Included in the awards and decorations the now-sergeant deceptively wore were the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon and Joint Meritorious Unit Award.
Kevin Yali, 27, first enlisted in the Navy in 2012 and served four deployments. He was in Afghanistan as an inactive reservist providing private security to American troops when he died on June 19 -- less than three weeks after he first arrived in Afghanistan.
Oil importing nations like China and Japan should be protecting their own ships in the Strait of Hormuz, according to President Trump, who questioned the U.S. military’s presence in the region to safeguard oil-shipping routes.
The Pentagon provided reporters a map indicating that the U.S. drone shot down by Iran was over international waters, challenging Iran’s allegations that the drone was flying over Iran.
