Figure in the taliban. And they were inserted to go start that mission, to go find their target inserted by air, by helicopter. Once they were on the ground, they ended up in some sort of significant fight on the ground. And a decision was made that a second bolstering force would be sent in. Basically, to help them to bolster what they were doing and also to get them. That force was a considerable force. Bringing with them a considerable amount of weaponry, skill, combat experience. Almost unparalleled among the u. S. Military. And that second force was sent in on one of these. A huge u. S. Army chinook helicopter. There were 38 u. S. Personnel excuse me, there were 38 personnel onboard that chinook that went in as that bolstering force that night. It was ten years ago this month, it was august 6th, 2011, and that night somehow it may have just been a lucky shot with a lowtech rocketpropelled grenade. But somehow, that gigantic chinook helicopter with all those men onboard was shot do
Skill, combat experience. Almost unparalleled among the u. S. Military. And that second force was sent in on one of these. A huge u. S. Army chinook helicopter. There were 38 u. S. Personnel excuse me, there were 38 personnel onboard that chinook that went in as that bolsteringr force that night. It was ten years ago this month, it was august 6th, 2011, and that night somehow it may have just been a lucky shot with a om lowtech rocketpropelled a grenade. But somehow, that gigantic chinook helicopter with all l those men onboard was shot down. And the toll was absolutely devastating. Everybody onboard was killed. It was 22 u. S. Navy s. E. A. L. S, three u. S. Air force airmen, five u. S. Army and army national guard soldiers, seven commandos from the afghan national army. Seven afghan commandos, an afghan translator. Also, a u. S. Military working dog that was assigned to members of one of the s. E. A. L. Teams onboard. 38 personnel onboard. All 38 of them killed. That was the single d
Secretary lloyd austin has approved sending 1,000 additional troops to the country for a total of 6,000. More than double that were on the ground when the drawdown started. All day, americans have been ferried aboard choppers. Those that haven t made it to safety yet are being told to shelter in place. The afghan president has already fled the country. Other afghans are trying to do the same right now. They re filling up their cars and lining up at banks to grab any cash that they can before fleeing. The u. S. Embassy is shuttered, and we re told the american flag has been lowered and removed. It will likely be replaced with a taliban banner in the coming days, a humiliating symbol of two decades of american and coalition sacrifice that now appear to have been in vain. Security editor for us, nick paton walsh, is live in kabul, nick, we just learned that the presidential palace was officially handed over to the taliban. Just remarkable images coming in all day long of this transfer of
Preventable. The united states averaging more than 108,000 new cases per day. The sevenday average is showing 19,000 new cases per day and the hospitalization rate for florida more than triple the national rate but the governor there ron desantis is going to take a stand against measures that can stop the spread before its innocent kids who before it hits innocent kids that can t be vaccinated and hits them where? it hits them in their schools. He feels so strongly about this, so strongly school boards not take steps that they and medical experts say are needed to protect the kids that tonight he is threatening to withhold the salaries of superintendents and school board members who disregard his executive order prohibiting mask mandates for school districts. Previously he threatened to cut funding to school districts that require masks. Seriously? he s declaring war on local school officials who may feel it s necessary for children in their districts to wear masks? is making kids sick
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