US troops awarded Presidential Unit Citation for Kabul evacuation

[rangerrebew]

US troops awarded Presidential Unit Citation for Kabul evacuation

The Kabul evacuation rescued more than 124,000 people. Some troops say that more individual awards should be approved from the mission.

BY JEFF SCHOGOL | PUBLISHED AUG 31, 2023 2:17 PM EDT
 
 
The Army and Marine Corps units that rushed to Afghanistan in August 2021 to oversee the evacuation of more than 124,000 civilians from Kabul in roughly two weeks will receive the Presidential Unit Citation, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Thursday.

Troops will be able to wear the award if they were assigned to those units for those missions. But some troops told Task & Purpose that the unit awards should be paired with further individual awards for so-far unacknowledged acts of heroism by individual service members.


Awarded for extraordinary heroism on vital missions, the Presidential Unit Citation is the highest honor that a military unit can receive. The award has gone to units that parachuted or stormed ashore on D-Day, the Navy SEAL team that killed Osama Bin Laden, and Coast Guard units behind that service’s full-throttle response to Hurricane Katrina.

“In recognition of teams that operated and excelled under these difficult and dangerous conditions, I am proud to announce the approval of the Presidential Unit Citation for the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, and Joint Task Force 82 of the 82nd Airborne Division and its supporting units,” Austin said in a statement recognizing the second anniversary of the end of the Afghanistan War.

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/us-troops-kabul-evacuation-presidential-unit-citation/

[rangerrebew]

Never have so few been given so many medals over a total debacle!  The Pentagon and POTUS keep trying to minimize the disaster they created by throwing out so many medals whenever they get a chance.  It is disgusting the way they have used deaths and injuries of the troops there to try to take the focus off the terrible decisions of the leadership.

[DefiantMassRINO]

13 families would rather have their loved ones back.

What happened in Kabul was everone had to run for their lives because the American Government was not prepared.

The weakness and ineptitude of the American Government inspired Putin to invade Ukraine.

[Wingnut]

There is one worthy of giving it the John Kerry  treatment