What Special Operations Command's 'Biggest Lesson' from Afghanistan Means for Future Fights The hectic last days of the U.S. presence in Afghanistan spelled an end of an era for the U.S. special-operations community.
Visit to a Lost CIA Base in Afghanistan With the base empty and the Taliban back in power, Washington’s ability to monitor the assorted militants who are still in...
NATO Debates the Lessons of Mission Creep in Afghanistan NATO took over the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in 2003.
Once Banned by the Taliban, Kites Mark First Thanksgiving for Afghan Refugees on US Military Base The Marines added a new tradition to the old for the first Thanksgiving in the U.S. for the Afghan refugees who escaped...
Our Sacrifices Were Meaningful, But We Need Help: The Afghan Withdrawal and Veterans' Mental Health The day after Kabul fell to the Taliban in August during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the VA shared a suicide...
Thousands of Afghans Seek Temporary US Entry, Few Approved Afghan families in the U.S. and the immigrant groups supporting them say the slow pace of approvals threatens the safety of...
Senate Approves Congressional Gold Medals for Troops Killed in Kabul Airport Attack The 13 U.S. service members killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul in August are on track to receive Congress' highest honor.
Troops with Family Trapped in Afghanistan Get Extraction Help Offer from Pentagon Getting relatives out became dramatically more difficult after the last U.S. service member left Kabul on Aug. 30.
DoD Says Botched Afghanistan Airstrike in Final Days of War Was Due to Rushed, Poor Planning A DoD review found that a U.S. airstrike in Kabul that killed 10 civilians was the fault of poor intelligence and rushed...
Trump Reportedly Weighs Immediate Discharge of All Transgender Troops. Here's What That Would Mean. The proposed plan, as first reported by the Times of London, would entail signing an order within days of Trump taking office...
The Best Amazon Black Friday Week 2024 Deals for Service Members, Veterans and Their Families America’s favorite shopping holiday isn’t just a single day, or even a weekend, anymore. Here’s how U.S. service members...
Overseas Troops to See Fewer Sweets, More Sweet Potatoes on Their Holiday Tables This Year For some unexplained reason, the Defense Logistics Agency is shipping 800% more sweet potatoes overseas than it did last...
For Soldiers at Fort Carson, Food Is Scarce As Americans gather for Thanksgiving feasts, soldiers at Fort Carson, Colorado, are contending with a far less festive...
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...