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Senators ask for clarity on Wanat inquiry
Kabul :: Afghanistan | almost 3 years ago
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HST, Jul 24, 2010 Five U.S. senators, among them Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, asked the secretary of the Army yesterday to explain the Army's decision to overturn results of an independent investigation of the 2008 Battle of Wanat in eastern Afghanistan.
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Families battle Army ruling
Kabul :: Afghanistan | almost 3 years ago
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HST, Jun 30, 2010 The families of nine soldiers killed in the deadly Battle of Wanat in Afghanistan hope to secure support from influential members of Congress as they fight an Army decision exonerating the battlefield commanders. Those families,
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3 U.S. officers spared reprimands
Upi :: Philippines | almost 3 years ago
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Army has canceled letters of reprimand for three U.S. officers for their role in an attack on an outpost in Afghanistan in 2008, officials say. When the Taliban stormed the outpost in Wanat, nine U.S. soldiers were killed and 27 wounded...Matthew
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Outside View: Wanat Afghanistan, tactical victory, strategic defeat
Helsinki :: Finland | 3 years ago
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Last week it was reported that four-star U.S...Charles Campbell of Army Forces Command issued career-ending official reprimands to Capt...Chip Preysler, company, battalion and brigade commanders who, according to the Army investigation, failed to
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Three officers reprimanded
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 3 years ago
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Three Army officers have received letters of reprimand for mistakes made before a 2008 battle in Afghanistan that resulted in the death of nine American soldiers, including 1st Lt...The disciplinary action is part of the fallout from more than a year’
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Command errors preceded Taliban attack on Afghan outpost
Kabul :: Afghanistan | over 3 years ago
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Afghanistan — A series of command errors set the stage for a Taliban attack on a remote American outpost four months ago, which left eight U.S. soldiers dead in one of the war's most lethal ground assaults, according to a military report released
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U.S. officers could face discipline over deadly Afghan ambush
Denver :: CO :: USA | over 3 years ago
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A military investigation into an ambush that left nine Americans dead recommends that the Army consider taking disciplinary action against three U.S. commanders who oversaw the 2008 mission to send troops to the remote Afghan outpost, defense
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'Negligent' US Army officers to be punished
Kabul :: Afghanistan | over 3 years ago
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Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:14:45 GMT Font size : A United States military investigation panel calls for disciplinary action against three US Army officers who have faulted in Afghanistan. Reports say although senior officers had intelligence on an
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Fort Benning Airborne soldier awarded Silver Star
Kabul :: Afghanistan | over 3 years ago
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Grimm honored for action in 2008 Afghan battle lgordon@ledger-enquirer.com Staff Sgt...Grimm was awarded the Silver Star — the nation’s third highest military decoration behind the Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Service Cross — in a ceremony
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