Pentagon won’t say if troop deployment tempo exceeds recommended goalThe Pentagon says its data on whether troops are getting three months home for every month deployed is classified.8 months ago
Services were slow to process COVID vaccine exemptions, watchdog findsA Pentagon evaluation found some services taking too long to process COVID vaccine exemption paperwork.8 months ago
With Pfizer approval, COVID-19 vaccine to become mandatory for troopsThe Pfizer vaccine will be the first to become requiring for service members.
Inside the mission to rescue 169 Americans from a hotel outside the Kabul airportThe 169 Americans had met up intending to walk through the gate, until the security situation changed.
Five troops, including first Marine, dead from COVID-19 during pandemic’s deadliest weekThe COVID-19 mortality rate for troops has grown 25 times in the past few months.
President Biden suggested rescue operations in Kabul. What comes next?Biden signaled he is open to allowing troops into Kabul to rescue Americans.
US military can get 9,000 a day out of Afghanistan, but there’s no security outside of the airportMore than 7,000 people have gotten out of Kabul since Saturday.
No time for coulda, woulda, shoulda on Afghanistan, top military officials sayThe evacuation mission remains constrained to the Kabul airport.
Final inspector general report details all the ways the U.S. failed in AfghanistanWhile progress was made, there was little faith that they could sustain without a U.S. presence.
Flights to leave hourly from Kabul airport, if evacuees can get thereFlights should be leaving hourly by Wednesday, according to an official.
Military deploying medical assistance teams to battle COVID-19 surgesFive teams will be ready to deploy.
The race is on to evacuate 22,000 Afghans by Aug. 31 withdrawal deadlineOfficials couldn't say whether the withdrawal deadline might be extended to evacuate more refugees.