{"id":2018422,"date":"2023-08-31T17:15:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T21:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/austin-announces-awards-for-military-units-involved-in-afghanistan-evacuation\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T17:17:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T21:17:24","slug":"austin-announces-awards-for-military-units-involved-in-afghanistan-evacuation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/austin-announces-awards-for-military-units-involved-in-afghanistan-evacuation\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin awards military units involved in Afghanistan evacuation."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faustin-announces-awards-for-military-units-involved-in-afghanistan-evacuation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2018422&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The \u2062U.S. Military Units Honored for Heroic Evacuation Efforts in Afghanistan<\/h2>\n<p>The U.S. military units\u200b involved in the evacuation \u2062of Afghanistan two years ago have been recognized for their extraordinary work\u200c under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fda-lifts-restriction-on-remote-prescriptions-of-abortion-drugs\/\" title=\"FDA Lifts Restriction on Remote Prescriptions of Abortion Drugs\">life-threatening conditions<\/a>.\u200b Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Thursday that the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis\u200d Response-Central Command, and Joint Task Force 82 of the 82nd Airborne Division and its supporting units\u2064 have been approved for \u200cthe prestigious Presidential Unit Citation.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. military initiated a \u2062noncombatant evacuation\u2064 operation in mid-August 2021 following the Taliban&#8217;s overthrow \u200cof the U.S.-backed \u200dGhani government and the U.S.-trained Afghan army. For two weeks, thousands of\u2063 Afghans, fearing life under the new \u200bTaliban regime, flocked to the gates of \u2064the Kabul airport every day, hoping to secure a spot on the evacuation flights.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Recognition\u200c of Heroic Actions<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;The Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division and \u200cJoint Task Force 82 (JTF-82) demonstrated\u2064 heroic discipline and courage during \u200bthe execution of the\u200b non<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/families-mourn-the-loss-of-fallen-service-members-in-kabul-airport\/\" title=\"Families mourn the loss of fallen service members in Kabul airport\">-combatant evacuation operations<\/a>\u2062 in support of Operation Allies Refuge at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan,&#8221; Secretary\u2063 of the Army Christine\u2064 Wormuth said in \u2063a statement. &#8220;The bravery of the Soldiers on the ground and the dedication\u2064 of those who supported every evacuation flight exemplify the ideals \u2064of service with honor and compassion. Until the last aircraft departed, the 82nd Airborne Division and members of JTF-82 \u200dheld \u2064the line and provided the safe passage needed to evacuate over 100,000 U.S. citizens, Afghan civilians, and family \u2063members.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the grave\u2062 threat of a terror attack, the\u200d U.S. military successfully evacuated over 120,000 civilians in August 2021. Tragically, \u200con August 26, an ISIS-K terrorist carried out a suicide bombing, resulting in the deaths of thirteen U.S.\u200c service members, numerous injuries, and the loss of approximately 170 Afghan civilians.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Unparalleled Courage\u200d and Bravery<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;The courage and bravery shown \u2063by the Marines of the 24th \u200bMarine Expeditionary Unit\u2063 and Special \u2062Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force \u200c\u2013 Crisis Response \u2013\u2062 Central Command\u200b and Sailors while executing the\u2063 largest noncombatant evacuation \u200boperation ever completed is unparalleled,&#8221; Secretary \u2063of the Navy Carlos Del\u2063 Toro said in \u2064a statement. &#8220;These service members worked tirelessly to assist \u200dU.S. \u2062citizens, U.S. government officials, and thousands of desperate Afghan civilians trying to\u2062 flee their\u200d country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Recently, Gold Star parents of\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/austin-announces-awards-for-military-units-involved-in-afghanistan-evacuation\/\" title=\"Austin awards military units involved in Afghanistan evacuation.\">fallen service members\u2062 gathered<\/a> on Capitol Hill to participate in a roundtable event led\u200d by House Foreign\u200d Affairs Committee Chairman\u2063 Michael McCaul. These parents expressed their anger towards military leadership and the executive branch, including President \u2064Joe Biden, for what they perceive\u2064 as a lack of transparency and accountability.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Seeking Answers and\u200c Accountability<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Two years have\u2063 gone by and where are we? To be frank, we&#8217;re knee-deep in bulls*** is where \u200bwe are,&#8221; Mark Schmitz, the father of fallen Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, said during the event. &#8220;Everyone who held \u2064a\u200c key position in the military still has that position or has\u2063 been promoted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Greg\u200c Page, the father of Marine Cpl. Daegan W. Page, echoed this sentiment, stating, \u200c&#8221;We\u2019ve been lied to about \u2064what \u2063happened that day, as well as what happened to our \u200bchildren. We\u2019ve been \u2062lied to about our relationship with the Taliban, which, by the way,\u2062 have done more to take out the leaders\u2062 of this attack than our own leadership has.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Over the past two years, \u2064various service members have received\u200b awards for their actions in concluding the \u200bwar in Afghanistan. The Presidential Unit Citation, the highest honor a military\u200d unit can receive, has been bestowed upon troops involved in historic events such as the D-Day invasion, the \u2062mission \u200bto eliminate Osama Bin Laden, and the Coast \u200bGuard&#8217;s response to Hurricane\u200c Katrina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Airborne Division will receive the award for their commendable efforts during the perilous evacuation mission in Afghanistan. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made the announcement, acknowledging the challenging circumstances these military units faced while carrying out their duties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2018423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2018422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2018422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2018423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2018422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2018422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2018422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}