Air Force colonel fired over ‘loss of trust and confidence’
The colonel has been in the Air Force since 1996 and flown combat missions in Iraq.
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The colonel has been in the Air Force since 1996 and flown combat missions in Iraq.
'The points of impact were close enough to personnel and equipment and so on and so forth, I believe based on what I saw and what I knew that they were attempting to cause structural damage; destroy vehicles and equipment and aircraft; and to kill personnel.'
'General Miller carries the weapon which makes the most sense from a METT-T [Mission, Enemy, Terrain, Troops, and Time] perspective. General Miller, in Farah Province in 2019, was armed with a M1911.'
A Marine infantry battalion at Camp Lejeune has still not located the pair of rifles that went missing in a training area in North Carolina late December
Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at U.S. and coalition personnel stationed in Iraq on Tuesday night in retaliation for the U.S. killing of Iranian commander Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani.
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"These texts are false and were not initiated by this command or the U.S. Army."
Four Chinese citizens have been arrested over the past year for illegally taking pictures of the base, including two this past weekend
'I am fully confident that the president …will not give us an illegal order. As I said, the United States military will – as it always has – obey the laws of armed conflict'
"The team members wanted to represent the women that paved the way"
'I know that a lot of people are out there – I've seen words like, oh, the intel was razor thin. 'Very, very few people saw that intelligence.'
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In the wake of the U.S. airstrike against Iranian commander Maj. Gen Qasem Soleimani, some left-leaning veterans groups have suggested on social media that if you don't want to go to war with Iran, you should go UA (unauthorized absence). This is terrible advice. I know, because at the height of the war in Iraq, I helped kick out more than 100 Marines who did just that.
"Here's the bottom line: This was a mistake," Milley said.
U.S. Northern Command says it is "implementing additional force protection condition measures" amid threats of Iranian retaliation for the death of Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani
On Sunday, Iraqi lawmakers voted to expel all American troops from Iraq in response to the U.S. airstrike that killed Qasem Soleimani, former head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
AFRICOM said it did not suspect the Sunday attack was linked to Iranian retaliation
Soldiers with the 173rd Airborne Brigade are reportedly deploying to the Middle East as part of an ongoing buildup in preparation for increased Iranian aggression in the region.