Policy
Army Chief: We’re Not Pushing Critical Race Theory
“What we’re trying to build is teams where everyone treats everyone with respect,” McConville said.
Threats
Army Chief Calls for Afghanistan Review: ‘Let the Cards Fall Where They Fall’
McConville says lessons must be learned because “terrorism is not going away.”
Defense Systems
JADC2 implementation plan weeks away, DOD says
The Pentagon says it is weeks away from completing its implementation plan to achieve the Defense Department's goal of Joint All Domain Command and Control.
Science & Tech
This May Be First Step In Curing PTSD With A Pill
A start-up, funded in part by the U.S. Army, could be on track to revolutionizing what we know about PTSD.
Threats
The Kabul Airlift in 5 Charts
The largest emergency airlift ever handled by the U.S. military started slowly and built to a torrent.
Threats
California, Louisiana Receive Outside Help to Support Natural Disaster Response
Both states have units deployed that would otherwise be helping in their efforts.
Ideas
Calculating the Costs of the Afghanistan War
The war in Afghanistan, like many other wars before it, began with optimistic assessments of a quick victory and the promise to rebuild at war’s end.
Threats
Inside the Final Hours at Kabul Airport
Alone on the airfield after hundreds of other U.S. troops had left, five handpicked joint tactical exfiltration crews blew up the last remaining defenses and took off in the dark.
Threats
The Last U.S. Military Plane Has Left Kabul. What’s Next for Americans, Afghans Left Behind?
"Do not count on Americans to save you," one volunteer rescue group warns Afghans now at risk.
Science & Tech
US Army Wants to Put Facial Recognition in Daycare Centers
A pilot system at Fort Jackson would begin “monitoring the health and well-being of children."
Threats
The Final Retrograde from Afghanistan Has Officially Begun
The threat to U.S. personnel, aircraft in the final days at Kabul airport remains “very real” after a retaliatory U.S. drone strike took out two ISIS-K planners.
Threats
13 US Troops Killed, More Injured, in Terrorist Attack at Kabul Airport
10 Marines among the dead; they were securing one of the last gates open for Afghans, Americans to escape.
Threats
13 US Troops Killed in Terrorist Attack at Kabul Airport
In a statement, Biden vows to attackers: "We will hunt you down and make you pay."
Threats
US Troops, Afghans Killed by Explosion at Kabul Airport, Pentagon Says
Worsening security and the need to get all troops out is quickly closing the window to safely escape. ‘Today is likely last day,’ one memo advises.
Threats
Afghanistan Airlift Ops Have Rescued 101,300 From Kabul
But numbers out each day are dropping as Taliban tighten grip on airport, security threats rise.
Policy
Biden Holds to Aug. 31 Evacuation Deadline, But Orders Up ‘Contingency Plans’ for Afghanistan Pullout
Military, contracted planes have airlifted 87,900 people from Kabul as of Wednesday—but the Taliban is now clamping down on who can leave.
Defense Systems