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Marine Corps Gen. Frank McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command, formally took over responsibility for U.S. Forces Afghanistan at the ceremony. He paid tribute to Miller, calling him ...
Counterinsurgency: Army infantrymen, Afghan National Army troops, and attached Marines again sparred with ACM forces in the region, inflicting significant losses against the enemy Operation Athena: 17 July 2003: December 2011: Kabul and Kandahar: Security: The Canadian Forces contribution to the International Security Assistance Force in ...
October 2010 – 4 Marines with 3rd Battalion 5th Marines were killed in the Sangin district when an IED destroyed the MATV they were riding in. The 3/5 Sangin deployment was the deadliest deployment for the whole of the Marine Corps. April 27, 2011 – Eight United States Air Force Airmen and one American contractor were killed at the Kabul ...
The War in Afghanistan was a prolonged conflict lasting from 2001 to 2021. It began with the invasion by a United States-led coalition under the name Operation Enduring Freedom as a direct response to the September 11 attacks , toppling the Taliban -ruled Islamic Emirate and establishing the Islamic Republic three years later.
According to a new report by the U.N. mission in Afghanistan, or UNAMA, since the takeover in mid-August 2021 and until the end of May, there were 3,774 civilian casualties, including 1,095 people ...
Alec Catherwood was a 19-year-old lance corporal in the Marine Corps when he was killed in combat in Afghanistan. Eleven years later, Alec’s mother watched the Taliban’s swift takeover of ...
Marines detonate a M58 MICLIC during clearing operations. From November 29 - December 6, Marines from Mobility Assault Company, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion began a major clearing operation of Route 611 towards the Kajaki Dam, an area which was known by most units to be the most heavily mined area in the region as well as one of the most insurgent-ridden districts in the south.
U.S. Marine Sergeant Johanny Rosario returned to her hometown in Massachusetts in a casket on Saturday, one of the last American service members killed in Afghanistan during a war set in motion ...