CNN: US sending around 650 troops to Afghanistan to protect forces as they withdraw
(CNN)The Pentagon is assembling a force of around 650 troops to send to Afghanistan in the coming days to protect US forces as they withdraw from the country, according to several defense officials.
The deployment was approved by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin late last week as part of a package of military assets being sent to the country to facilitate the US withdrawal, which is due to be complete by September 11.
The ground troops are largely expected to come from the 75th Ranger Regiment, which already has some personnel in the region as part of a special operations force unit.
The Rangers being sent are expected to have dedicated aircraft able to transport them around the country as well as close air support such as AC-130 gunships to protect them if they are attacked along with departing troops.
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WNU Editor: More proof that the Pentagon has expectations that its withdrawal will be messy.
10 comments:
Hysteria over the withdrawal of 2000-3000 troops isn’t warranted. All troops will be withdrawn by air. All flights will have heavy air cover, most likely at night. It will be done quickly with gear first troops in C-17 holding 100 or more per flight. Flight path will be covered by armed drones capable of seeing a rabbit.
You (1:39) have a prediction. We cannot hold you to it, because you have no internet handle.
Has the same as yours
Not quite
I appreciate people who sign off like Ron does with a name like Ron does. It may not be their actual name, but it is consistent. I would use a an internet handle, but I saw how that worked. As soon as I stopped using it the same trolls went after another person and 3 to 6 weeks later, they dropped their internet handle.
Anon 1:43, how old are you? 12 yo I’m guessing. Definitely not on AP track.
1:39 gave a pie in the sky estimate. We take the equipment out first. Does the write know how much equipment, how much it weight or how bulky it is?
4:11 I think you are a PhD candidate for any and all leftwing field of study.
Cool. Pretty sure the 75th. Dropped in first after 9,11. Low altitude drops to secure airfields. We were all so proud and sure then.
We already have the airfields. Drone or no drone will they get all the Taliban that may have a manpad?
Drones operate out of where? Central Asian stans? The IO? If it is the IO, what is their loiter time? How many?
Anon 4:41, ok maybe I misjudged you, you’re 11 yo?
I didn't misjudge you. You make Greta Thunberg seem like a supra-genius.
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