by Jeanne McKinney | Aug 22, 2021 | All, Articles, Military, U.S. Marine Corps
SAN DIEGO: In strategic locations around the globe there is a USMC Ground Combat Element (GCE) on a Navy ship ready to respond to crises like Kabul. “The 24th [Marine Expeditionary Unit] MEU was on a regularly scheduled deployment when they were tasked to be...
by Jeanne McKinney | Aug 19, 2021 | All, Articles, Military
SAN DIEGO: Wednesday, the Defense Dept. and State Dept. confirmed that some 15,000 remaining American citizens inside/outside the Karzai airport in Kabul, Afghanistan are at the mercy of the Taliban. In addition, thousands of British and other allies’ citizens...
by Jeanne McKinney | Aug 17, 2021 | All, Articles, Military
SAN DIEGO: Now flying their flag over Kabul, the Taliban are on the hunt for anyone who opposed them over the last 20 years. The people our Afghanistan vets protected. The Taliban lie publicly saying it will be a “peaceful” transfer of power. When already, according...
by Jeanne McKinney | Aug 16, 2021 | All, Articles, Military
SAN DIEGO: A terrible panic has erupted sending hundreds to Afghanistan’s Kabul airport to try and escape the Taliban. The people are left to their own defenses as President Ashraf Ghani hides away having fled his country. The former leader, soft on the Taliban, left...
by Jeanne McKinney | Aug 16, 2021 | All, Articles, Military
SAN DIEGO: The president of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani has fled Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul leaving his people in the hands of Taliban terrorists. Jumping on a wide-open opportunity with Biden’s unrelenting U.S. troop withdrawal, Taliban commanders seized...
by Jeanne McKinney | Aug 13, 2021 | All, Articles, Military
SAN DIEGO: How many times have we heard the mission in Afghanistan was to stop terror groups like al Qaeda from planning, executing attacks on the U.S.? The likes of what we witnessed on 9/11. Never again was the Bush promise. It’s crucial to know why we were there...