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The inside story of the deadliest attack on a U.S. military base during the Iraq War
The Sgt. Maj. of the Army wants leaders to stop scheduling training just for the sake of it
Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller sentenced to forfeit $5,000 in pay and gets letter of reprimand
Soldiers have to wait another year to get their hands on the Army’s futuristic new goggles
The active-duty Army is facing a record suicide rate. Leaders have no idea how to fix it
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America’s longest war is finally over. Now it’s time to learn from our mistakes
Any prognosis of Washington’s misadventure in Afghanistan must account for three critical errors in judgment, each of which proved to be a major inflection point in the conflict.
Here are the problems with Biden’s defense of America’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan
'To me, the most indefensible component of everything that occurred was just the delay in getting the interpreters out because that is something that was within our control.'
Crowds, chaos, and Taliban fighters everywhere: What US troops are seeing on the ground in Afghanistan
The fall of Kabul in real time.
Videos show desperation at Kabul airport as Afghans and foreigners try to escape the Taliban
Chaos in Kabul.
What a stolen motorcycle reveals about America’s failed strategy in Afghanistan
An excerpt from 'Reign of Terror' by Spencer Ackerman.
Everything America did wrong in Afghanistan, according to the top US government watchdog
'We have to be honest with the American people.'
The predictable collapse of the Afghan Air Force is happening in real time
None of this is surprising.
Longest-serving US commander in Afghanistan steps down amid troop withdrawal
“It’s not the end of the story ... It’s the end of a chapter.”
There’s a lot more to be outraged about in the US military than ‘wokeness’
Let’s get our priorities in order.
US to begin evacuating Afghan interpreters before troop withdrawal [Updated]
About 18,000 Afghans have applied for visas.
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Taliban threatens to attack US troops if they’re not gone by May 1
The deadline is 36 days from now.
Insider attacks against US troops in Afghanistan have dropped to a historic low. Here’s why
Insider attacks against U.S. forces in Afghanistan have all but evaporated in recent months.
The Taliban is using magnetic ‘sticky bombs’ to assassinate Afghan officials
Magnetic bombs have killed at least 10 Afghan government officials in the last several weeks.
It’s time for a post-9/11 veteran to lead the VA
The post-9/11 generation is ready to make history.
Two decades of blood, sweat, and tears in Afghanistan have yielded a ‘modicum of success,’ top US general says
"Over the last five to seven years at a minimum, we have been in a condition of strategic stalemate"
Afghan government, Taliban announce breakthrough deal to pursue peace talks
"This agreement demonstrates that the negotiating parties can agree on tough issues"
The USS Nimitz is back in the Middle East amid Iraq, Afghanistan drawdowns
“There were no specific threats that triggered the return of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group"
We salute this heroic military working dog for taking out the gunman who pinned his team down during a fierce firefight
A British military working dog who risked life and limb to take out an enemy gunman pouring fire on his team in Afghanistan has received the highest award an animal...
Acting SecDef Miller is rewriting the history of the Vietnam War as the US looks for the exit in Afghanistan
Miller’s take on Ford’s role in the war’s end bears no resemblance to reality.
The Army is reconsidering thousands of bad paper discharges of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans
The U.S. Army has agreed to reconsider the cases of thousands of veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars era with mental health conditions who received other-than-honorable discharges
Australian special forces allegedly murdered 39 unarmed prisoners in Afghanistan
Australian special forces allegedly killed 39 unarmed prisoners and civilians in Afghanistan, with senior commandos reportedly forcing junior soldiers to kill defenseless captives in order to "blood" them for combat
US drawdown in Afghanistan is wrong call, says commander who claimed we were on the ‘road to winning’ in 2013
The general doth protest too much
Clint Lorance ordered me to kill Afghan civilians. I still live with that guilt today
'I am angry and let down that Clint Lorance is feted around like some hero, while the real heroes—Nick Carson, Matt Hanes, James Twist—are ignored'
