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August 30, 2021

 

20-year mission in Afghanistan is over, last US military flights leave Kabul The U.S. has flown its final flight out of Kabul, marking the end of nearly 20 years in Afghanistan, the top commander in the region said Monday. READ MORE

Nearly 5,300 Guard troops deployed for Hurricane Ida recovery, rescue efforts Troops staged 195 high-water vehicles and 73 rescue boats across south Louisiana, as well as 34 helicopters to support search and rescue, evacuation and reconnaissance missions as needed, according to the Guard. READ MORE

US thwarts another attempted ISIS attack in final hours of Kabul evacuations U.S. forces stopped two Islamic State attacks against troops still evacuating Americans and Afghans from the Kabul airport in the final hours of its 20-year mission in Afghanistan, Army Maj. Gen. Hank Taylor said Monday. READ MORE   ‘Unjust actions’: Army illegally denied housing allowance to reservists and wrongly investigated them, board finds A US Army policy that denied housing dual housing allowances to reservists deployed to Europe violated federal law, a review board found. READ MORE   Families welcome home children adopted from Afghanistan and evacuated by US military Bahaudin Mujtaba and his wife, Lisa, spent five years fighting through bureaucratic roadblocks and were awaiting a final visa for the boy, named Noman, when the Kabul government collapsed and thousands of people began scrambling for any flight out. READ MORE

'With every hardship comes ease’: Air Force chaplain takes on task of comforting thousands In a little over a week, Air Force Capt. Mir M. Ali, the only Muslim chaplain here, has gone from tending to the spiritual needs of a small U.S. Air Force community to taking on the task of providing hope for thousands of dispossessed Afghans living in tents. READ MORE   Pandemic lapses bring scrutiny to Navy grooming and military standards in Naples READ MORE   North Korea’s apparent nuclear reactor restart is ‘cause for serious concern,’ UN agency says The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog says North Korea’s nuclear activities, namely the apparent restart of a reactor used to produce weapons fuels, “continue to be a cause for serious concern.” READ MORE   There won't be sports on Guam or football at Daegu Island's governor closes schools on Guam. DODEA school will stay open, but has no one to play. And Korea's smallest DODEA high school doesn't have enough players for football. READ MORE   For Carl Vinson crew visiting Japan, COVID-19 restraints mean golf, softball and movies on base The San Diego-based aircraft carrier pulled into Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on Saturday, for its first visit in nearly two decades. Although sailors are unable to leave base due to COVID-19 restrictions, the installation has planned several events to offer as much entertainment as possible, said base spokesman Randall Baucom. READ MORE   COVID-19 outbreak shutters over a dozen Defense Department classrooms on Okinawa The island prefecture hit a pandemic high on Wednesday with 809 new cases, public broadcaster NHK reported. Seven people died last week of COVID-19 complications. READ MORE

 

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