Below is a active screenshot of our newsletter headlines on September 3, 2021. It shows how rapidly a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan turned into a hasty and deadly evacuation that left fellow citizens and Afghan allies behind to fit a President’s timeline…
Over time the links will go dead as America once again forgets the sacrifice of our young military volunteers that served and sacrificed for us to keep our country safe for 20-years – all for a photo-op for the Biden administration so he could say he ended America’s longest war…
You served with HONOR and distinction, hold your heads high!
Northwest Veterans Newsletter
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Retired military leaders demand mass resignation of Biden team: Milley, Austin, Blinken, Sullivan – FoxNews – 1 Sep 21
Search continues for five missing crewmembers after Navy helicopter crash; one rescued – MilitaryTimes – 1 Sep 21
Newsletter comment – 1 Sep 21: We saw today at the White House Press Conference that they don’t want to discuss those who were left behind in Afghanistan, only discuss those who were evacuated during this debacle. We guess they are ready to move on and put this fiasco behind them…
The White House may desire to move on but we military veterans have long memories.
Roger Young, Northwest Veterans Newsletter co-editor
Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III On the End of the American War in Afghanistan – DoD – 30 Aug 21
IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO ALL VETERANS: WDVA Veteran Voices – Wash. State Dept. of Veterans Affairs– 30 Aug 21
On a personal note as a Vietnam veteran, I cannot put into words exactly how I feel, but together we will get through yet another very difficult period in our history. And to our younger vet Brothers & Sisters, you have served with HONOR and kept us safe for 20-years!!
Salute,
Roger Young – Northwest Veterans Newsletter co-editor
It’s official: The US has no boots on the ground in Afghanistan – MilitaryTimes – 30 Aug 21
Evacuee numbers dwindle as U.S. heads into final day of boots on the ground in Afghanistan – MilitaryTimes – 30 Aug 21
Biden paying respects to 13 US troops killed in Afghanistan – MilitaryTimes – 29 Aug 21
US drone strike takes out ISIS-K suicide vehicle in Kabul: CENTCOM – MilitaryTimes – 29 Aug 21
Taps for our fallen: DOD Identifies Marine Corps, Navy and Army Casualties – DoD – 28 Aug 21
Marine officer relieved of duty after calling out senior leaders about Afghanistan – Politico – 27 Aug 21
ISIS-K ‘planner’ killed in drone strike, CENTCOM says – MilitaryTimes – 27 Aug 21
Statement by Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby on This Morning’s Attack on HKIA – DoD – 26 Aug 21
Opinion: Mike Pompeo: Biden’s weakness puts American lives at risk in Afghanistan. We can’t leave anyone behind – FoxNews – 24 Aug 21
Biden won’t extend Afghanistan deadline as Taliban reiterates demand for US forces to leave – FoxNews – 24 Aug 21
Opinion: Amb. Nikki Haley: Biden’s Afghanistan fiasco will have huge impact on US security. Here’s the way forward – FoxNews – 20 Aug 21
Journalist Joe Galloway, who covered 1st Cav in Vietnam, dies at 79 – Killeen Daily Herald – 18 Aug 21
Talking About Afghanistan – We’re Here to Help – Health.mil – Posted 18 Aug 21
Chaos at Afghanistan’s Kabul airport as Taliban take over country – FoxNews – 16 Aug 21
Afghan president flees the country as Taliban move on Kabul – Seattle Times – 14 Aug 21
More Marines arrive in Kabul to aid urgent embassy airlift amid Taliban advance – MilitaryTimes – 14 Aug 21
About 8,000 US troops are deploying to secure evacuations from Kabul – MilitaryTimes – 12 Aug 21
US military to help evacuate Americans from embassy in Kabul: officials – FoxNews – 12 Aug 21
Newsletter comment: For those of us that served in Vietnam, I believe we’ve seen this movie before. Do we ever learn from past experiences? – Roger Young, Northwest Veterans Newsletter
Pentagon to require COVID vaccine for all troops by Sept. 15 – MilitaryTimes – 9 Aug 21
Secretary of Defense Message to the Force – DoD – 9 Aug 21
News from WDVA – Wash. State Dept. of Veterans Affairs – 6 Aug 21
Department Prioritizes Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority, Implementing 2020 Strategy – DoD – 5 Aug 21
Op-Ed: Where is Seattle’s plan to address crime and prioritize public safety? by former SPD Chief Carmen Best – 5 Aug 21
VA to start processing disability claims for certain conditions related to particulate matter – VA – 2 Aug 21
Airman Accounted For From Vietnam War (Avolese, P.) – DPAA – Posted 2 Aug 21
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