U.S. Marines Pullout Newsletter
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Terrifying reality of how Nato would stack up against Putin WITHOUT £3.8TN US military might amid fears of Trump pullout
26 Feb 2024 13:51 GMT
THE US ditching its Nato allies would be "the worst possible case scenario" and would "embolden Vladimir Putin to push into Europe", a former army commander has warned.
As Donald Trump edges closer to snatching back the keys to the …
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Woman killed by propeller lost "situational awareness," Air Force says
08 Apr 2024 11:32 GMT
A civilian contract employee who was killed when she walked into the moving propeller of an unmanned aircraft at a Southern California airfield in September lost "situational awareness" before the fatal incident, Air Force officials said Friday. …
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Afghans chose razor wire suicide over Taliban when Kabul fell, US Marine tells lawmakers
09 Mar 2023 00:57 GMT
… ” about the botched US troop pullout last year after President Biden … and saved more people.
“Multiple US Marines assigned to [Kabul airport’s …
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'Pain does not go away': Anger persists for family of U.S. Marine killed in Kabul
17 Aug 2022 10:17 GMT
WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - The last text message Darin Taylor Hoover sent his mother from Kabul's airport a year ago was short but one she still reads every day.
"Mamma I'm safe, I love you," the 31-year-old Marine Corps staff …
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Afghan Couple Accuses US Marine Of Abducting Toddler In Lawsuit
21 Oct 2022 11:52 GMT
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The marine sought to adopt the baby after she lost both parents in Kabul in 2019
By the time he was granted custody, Red Cross had tracked down the next of kin
The child's relatives allege she was taken from them when they came to the U.S. …
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Gold Star Father Arrested at SOTU Says Biden Administration “Never” Contacted Him
28 Mar 2024 10:53 GMT
… he exclaimed, “Remember Abbey Gate! U.S. Marines!” referencing the controversial withdrawal from … was killed during Biden’s pullout from Afghanistan. Joe Biden won …
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‘I Don’t Know Why They Hate Us So Much’: Gold Star Father Arrested At SOTU Tells Tucker Biden ‘Never’ Contacted Him
28 Mar 2024 02:34 GMT
… and shouting, “Remember Abbey Gate! U.S. Marines!” about the Democratic president’s … was killed during Biden’s pullout from Afghanistan. Joe Biden won …
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Chaos at Kabul’s airport delays the arrival of thousands of U.S. Marines in Afghanistan.
16 Aug 2021 13:01 GMT
… were cleared.
About 3,000 U.S. Marines and soldiers were expected to … with the American military’s pullout. But it said last week …
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Latino U.S. Marine veteran compares tumultuous pullout in Vietnam to Afghanistan withdrawal
27 Aug 2021 04:52 GMT
Images of the deadly United States evacuation of Afghanistan brought back horrible memories clearly for a veteran Latino soldier - one of the last American servicemen to leave Vietnam almost five decades ago.
Juan José Valdez and nine other Marines hid on …
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State Department 'did not send their best' to Afghanistan for botched evacuation, ex-official says in scathing testimony
01 Apr 2024 23:12 GMT
… volunteers to assist in the pullout were sought from major US … may have sent their worst.”
US Marines provide assistance during an evacuation …