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July 7, 2021

 

Pentagon cites security reasons for why precise hour of US withdrawal from Bagram Airfield was not disclosed Concerns over how Bagram was turned over come as dozens of districts in Afghanistan have fallen to the Taliban since May 1, when U.S. and NATO troops officially began to leave the country. READ MORE

Video of airman smashing in woman’s window prompts Air Force use of force review  The incident began June 26 when Gonzalez was denied entry to the base after arriving with an invalid military dependent ID, invalid driver’s license and invalid vehicle registration, an Air Force official said Tuesday in response to a Stars and Stripes inquiry. READ MORE

Lance corporal dies in off-duty accident on Okinawa Lance Cpl. Armando Hernandez was pronounced dead June 29 at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa on Camp Foster. READ MORE   Military housing company to spend $72 million upgrading communities at five Air Force bases Work should begin this year at Air Force properties overseen by Lendlease in Hawaii, California, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. READ MORE   Deployment of US troops along US-Mexico border will stretch into a fourth year, Pentagon announces About 3,800 troops are deployed now to the southwest border in support of U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents. The troops are a mix of active-duty service members and National Guard troops from nearly two dozen states. READ MORE

Green Beret’s Silver Star sheds light on US ground combat in Somalia An Army Green Beret was instrumental in retaking a key al-Shabab stronghold during a brutal firefight six years ago, newly released records of his Silver Star award reveal. READ MORE   VA to announce changes to multibillion-dollar overhaul of electronic health record system The Department of Veterans Affairs completed a review of its $16 billion project to overhaul its electronic health record system after hearing concerns from staff in Spokane, Wash., where the new system first went live.  READ MORE   US Army fires HIMARS rocket system for first time in Japan during Orient Shield U.S. soldiers fired a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System on the Japanese island of Hokkaido during a large-scale exercise that concluded Wednesday. READ MORE   Air Force mostly at fault in 2017 Texas church attack, judge rules A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Air Force is mostly responsible for a former serviceman killing more than two dozen people at a Texas church in 2017 because it failed to submit his criminal history into a database, which should have prevented him from purchasing firearms. READ MORE   Taliban fighters push into key city in northern Afghanistan amid string of advances Videos circulated by Taliban spokesmen showed cheering civilians on the outskirts of Qala-e Nau, the capital of Badghis province, as dozens of militants sped by on motorcycles. READ MORE   Iran hosts high-level Afghan peace talks as fighting surges Peace talks in Iran between the Taliban and Afghan government follow months-old discussions in Qatar that have been stalled by a diplomatic stalemate and escalating violence. READ MORE

 

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