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The House Freedom Caucus is urging its members to vote against the yearly NDAA that authorizes Pentagon programs and policies.

The Pentagon said Austin asked the Air Force secretary to appoint a general to examine the U.S. drone strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians.

House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Devin Nunes (R-CA) said subpoenas are needed to get to the bottom of how the United States military conducted a drone strike in Kabul on August 29 that killed as many as ten civilians, including seven children.

Saturday was the first day of school for secondary students in Afghanistan but only boys and male teachers were allowed into the classroom.

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby refused to address allegations contained in a new Bob Woodward and Robert Costa book that chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told his Chinese counterpart if then-President Donald Trump ordered an attack on China he would give advance warning.

A group of Senate Republicans sent a letter to President Joe Biden’s administration urging them to designate the Taliban as a terrorist organization.

A spokesman for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley on Wednesday confirmed some allegations contained in a new book that the chairman, allegedly fearing then-President Donald Trump would order a nuclear strike, had a meeting with other uniformed leaders and two phone calls with his Chinese counterpart.

Trump castigated Milley after a new book alleged he had taken secret action to limit the president’s authority in the wake of January 6.

The Army announced its plan to implement a mandatory coronavirus vaccine for soldiers, which was ordered by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

Blinken on Monday during a House hearing claimed that the Trump administration did not leave them a plan for withdrawing from Afghanistan.

Blinken testifies on the botched Afghanistan withdrawal on Monday at 2 p.m. ET in front of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Hartzler called for a commission on the botched Afghanistan withdrawal that led to the death of 13 American service members.

In an unprecedented move, President Biden told 18 of former President Trump’s appointees to the U.S. military academy boards to resign or be fired. 

An ethics watchdog group launched an investigation into President Joe Biden’s use of public land from the Department of Interior for his September 11 “victory lap” after the botched Afghanistan withdrawal resulting in the death of 13 U.S. servicemembers.

The U.S. Navy has identified the five servicemembers who were killed in a helicopter crash off the coast of San Diego last Tuesday.

Sen. Lindsey Graham said in an interview with the BBC that the Taliban takeover means the U.S. military will be redeployed in Afghanistan.

J.D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy and 2022 Ohio U.S. Senate candidate, said he is worried President Joe Biden’s botched foreign policy could put the United States at risk of future terror attacks.

House Democrats defended the teaching of critical race theory in the military during a markup of the massive defense policy bill.

The Pineapple Express is moving to the next phase of their operations — getting out hundreds of Americans left behind in Afghanistan.

President Joe Biden’s administration has brought nearly 24,000 Afghans to the United States for permanent resettlement over the last two weeks, newly revealed data shows. 

Trump announced his endorsement of Green Beret veteran and Gold Star husband Joe Kent, who is running on an America First platform.

U.S. weaponry and military equipment abandoned in Afghanistan be will be reverse-engineered by China and Russia, Oliver North said.

Former President Donald Trump, nearly four years ago, warned against the exact consequences of a hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan.

A 3-year-old boy from northern California, along with his family are stranded in Afghanistan as a result of President Joe Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal, according to a report.

Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller on Tuesday announced that he has submitted his resignation from the Marine Corps.

SPCAI hit the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for being a “terrible impediment” to efforts to evacuate dogs from the Kabul airport.

The Pentagon announced the completion of the evacuation mission in Afghanistan, the end of the U.S. military presence after nearly 20 years.

The Pentagon said Monday that about 5,400 Americans were evacuated from Afghanistan out of more than 122,000 evacuees, as it wraps up its evacuation mission by the end of the month.

The Pentagon on Monday said it was “continuing to assess” whether it killed Afghan civilians in a drone strike on Sunday.

Scheller on Sunday announced in a video that he was resigning his commission as a lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps.

Scheller was fired speaking out against his command, while Vindman was protected and celebrated by Democrats for doing the same thing.

Members of Congress said Saturday evening that the Biden administration was not allowing Americans into the Kabul airport.

Zinke said Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal now puts the hundreds of special operations forces around the world at risk.

The Pentagon on Saturday morning announced the names of the 13 American servicemembers killed in the August 26 Kabul airport attack.

The Pentagon said as of August 14, about 117,000 people have been evacuated from Kabul, including 5,400 Americans.

A New York Brewery, First Line Brewing, announced they will be leaving 13 beers on a reserved table for the 13 fallen U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan during Thursday’s terrorist attack.