Walter Reed

CENTCOM: Keeping Bagram Airbase Was ‘Untenable’ Under White House Rules for Afghanistan 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 sprawling size of the U.S. airbase at Bagram and its isolation from Kabul meant that keeping it under American control was “untenable under the situation” once President Joe Biden ordered all U.S. forces out of Afghanistan, U.S. Central Command’s...

https://news.usni.org/2021/09/29/centcom-keeping-bagram-airbase-was-untenable-under-white-house-rules-for-afghanistan-withdrawal

Milley: Staying in Afghanistan Past Deadline Would Have Put U.S. Troops, Afghans in Danger

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, commander, United States Central Command appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan and plans for future counterterrorism operations on Sept. 28, 2021. DoD Photo

If Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden had chosen to ignore the dates set for the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, it would have meant moving elements of...

https://news.usni.org/2021/09/28/milley-staying-in-afghanistan-past-deadline-would-have-put-u-s-troops-afghans-in-danger

7 U.S. Wounded Marines Remain at Walter Reed After Kabul Attack

A 9/11 ceremony at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Sept. 9, 2021. US Army Photo

Seven injured U.S. Marines remain at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., following the attack last month in Afghanistan that killed 13 service members, according to the Marine Corps.

“As of Tuesday evening, the Marine Corps has 7 wounded at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center resulting from the attack on 26 August. Of those, two are in critical but stable...

https://news.usni.org/2021/09/15/7-u-s-wounded-marines-remain-at-walter-reed-after-kabul-attack

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