By PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN | STARS AND STRIPES Published: March 5, 2021 KABUL, Afghanistan Gen. Austin “Scott” Miller on Friday marked 915 days as head of the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan, making him the longest-serving commander of America’s longest war. “The world recognizes we cannot fail,” Miller said when he was sworn in as the 17th commander overseeing the U.S. and NATO mission on Sept. 2, 2018, taking over from Gen. John Nicholson, who was at the helm for 914 days. Since then, Miller, who turns 60 in May, played a key role in a historic deal with the Taliban and has overseen a U.S. drawdown amid rising violence among Afghans.
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Whether he was fired or only encouraged to resign from his position as secretary of defense, Charles Timothy “Chuck” Hagel’s departure was seen by many in Washington as inevitable. It underscored the disturbing reality of chaos, which has plagued the White House’s foreign policy of late.
Hagel, a Vietnam combat veteran, believed the Iraq War was a mistake. As a result, he was never comfortable as a spokesperson for a president who has become increasingly hawkish and has micromanaged policy with a small cadre of “yes men.”
Days before Hagel appeared alongside Obama in the Rose Garden to announce his resignation, he learned the president had decided to ramp up American military operations in Afghanistan in 2015 even though the White House had previously announced an end to all military operations in that country.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Clarifai, a leading AI lifecycle platform provider for managing unstructured image, video, text, and audio data, announced today that Lieutenant General Robert P. Ashley, Jr., U.S. Army, Ret. has joined the company as a Senior Advisor and member of its Public Sector Advisory Council.
Lieutenant General Robert P. Ashley, Jr., U.S. Army, Ret. has joined the Clarifai as a Senior Advisor and member of its Public Sector Advisory Council. Lt. General Ashley most recently served as the Director of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency. Lieutenant General Ashley is known for his extensive leadership in military intelligence, said Dr. Matt Zeiler, Clarifai s CEO. His knowledge of the Intelligence Community, security, military assets, and the technology needs of government agencies will be invaluable to our public sector customers in building full motion video, AI data labeling, predictive maintenance, and other
She said her grandfathers, uncle - someone from just about every generation of her family - have served in the military.
Coleman’s five uncles fought in either the Vietnam or Korean wars and returned to a nation where they had to fight for equality and respect with the rest of Black America, she said.
Coleman remembers when Fort Bragg was an open post, seeing the Iron Mike statue honoring the 82nd Airborne Division and XVIII Airborne Corps or watching C-130 aircraft landing.
Growing up, Fort Bragg was “always there,” she said.
Being one of five siblings, she said, she always thought it’d be one of her brothers who’d join the military.
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