September 10, 2021 Afghan interpreter beaten, tortured by Taliban in front of family as his SIV application lags An Afghan interpreter who aided the U.S. military for the last decade was beaten by the Taliban in his home on Thursday night for suspected ties to the American government, as he and his family face a years-long delay for approval of their Special Immigrant Visa applications.
September 10, 2021 Gen. Jack Keane reacts to Biden's decision to terminate Trump appointees from military boards: 'Simply wrong' Ret. Gen. Jack Keane is speaking out about President Biden's request for Trump-appointed members of military academies’ advisory boards to submit their resignations on Wednesday.
September 10, 2021 Army veteran, Senate candidate Jake Bequette says after 9/11, he 'felt the call to wear the uniform' U.S. Army veteran, former NFL player and Arkansas Senate primary candidate Jake Bequette said the global war on terror was "omnipresent" throughout his "formative" years, telling ӣƵ he "felt the call to wear the uniform" as a result of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and the years following.
September 8, 2021 Gold Star mom invites Trump to son's funeral: 'Would be such an honor' A California Gold Star mother whose Marine son was killed in last month’s ISIS suicide terror attack outside Kabul’s international airport invited former President Trump to her child’s funeral, writing on Facebook that “[i]t would be such an honor” if he could be there.
September 1, 2021 Mother of soldier killed in Kabul puts blame on Biden: ‘You trusted the enemy’ Mother of Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss, killed in Kabul suicide bombing, is demanding answers and accountability for her son's death during the U.S. withdrawal under President Biden.
August 31, 2021 Young widow of Army sergeant killed in Kabul says 'if he knew the outcome, he would do it again' The young widow of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss, one of 13 service members killed a suicide bomb attack at Afghanistan’s Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, said her husband “would not regret” being called for the mission to evacuate Americans and refugees, adding “if he knew the outcome, he would do it again.”
August 31, 2021 Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue: Who is the last American soldier to have left Afghanistan? Following nearly 20 years of occupation, Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue – the commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division based out of Fort Bragg, N.C. – is the last American soldier to have set foot in Afghanistan.
August 30, 2021 Task Force Pineapple: New York teacher, an ex-Green Beret, among US vets assisting Afghanistan evacuations A former U.S. Army Green Beret-turned social studies teacher who is helping facilitate evacuations from Afghanistan tells ӣƵ on Monday that he and other special forces personnel are “playing the long game” and “are not leaving [anyone] behind” as the Aug. 31 deadline for American troops to leave the country is now only hours away.
August 28, 2021 Texas Roadhouse in Kentucky honors 13 US service members slain in Kabul bombing with touching photo A Kentucky restaurant manager’s tribute to the 13 U.S. service members killed in a terror attack while trying to help evacuate Americans and Afghan allies from Taliban-held Kabul Thursday has touched hearts across the country.
August 28, 2021 These are the US service members killed in the Kabul airport attack A terror attack outside Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan left 11 Marines, one Army soldier and a Navy corpsman dead Thursday, injuring 20 more service members and inflicting even more carnage on Afghan civilians.