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August 24, 2021

 

US reaches highest evacuation numbers for second day in a row The U.S. military has reached its highest daily evacuation numbers for the second consecutive day, using 37 aircraft to evacuate 12,700 people from Afghanistan in a 24-hour period. READ MORE

Afghan evacuees continue to fly into Ramstein Air Base while 700 leave for US The number of evacuees from Afghanistan at Ramstein remained steady Tuesday at about 7,000, with a constant flow of arrivals and departures in the past two days, base officials said. READ MORE

Troops in Qatar running on fumes as CENTCOM bases continue to take in Afghan evacuees American service members at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar are starting to feel the strain from their extraordinary efforts in the mass evacuation from Afghanistan, prompting comrades elsewhere in U.S. Central Command to assist in the airlifts. READ MORE   House lawmakers call on Biden to extend deadline to withdraw US forces from Afghanistan Biden decided Tuesday to stick with the Aug. 31 deadline to withdraw U.S. military forces from the country, citing the increasing rate of evacuations and the security risks, now that Afghanistan is under Taliban control. Biden relayed his decision Tuesday morning to the Group of Seven. READ MORE   Navy officer attributes fatal car crash to altitude sickness after trip to Mount Fuji Lt. Ridge Hanneman Alkonis said he lost consciousness due to acute mountain sickness, a common set of symptoms that occur with a trip to high altitude. READ MORE

Gym teacher at US base in South Korea gets probation for smuggling drugs in box of chocolates The unnamed American working at an unnamed U.S. military base in Pyeongtaek city, Gyeonggi Province, attempted to smuggle 120 oxycodone tablets and 315 morphine-based tablets by mail on Dec. 17, according to records at the Incheon District Court. READ MORE   Some Afghan evacuees without US visas may gain temporary status to enter country The evacuees include U.S. citizens, green card holders, applicants for the Special Immigrant Visa who served alongside American forces or government agencies in Afghanistan, and others in danger due to their work as journalists or civil society activists. READ MORE   Air Force major hopes her pageant wins will inspire more women to become pilots Maj. Raliene Banks, an Air Force officer with a sideline as a pageant competitor, is using her spotlight to promote opportunities for women in aviation. READ MORE   Former Airborne medic found Paralympic inspiration treating wounded Iraq, Afghanistan vets After being diagnosed with synovial sarcoma, former Army medic Kelly Elmlinger's leg was amputated below the knee. That same year, she completed her first triathlon. READ MORE   Maskless partygoers prompt investigation at Air Force base in South Korea Videos posted to Instagram and TikTok show military personnel drinking and dancing during an event at the Enlisted Club. READ MORE   ‘Rocking the foundation of our unit’: Soldier dies in Alaska hunting accident Sgt. 1st Class David Frederick White, 40, served as an explosive ordnance disposal specialist with the 65th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, according to base officials. He was a 19-year Army veteran who deployed four times to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. READ MORE

 

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