Afghanistan War Commission seeks better resources for ‘daunting’ task
“It’s important that we get this work right to understand what happened in Afghanistan, but also to rationalize it within our broader society.”
By Hope Hodge Seck
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Excerpt: ‘Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War’
Marty Skovlund Jr. and Joe Kent detail the journey of Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent, a special operations trailblazer killed in Syria.
By Marty Skovlund Jr. and Joe Kent
Remember the Cole: al-Qaida attacked the destroyer in Yemen 20 years ago today
Two decades ago on Oct. 12, an al-Qaida attack on the USS Cole left 17 sailors dead and 37 wounded.
By Harm Venhuizen
Nevada Democrats aim to block Nellis bombing range expansion
The lawmakers want the House Rules Committee to strike an amendment from a national defense spending bill that would enable the expansion of Nellis Air Force Base for aerial combat and ground warfare training. A similar proposal to expand the bombing range at NAS Fallon has not moved forward.
Judge awards $879 million from Iran to Khobar Towers bombing victims, families
A federal judge has issued a ruling for Iran to pay damages to a handful of victims of the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing and their families.
By Todd South
White House aware in 2019 of Russian bounties on American troops in Afghanistan, officials say
Top officials in the White House were aware in early 2019 of classified intelligence indicating Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans, a full year earlier than has been previously reported, according to U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the intelligence.
Nevada fight over bombing range pits tribes vs. Navy
The congressional legislation that authorizes the Navy to occupy most of the land is set to expire in 2021.
By Ben Spillman, Reno Gazette Journal via the AP
Dispatch from Rome: Loyalty, regret and honor
“Doing the right thing invariably means doing the hard thing. This is the true meaning of the word honor…”
By Robert Bruce Adolph
The US is bombing the hell out of the Taliban as munitions dropped reaches nearly 10-year high
According to U.S. Air Forces Central Command, U.S. aircraft dropped 7,423 munitions in 2019 — that’s the highest number of bombs released in nearly a decade.
By Shawn Snow
Elizabeth Warren, mating sagehens and the Navy’s need to blow stuff up
The sea service issues its final environmental impact study for Naval Air Station Fallon's proposed expansion.
Airstrikes called in as Taliban attempt to breach Bagram Air Base
U.S. and Afghan forces were pulled into a nearly nine to 10 hour firefight after a suicide bombing targeted a medical facility that was under construction near the base, a source on the ground detailed to Military Times.
By Shawn Snow