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U.S. officials say they are racing to evacuate as many people from Afghanistan as possible before the end of the month, when America's 20-year military presence in the country is scheduled to end.
Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller may still face a court-martial after recording a video testimonial critical of US failures in Afghanistan. Marine officer who blasted top military leaders over Afghanistan ...
The killings were followed by widespread protests across Afghanistan and drew sharp criticism from President Hamid Karzai. [22] The Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission's report asserted that: "In failing to distinguish between civilians and legitimate military targets, the U.S. Marine Corps Special Operators employed indiscriminate force.
The incident took place in Helmand Province during Operation Herrick 14, [15] part of the British effort in the War in Afghanistan. Blackman, of J company, 42 Commando, Royal Marines, [16] was part of a Marine patrol that came across an Afghan fighter in a field wounded by Apache helicopter gunfire.
Combat Obscura is composed of video footage taken from 2011 to 2012 by lance corporal Miles Lagoze and other cameramen from the 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, in Sangin-Kajaki, Afghanistan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As a combat photographer, the footage was originally shot for recruitment and propaganda purposes. [ 3 ]
It was a scorching hot day in Afghanistan, with the mercury topping out at 120 degrees. For eight hours, U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Alfred Brenner patrolled the desert with his bomb-sniffing dog.
Alec Catherwood was a 19-year-old lance corporal in the Marine Corps when he was killed in combat in Afghanistan. Eleven years later, Alec’s mother watched the Taliban’s swift takeover of ...
Charles Mark Gurganus is a retired U.S. Marine major general who commanded Regional Command Southwest and I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) in Afghanistan and was relieved because he and General Gregg A. Sturdevant oversaw "the worst loss of U.S. airpower in a single incident since the Vietnam War" during the September 2012 raid on Camp Bastion.