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September 7, 2021

 

Navy posthumously promotes corpsman killed in Kabul airport attack Hospital Corpsman Maxton “Max” W. Soviak was given the rank of petty officer 3rd class and awarded the Purple Heart and Fleet Marine Force Corpsman warfare badge “as a result of his brave actions in support of fellow service members,” the Navy said in a statement. READ MORE

‘Fake news’: China denies reports of plot to take over Bagram Airfield from Taliban A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman denied reports Tuesday that Beijing is discussing a deal with the Taliban to hand over a former U.S. air base in Afghanistan. READ MORE

Navy posthumously promotes corpsman killed in Kabul airport attack Hospital Corpsman Maxton “Max” W. Soviak was given the rank of petty officer 3rd class and awarded the Purple Heart and Fleet Marine Force Corpsman warfare badge “as a result of his brave actions in support of fellow service members,” the Navy said in a statement. READ MORE   Air Force sets coronavirus vaccination deadline for airmen, guardians Active-duty airmen and Space Force guardians who do not have a valid exemption must be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus by Nov. 2, and reservists and Guardsmen by Dec. 2. READ MORE   UK ambassador, naval chief say Queen Elizabeth patrol is diplomacy afloat The aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, which docked over the weekend at Yokosuka Naval Base, is preparing for the second half of a deployment that began in May and will cover approximately 26,000 nautical miles. READ MORE

South Korean police arrest woman suspected of beating 3-year-old son of Camp Humphreys soldier to death Police declared the child dead after finding his bruised body Sunday morning at a home in Pyeongtaek city, near Camp Humphreys. READ MORE   Nine coronavirus cases at US naval base as Tokyo numbers continue to slide One U.S. installations in Japan reported new coronavirus cases on Tuesday. Sasebo Naval Base said nine people had tested positive since Thursday. READ MORE   ‘Invisible behind their bases’: Security after 9/11 changed the way American troops interact with Germans A legacy that remains in place today and will continue to be a fact of military life for years to come in Europe: heavily fortified bases that resemble nothing like the relatively easy-access installations of the pre-attack era. READ MORE   ‘We didn’t know what to say’: Communication is key to Ramstein support of Afghan evacuees At the height of the largest U.S. airlift in history, Air Force Col. Amy Glisson and her team learned to build tents incredibly fast and distribute tens of thousands of meals per day to support a peak of 21,000 people between Ramstein and the Army’s Rhine Ordnance Barracks. READ MORE   American diplomats recall 20-hour days, sleeping in Kabul airport while helping those desperate to flee With insurgent forces closing in quickly, Foreign Service officers John Johnson and Evan Davis fled their Kabul apartments so urgently that they left some possessions behind. READ MORE

 

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