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New book on Mullah Omar and the Taliban offers hard lessons for the US
U.S. leadership was consistently caught flat-footed, failing to deliver on their perennial promise to “turn the corner” in the war.
By Kyle Rempfer
Number of American troops in Afghanistan drops to 8,600 as Taliban make big changes ahead of expected talks
On Monday, four-and-a-half months since the signing, chief U.S. negotiator and peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad tweeted that “a key milestone in the implementation of the U.S.-Taliban agreement” had been reached as American troop numbers dropped to 8,600 from about 12,000 and five bases were closed in Afghanistan.
Top military officer: Troops were issued bayonets in DC unrest
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has confirmed a report by The Associated Press that some of the service members who were mobilized to Washington, D.C., last month in response to civil unrest over the killing of George Floyd were issued bayonets.
Sen. McSally ad blasts Navy vet running against her
A vulnerable swing state Republican, McSally served in the Air Force.
Operation Holiday Express brings gifts to US troops in Syria
Hundreds of American troops based in Syria have received Christmas gifts thanks to Operation Holiday Express, launched by U.S.-led coalition forces from across the border in neighboring Iraq.
Are moderate Dem ‘Sentries’ — not ‘Squad’ — the ones to watch in 2020?
Two of the five are Navy vets.
The Navy’s journey from racial segregation to equality
Even after President Harry S. Truman issued Executive Order 9981 in 1948, integrating all branches of the U.S. military, every ship of the line remained white.
By Thomas W. Fleming, MHQ Magazine
House Democratic leaders hopeful progressive wing won’t derail defense policy bill
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith says progressives have a path to vote for the chamber’s annual defense policy bill.
By Joe Gould
What motivated fellow SEALs to dime out Eddie Gallagher?
The fog of war swirls through the reams of internal files provided to Navy Times.
By Navy Times staff
As a close US ally in Africa teeters, what comes next?
Ali Bongo Ondimba's family has run the central African country since the late 1960s.
By Gyldas A. Ofoulhast-Othamot, University of Tampa
The Taliban’s leader lived in walking distance of this US forward operating base, new book alleges
Omar reportedly lived for more than a decade in a shack near a well-patrolled route, where he would often hear coalition troops being ambush by insurgents, warplanes flying overhead, and U.S. forces on patrol.
By Kyle Rempfer