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The Korangal Valley campaign was a series of military operations conducted by ISAF forces against Taliban and other local insurgents in the Korangal Valley in Kunar province, Afghanistan, from October 2004 to April 2010. The campaign ended with a US withdrawal from the valley, after suffering heavy casualties, and a Taliban takeover of the area.
Battle: It began with the uprising of Taliban prisoners held at Qala-i-Jangi fortress and escalated into one of the bloodiest engagements of the war in Afghanistan Battle of Takur Ghar: 4 March 2002: 5 March 2002: The peak of Takur Ghar: Battle: A helicopter caring a SEAL team went down and began receiving fire from hostile forces Battle of ...
The US Army Women's Museum opened at Ft. Lee, Virginia. [1] Susan Woo became the first female West Point cadet to win an East/West Center Scholarship. [12] Kimberly Pienkowski became the first female West Point cadet to win a first team all-America in air rifle. [12] COL Ann Horner became the first female garrison commander at West Point. [12]
The United States was supported by several nations during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Afghanistan in 2001–2003 and in subsequent coalition operations directly or indirectly in support of OEF. See the article Afghanistan War order of battle for the disposition of coalition forces in Afghanistan as of 2012.
[266] [267] Besides an incident involving US troops who posed with body parts of dead insurgents and a video apparently showing a US helicopter crew singing "bye-bye Miss American Pie" before blasting a group of Afghan men with a Hellfire missile [273] [274] these "high-profile US military incidents in Afghanistan" [269] also included the 2012 ...
United States special forces set up a remote post in Orgun. In Kabul, the Afghanistan International Bank, managed by ING-IGA, began operation. Tuesday, March 23 – In Herat, a public burial took place for Mirwais Sadiq. The body was taken by tank to its resting place on a hill overlooking the city. Thousands were in attendance.
The last U.S. troops left Afghanistan on Aug. 30, 2021. Three years later, the Taliban's return to power has allowed al Qaeda and other terrorist groups to regain a presence in the country, and ...
Kimberly Nicole Hampton (August 18, 1976 – January 2, 2004) was a captain in the United States Army and the first female military pilot in United States history to be shot down and killed as a result of hostile fire. She was also the first woman from South Carolina to die in the Iraq War.