Afghanistan
Four airmen recieve DFC for Afghanistan evacuation
Jeff LPH 3 sends in word that some Zoomies received attaboys for their efforts during Biden’s horrendously botched Afghanistan withdrawal. From Task and Purpose; Four members from a C-17A Globemaster III aircrew were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for their performance during the chaotic and violent evacuation of Kabul last August. During a ceremony at […]
Valor Friday
I’ve previously talked about Britain’s highest honor, the Victoria Cross. They also have an animal-equivalent award for animals in war, issued by the PDSA. The PDSA is an animal welfare charity, not dissimilar from the Humane Society here in the states. The PDSA’s Dickin Medal is considered to be the dog/horse/cat/pigeon version of Britain’s highest […]
Kabul Airport Attack Official Report Questioned
Kabul Airport VBIED Attack The Pentagon investigation into the 26 August 2021 attack outside Kabul airport’s Abbey Gate that killed Americans and Afghans was caused by a single bomber who detonated a Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED). General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., Commander, US Central Command, said that it was not a “complex attack”. The […]
Joe Rejects Pentagon’s Afghan Report
PINO Biden According to the Pentagon’s exhaustive 2,000 page after action report, the senior officers in charge of the Afghan evacuation were forced to continuously alter their plans due to nonstop interference from afar. The report of the final withdrawal of US forces and civilians from Kabul faulted the Biden administration for the chaos that […]
SAS Soldier: “Fake Leg Not a Trophy”
SAS soldier ‘never’ saw fake leg as trophy Luke Costin A serving SAS soldier admits he drank from a dead Taliban man’s prosthetic leg but says he never saw the item as a trophy. Giving evidence at the defamation trial of highly decorated special forces veteran Ben Roberts-Smith, the soldier said the leg helped him […]
News From the Land of ISIS
It appears that some US SpecForce guys did a number on the ISIS leader known as Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi . This is fine with me. Nice to see my tax dollars at work on a “special project” and getting results. I do wonder if those marones are still building truck bombs and blowing themselves […]
Family of Fallen Marine Sues Alec Baldwin
This story is becoming interesting. I’ll give you the really quick version and you can watch or read more for details. * Marine LCpl Rylee McCollum is killed in Afghanistan, one of 13 killed in Aug * Alec Baldwin sees the story and reaches out to the family * Baldwin donated $5,000 to Rylee’s sister […]
I ran the Kabul evacuation’s airspace and all I got was an AF Comm Medal
Some of the Airmen who ran the hectic airspace into, out of, and above Biden’s colossally botched Afghanistan pullout last summer recently received awards. The captain who ran the operation, and apparently worked hand-in-hand with the Taliban, received a Bronze Star (an in-theater Meritorious Service Medal) while the two senior airmen (E-4) received Air Force […]
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