Afghanistan
Valor Friday
Some operations are so important that they’re kept classified for decades. The men and women who participated in them are forbidden to talk about them to anyone, even their own families. Such is the trade of being a clandestine warrior. Not all of these positions are for the secret squirrel super spy-types. We discussed the […]
Airmen cleared of wrongdoing in deaths of Afghans who mobbed C-17 during Kabul evacuation
As if this were in doubt, but with the current administration I guess I would have been shitting bricks if I were part of this crew. From Air Force Times; An American C-17 crew tasked with evacuating people from Kabul last August followed the rules of engagement and the law of armed conflict when they […]
Steven Eggert – Fake Special Forces Fire Starter
A Wisconsin man, Steven Daniel Eggert – 24 years old, is facing a pile of criminal charges for allegedly setting a dead man’s house on fire and stealing his firearms, is now facing stolen valor charges. I say ‘allegedly’ but Eggert was quoted in several articles telling reporters that he set the fire. Man accused […]
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 […]
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