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A few good tweets: Congressman thanks fictional Marine for his service, retweets account calling him a white supremacist
Representative Steve King did not have the best Fourth of July.
By Jon Simkins
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Former VA secretaries spar over ‘blue water’ Navy benefits
Four former VA leaders are urging lawmakers to reject the plan, while former VA Secretary David Shulkin is arguing for it.
US will have role in Afghan reconciliation with Taliban
The U.S. has a role to play in setting the conditions for members of the Taliban to lay down their weapons and move back into Afghanistan’s society, the top U.S. commander for the war said Thursday.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Marines push closer to the fight in Helmand
Marines will advise Afghan troops on the kandak, or battalion level, putting them closer to the front lines of combat.
By Shawn Snow
New in 2018: US troops return to the front lines in Afghanistan
In what appears to be a bit of deja vu for America’s longest war, U.S. troops will once again be patrolling alongside their Afghan counterparts in far larger numbers and at a more tactical level than the previous years.
By Shawn Snow
Afghan officials seek return of American A-10s
America’s beloved A-10 Thunderbolt II ―the “Warthog” ― may be headed back to Afghanistan.
By Shawn Snow
US and Afghan forces kill senior Taliban and al-Qaida commanders
U.S. and Afghan forces have killed several senior level al-Qaida and Taliban leaders over the past several days.
By Shawn Snow
Top general said he failed to report a colonel’s misconduct in Australia
Investigators said Lt. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson failed to properly report a colonel who was fired for drunken and lewd behavior in Australia.
By Jeff Schogol
US targets Taliban drug labs under new Afghan strategy
The top U.S. general in Afghanistan says American aircraft have targeted drug producing facilities for the first time under a new strategy aimed at cutting off Taliban funding.
NATO chief says they'll have enough forces in Afghanistan
NATO’s chief said Wednesday he is certain the alliance will have sufficient forces to fulfill its training mission in Afghanistan after months of lobbying allies to increase troop contributions.
NATO boosts support to Afghanistan war; Falls short of goal
After months of lobbying NATO allies to increase their troop contributions and support to the war in Afghanistan, the alliance came up short Thursday, meeting a bit more than 90 percent of the military requirements mapped out by commanders, according to NATO officials.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
US service member killed in Afghanistan
The loss comes just eight days after an Army special operations aviator was killed, also in Logar province.
By Staff Report