ready for a war unlike any the US has ever seen

By John Dolan

Posted on Jul 7, 2022

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A Marine’s Bronze Star offers insight into US troops’ heroism during the Kabul evacuation

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jul 5, 2022

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Off the shelf, above the fight: How cheap drones are completely changing warfare

By Ivan F. Ingraham

Posted on Jul 1, 2022

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What the cult classic ‘Red Dawn’ teaches us about insurgent warfare

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Jun 29, 2022

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What movie played the biggest role in your decision to join the military?

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Jun 28, 2022

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Meet the ‘Wizzo’ — The secret sauce to one of the Air Force’s deadliest fighter jets

By David Roza

Posted on Jun 25, 2022

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How a selfie with James Mattis shows he’s a Marine for the people

By Eve Baker

Posted on Jun 24, 2022

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How the Marine Corps went to war with itself over the next war

By Worth Parker

Posted on Jun 10, 2022

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A helicopter flown in Afghanistan is now a military couple’s camper

By David Roza

Posted on Jun 8, 2022

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This Netflix animated short was inspired by one grunt’s pill-induced delirium in Afghanistan

By James Clark

Posted on May 25, 2022

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These are America’s Black Medal of Honor recipients

By Daniel Johnson

Updated on May 5, 2022

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Airmen are pissed that an entire C-17 crew except for the maintainer received a Distinguished Flying Cross

By David Roza

Posted on Apr 8, 2022

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4 airmen awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for evacuating more than 150 civilians from Kabul

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Apr 4, 2022

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How pairing ‘female engagement teams’ with battle-tested grunts changed the US military forever

By Kelsey Baker

Posted on Mar 21, 2022

Evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport

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A Taliban leader offered the US control of Kabul during the evacuation. Here’s why a top US general said no

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Mar 18, 2022

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Congress takes step towards granting free health care to millions of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Mar 3, 2022

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‘Sweat, piss and hate’ — What it smells like to carry hundreds of troops in an Air Force C-17

By David Roza

Posted on Feb 23, 2022

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Biden says he is ‘rejecting’ the military report outlining the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Feb 11, 2022

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Americans were promised an ‘orderly and safe’ withdrawal from Afghanistan. US troops say it was anything but

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 10, 2022

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Inside the fragile partnership between US troops and Taliban fighters in Kabul

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Feb 9, 2022

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There is finally video evidence that US-trained Afghan soldiers may be fighting for the Taliban

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Feb 9, 2022

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Troops knew ‘an attack was coming’ at Kabul airport but their hands were tied, investigation reveals

By Jeff Schogol

Posted on Feb 8, 2022

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How a single New Year’s Day firefight in Afghanistan unraveled a Hollywood vision of war

By Brian Thompson

Posted on Jan 15, 2022

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A memorial dedicated to Americans lost in the Global War on Terror is one step closer to reality

By Max Hauptman

Posted on Dec 28, 2021

L to R: Master Sgt. Earl Plumlee; Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe; Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Celiz.

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Selfless service and sacrifice: Meet the 3 newest Medal of Honor recipients

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Dec 16, 2021

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Air Force pilot awarded for saving Green Berets surrounded by Taliban fighters in 2018

By David Roza

Posted on Dec 10, 2021

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A-10 pilot gets Distinguished Flying Cross for Rip-It-fueled gun-run in Afghanistan

By David Roza

Updated on Nov 16, 2021

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Hollywood is already making a movie about the Afghanistan withdrawal

By James Clark

Updated on Nov 11, 2021

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They were children when the Afghanistan War began. As soldiers they carried the burden of ending it

By Haley Britzky

Updated on Nov 10, 2021

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The Pentagon quietly removed more than 130,000 Afghanistan War photos and videos from public view

By James Clark, Jeff Schogol

Updated on Nov 2, 2021

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Air Force uniform that covered sleeping Afghan child in evacuation photo headed to a museum

By David Roza

Updated on Oct 27, 2021

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The inside story behind the photo of the last soldier to leave Afghanistan

By Haley Britzky

Updated on Oct 25, 2021

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Soldier who traded dip for a Toyota gun truck at Kabul airport gets promoted

By James Clark

Updated on Oct 21, 2021

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7,000 troops died in the Post-9/11 wars. A staggering 30,000 died by suicide

By David Roza

Updated on Oct 19, 2021

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This Air Force unit you’ve never heard of made the Afghan airlift possible

By David Roza

Updated on Oct 6, 2021

The Rubble of the World Trade Center on September 12, 2001

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On Sept. 10, I was in a ‘peacetime’ military. The next day we went to war

By Hugh Curry

Updated on Sep 10, 2021

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Meet the first woman to lead elite Army Rangers in combat

By Haley Britzky

Updated on Sep 7, 2021

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America’s longest war is finally over. Now it’s time to learn from our mistakes

By Daniel R. DePetris

Updated on Sep 2, 2021

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The special ops soldier who died in Kabul would have deployed even if he’d known the outcome, wife says

By Haley Britzky

Updated on Aug 31, 2021

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Marine officer says he’s resigning his commission to ‘bring the system down’ over Afghanistan withdrawal

By David Roza

Updated on Aug 31, 2021

U.S. Forces Hunt Taliban Near Pakistan Border

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An Afghan War veteran describes the ‘detachment’ of watching his war end

By Brandon Caro

Updated on Aug 22, 2021

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Indecision, ignorance, and incompetence: How top US leaders lost Afghanistan

By David Roza, Jared Keller

Updated on Aug 18, 2021

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I fought in Afghanistan. Those who served there always feared it would fall apart

By Josh Hartley

Updated on Aug 17, 2021

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What a stolen motorcycle reveals about America’s failed strategy in Afghanistan

By Spencer Ackerman

Updated on Aug 10, 2021

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Everything America did wrong in Afghanistan, according to the top US government watchdog

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Jul 29, 2021

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How Kirstie Ennis overcame her wounds – both physical and mental

Updated on Jul 13, 2021

Division Sailor Receives Purple Heart Medal

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This may be one of the last Purple Hearts awarded for the US War in Afghanistan

By Paul Szoldra

Updated on Jul 12, 2021

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AC-130 gunship crew awarded Distinguished Flying Cross for saving 88 lives during Afghanistan battle

By David Roza

Updated on Jun 25, 2021

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This Memorial Day, I’m thinking of the wounded US Marine I couldn’t save

By Dan Possley

Updated on May 31, 2021

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This Air Force PJ heroically treated 7 teammates wounded by a massive explosion in Afghanistan

By David Roza

Updated on Apr 28, 2021

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Tell us how you feel about the US leaving Afghanistan after nearly 20 years of war

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Apr 14, 2021

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The insane heroism of Medal of Honor recipient John Chapman is getting a movie

By David Roza

Updated on Mar 24, 2021

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The first Medal of Honor action ever captured on video

By Paul Szoldra

Updated on Mar 8, 2021

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Pentagon to probe possible war crimes committed by troops downrange

By Jeff Schogol

Updated on Jan 27, 2021

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Robert Bales murdered civilians in Afghanistan. A pardon would be a slap in the face to every service member

By Jake Wood

Updated on Jan 20, 2021

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5 things I actually miss about being deployed on Christmas

By Mike Denny

Posted on Dec 25, 2020

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Special Tactics airman awarded Air Force Cross for saving Green Beret team in desperate 8-hour firefight

By David Roza

Posted on Dec 11, 2020

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Airman to receive Air Force Cross for heroic actions during enemy ambush in Afghanistan

By Haley Britzky

Posted on Dec 6, 2020

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We salute this heroic military working dog for taking out the gunman who pinned his team down during a fierce firefight

Posted on Nov 29, 2020

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The unanswered questions from Australia’s harrowing war crimes report

By C. August Elliott

Posted on Nov 23, 2020

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‘It’s Fyre Festival for veterans’ — Inside a vet non-profit’s ‘chaotic’ couples retreat

I don’t know what to make of this Afghanistan docu-series, but maybe that’s the point

The military’s top hospital is copying wounded troops’ tattoos onto their prosthetic limbs

EOD commander reunited with working dog 3 years after patrolling in Afghanistan together

The Army is getting leaders ready for a war unlike any the US has ever seen

A Marine’s Bronze Star offers insight into US troops’ heroism during the Kabul evacuation

Off the shelf, above the fight: How cheap drones are completely changing warfare

What the cult classic ‘Red Dawn’ teaches us about insurgent warfare

What movie played the biggest role in your decision to join the military?

Meet the ‘Wizzo’ — The secret sauce to one of the Air Force’s deadliest fighter jets

How a selfie with James Mattis shows he’s a Marine for the people

How the Marine Corps went to war with itself over the next war

A helicopter flown in Afghanistan is now a military couple’s camper

This Netflix animated short was inspired by one grunt’s pill-induced delirium in Afghanistan

These are America’s Black Medal of Honor recipients

Airmen are pissed that an entire C-17 crew except for the maintainer received a Distinguished Flying Cross

4 airmen awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for evacuating more than 150 civilians from Kabul

How pairing ‘female engagement teams’ with battle-tested grunts changed the US military forever

A Taliban leader offered the US control of Kabul during the evacuation. Here’s why a top US general said no

Congress takes step towards granting free health care to millions of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans

‘Sweat, piss and hate’ — What it smells like to carry hundreds of troops in an Air Force C-17

Biden says he is ‘rejecting’ the military report outlining the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal

Americans were promised an ‘orderly and safe’ withdrawal from Afghanistan. US troops say it was anything but

Inside the fragile partnership between US troops and Taliban fighters in Kabul

There is finally video evidence that US-trained Afghan soldiers may be fighting for the Taliban

Troops knew ‘an attack was coming’ at Kabul airport but their hands were tied, investigation reveals

How a single New Year’s Day firefight in Afghanistan unraveled a Hollywood vision of war

A memorial dedicated to Americans lost in the Global War on Terror is one step closer to reality

Selfless service and sacrifice: Meet the 3 newest Medal of Honor recipients

Air Force pilot awarded for saving Green Berets surrounded by Taliban fighters in 2018

A-10 pilot gets Distinguished Flying Cross for Rip-It-fueled gun-run in Afghanistan

Hollywood is already making a movie about the Afghanistan withdrawal

They were children when the Afghanistan War began. As soldiers they carried the burden of ending it

The Pentagon quietly removed more than 130,000 Afghanistan War photos and videos from public view

Air Force uniform that covered sleeping Afghan child in evacuation photo headed to a museum

The inside story behind the photo of the last soldier to leave Afghanistan

Soldier who traded dip for a Toyota gun truck at Kabul airport gets promoted

7,000 troops died in the Post-9/11 wars. A staggering 30,000 died by suicide

This Air Force unit you’ve never heard of made the Afghan airlift possible

On Sept. 10, I was in a ‘peacetime’ military. The next day we went to war

Meet the first woman to lead elite Army Rangers in combat

America’s longest war is finally over. Now it’s time to learn from our mistakes

The special ops soldier who died in Kabul would have deployed even if he’d known the outcome, wife says

Marine officer says he’s resigning his commission to ‘bring the system down’ over Afghanistan withdrawal

An Afghan War veteran describes the ‘detachment’ of watching his war end

Indecision, ignorance, and incompetence: How top US leaders lost Afghanistan

I fought in Afghanistan. Those who served there always feared it would fall apart

What a stolen motorcycle reveals about America’s failed strategy in Afghanistan

Everything America did wrong in Afghanistan, according to the top US government watchdog

How Kirstie Ennis overcame her wounds – both physical and mental

This may be one of the last Purple Hearts awarded for the US War in Afghanistan

AC-130 gunship crew awarded Distinguished Flying Cross for saving 88 lives during Afghanistan battle

This Memorial Day, I’m thinking of the wounded US Marine I couldn’t save

This Air Force PJ heroically treated 7 teammates wounded by a massive explosion in Afghanistan

Tell us how you feel about the US leaving Afghanistan after nearly 20 years of war

The insane heroism of Medal of Honor recipient John Chapman is getting a movie

The first Medal of Honor action ever captured on video

Pentagon to probe possible war crimes committed by troops downrange

Robert Bales murdered civilians in Afghanistan. A pardon would be a slap in the face to every service member

5 things I actually miss about being deployed on Christmas

Special Tactics airman awarded Air Force Cross for saving Green Beret team in desperate 8-hour firefight

Airman to receive Air Force Cross for heroic actions during enemy ambush in Afghanistan

We salute this heroic military working dog for taking out the gunman who pinned his team down during a fierce firefight

The unanswered questions from Australia’s harrowing war crimes report

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