Hundreds of Airmen Will Receive New Medals for 2021 Afghanistan Evacuation The latest awards include a total of 229 Air Medals, 98 Meritorious Service Medals, eight Distinguished Flying Crosses and...
Pakistan Says Nearly 25,000 Afghans Waiting for Visas to US Won't Be Deported as Part of Clampdown Pakistan’s prime minister has sought to reassure at least 25,000 Afghans waiting in Pakistan for resettlement in the United...
Was the War in Afghanistan Worth It? You May Not Like This Veteran's Honest Answer In "What The Taliban Told Me," a veteran Air Force cryptologic linguist responds to the question he gets asked the most about...
Marine Veteran Tasked with Kabul Evacuation, Afghan Evacuees in Texas Share Full-Circle Moment Damon Gossett doesn’t know if he’ll ever find the family of the girl he helped in Kabul, but he finds solace in seeing and...
Former US Officials Ask Pakistan Not to Deport Afghans Seeking Relocation to the United States Last week, the United Nations said such forced deportations of Afghans could lead to human rights violations, including the...
Republicans and Democrats Agree That the Afghanistan War Wasn't Worth It, an AP-NORC Poll Shows At a time when Americans are deeply divided along party lines, a new poll shows considerable agreement on at least one issue...
An Independent Inquiry Opens into Alleged Unlawful Killings by UK Special Forces in Afghanistan An independent inquiry has opened in the U.K. to examine claims that British special forces murdered dozens of Afghan men...
Senior Taliban Officials Visit Villages Struck by Earthquake That Killed at Least 2,000 People Saturday’s magnitude 6.3 quake hit a densely populated area in Herat and was followed by strong aftershocks in what was one...
Why Military Education Isn't to Blame for Afghanistan and Iraq Purported failures in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan -- even the microcosm of Kabul -- are arguably symptoms of greater...
He Spoke No English, Had No Lawyer. An Afghan Man's Case Offers a Glimpse into US Immigration Court The Afghan man speaks only Farsi, but he wasn't worried about representing himself in U.S. immigration court. He believed the...
Trump Hints at Expanded Role for the Military Within the US. A Legacy Law Gives Him Few Guardrails Experts in constitutional law and the military say the Insurrection Act gives presidents tremendous power with few restraints...
VA Plans Outreach to Screen 3 Million More Veterans for Toxic Exposures The PACT Act requires the VA to attempt to screen all veterans enrolled in VA health care; to date, 4.8 million veterans have...
The Marine Corps Tried to Redesign Its Physical Training Uniform. After 3 Years, It's Abandoning the Project. The Marine Corps has ended a plan to revamp its physical fitness uniform, according to the service. The initiative lasted...
DoDEA America's Chief of Staff Arrested in Human Trafficking Sting Operation in Georgia Stephen Hovanic, 64, of Sharpsburg, Georgia, was arrested Nov. 15 in a sting that netted 25 additional suspects on charges...
As Laser Pointer Incidents Spike, Airmen Are Getting Updated Eyewear That Provides Better Protection The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Human Systems Division is starting to field new, upgraded eyewear that can...