Afganistan

NAVIFOR Pushing Sailors to Keep Pace With Changing Tech

Vice Adm. Kelly Aeschbach, commander of Naval Information Forces (NAVIFOR) on Feb. 15, 2023. US Navy Photo

The Navy’s information warfare command is improving how to integrate advanced capabilities into the fleet, like artificial intelligence and unmanned systems, its commander said.

The service is doing better at keeping pace with software changes that are part of information warfare, Vice Adm. Kelly Aeschbach, commander of Naval Information Forces, said  Tuesday at a Navy Memorial online forum.

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https://news.usni.org/2023/07/19/navifor-pushing-sailors-to-keep-pace-with-changing-tech

NAVIFOR Pushing Sailors to Keep Pace With Changing Tech

Vice Adm. Kelly Aeschbach, commander of Naval Information Forces (NAVIFOR) on Feb. 15, 2023. US Navy Photo

The Navy’s information warfare command is improving how to integrate advanced capabilities into the fleet, like artificial intelligence and unmanned systems, its commander said.

The service is doing better at keeping pace with software changes that are part of information warfare, Vice Adm. Kelly Aeschbach, commander of Naval Information Forces, said  Tuesday at a Navy Memorial online forum.

“...

https://news.usni.org/2023/07/19/navifor-pushing-sailors-to-keep-pace-with-changing-tech

CENTCOM CO: No U.S. Over-the-Horizon Strikes in Afghanistan Since Withdrawal

Gen. Kenneth McKenzie commander, U.S. Central Command, provides testimony at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on ending the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. on Sept. 29, 2021. DoD Photo

The U.S. is gathering over-the-horizon intelligence on terrorist activities in Afghanistan but hasn’t made a strike against ISIS-K and al Qaeda, the head of U.S. Central Command told a Senate panel said.

Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth McKenzie said Tuesday in...

https://news.usni.org/2022/03/15/centcom-co-no-u-s-over-the-horizon-strikes-in-afghanistan-since-withdrawal

U.S. Central Command Report on Fatal Afghanistan Airport Attack

The following is the U.S. Army Investigation into the attack that killed 13 American service members helping evacuate civilians via the Hamid Karzai International airport. The report, completed in October, was released by Central Command on Feb. 8.

A lone suicide bomber killed at least 170 Afghanistan civilians and 13 American service members:

  • Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Darin T. Hoover, 31, of Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • Marine Corps Sgt. Johanny Rosariopichardo, 25, of Lawrence, Mass.
  • Marine Corps Sgt....

https://news.usni.org/2022/02/08/u-s-central-command-report-on-fatal-afghanistan-airport-attack

Panel: Russia Conflicted by America’s Afghanistan Withdrawal

U.S. Army soldiers board a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft prior to departure for Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Allies Refuge at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, on Aug. 13, 2021. US Air Force Photo

Russia’s Afghanistan failures in the 1980s are driving the Kremlin’s thinking of how to deal with the Taliban and the possible rise of religious extremism near its borders, two scholars on Central Asia said Wednesday.

Pavel Baev, a professor at Oslo’s Peace...

https://news.usni.org/2021/09/22/panel-russia-conflicted-by-americas-afghanistan-withdrawal

America Ends Military Ground Mission in Afghanistan After 20 Years; State Dept.-led Effort Tries To Evacuate Remaining U.S. Citizens, Allies

Army Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue, commander of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, boards a C-17 cargo plane at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug 30, 2021.

The U.S. has completed the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan after 20 years of troops on the ground, with the last military transport plane departing the country at about 3:30 p.m. East Coast time, the commander of U.S. Central Command said on Monday.

The final C-17 Globemaster...

https://news.usni.org/2021/08/30/america-ends-military-ground-mission-in-afghanistan-after-20-years-state-dept-led-effort-tries-to-evacuate-remaining-u-s-citizens-allies

Navy, Army Confirm Deaths in Kabul Attack that Killed 13; 18 Wounded Arrive in Germany for Treatment

Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command, provide assistance at an Evacuation Control Checkpoint (ECC) during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 21, 2021. US Marine Corps Photo

Eighteen service members who were wounded in the suicide bomb attack outside of the Kabul airport are now in a U.S. military hospital in Germany, while the Army and Navy confirmed a solider and sailor died in the explosion,...

https://news.usni.org/2021/08/27/navy-army-confirm-deaths-in-kabul-attack-that-killed-13-18-wounded-arrive-in-germany-for-treatment

U.S. Troops Among Those Killed in Attacks on Kabul Airport

Marine with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) provides security during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 18, 2021. US Marine Corps Photo

U.S. troops are among the dead following two suicide bomb attacks on crowds struggling to get into the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Thursday, according to a statement from the Pentagon.

“We can confirm that a number of U.S. service members were killed in today’s complex attack at Kabul...

https://news.usni.org/2021/08/26/u-s-troops-among-those-killed-in-attacks-on-kabul-airport

Panel: Long-term Resettlement of Afghan Refugees is ‘Where the Crisis is Moving’

Families board a U.S. Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 24, 2021. US Marine Corps Photo

After the evacuation from Afghanistan ends, the next work that needs to be done is to permanently resettle the flood of refugees leaving the country and “try to understand what’s going on after we leave,” a former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs said Wednesday.

“A lot of things are going to be left behind” in keeping...

https://news.usni.org/2021/08/25/panel-long-term-resettlement-of-afghan-refugees-is-where-the-crisis-is-moving

Petraeus Questions U.S. Ability to Counter Terrorism After Afghanistan’s Fall

A Chinook helicopter transports equipment around Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. US Army photo by Sgt. James Dansie.

The “harsh reality” of the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban raises question on how closely Washington can keep an eye on Islamic extremism, David Petraeus, a former top commander in the Middle East and a former CIA director, said on Monday.

“You seldom can go wrong by preparing for the worst,” the retired Army general said Monday. “It’s going to take a fleet of aerial tankers to...

https://news.usni.org/2021/08/23/petraeus-questions-u-s-ability-to-counter-terrorism-after-afghanistans-fall

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