Author: Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY

The Air Force is investigating human remains found in the wheel well of a C-17 that had been surrounded by panicked Afghans in Kabul.

A Pentagon spokesman described the mission of the infantry battalions as temporary and narrow. Security conditions in Kabul have deteriorated rapidly.

U.S. airstrikes targeted “Shia militants that conducted the strikes,” referring to a Feb. 15 rocket attack in Iraq that killed one civilian contractor and wounded a U.S. service member.

President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender troops was overturned by President Joe Biden in one of his first directives to the Pentagon.

Congress demands that the Pentagon investigate the extent that white extremist ideology has infected the ranks in light of the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol.

Those under investigation are suspected of taking part in the riot that shut down Congress as it formalized Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory.

“This report, without a doubt, will cause the Army to change our culture,” Secretary Ryan McCarthy said of an inquiry into deaths at the Texas base.

The Air Force has charged a two-star officer with sexual assault, opening the possibility of the first court-martial for a senior officer in 73 years.

As officials combat voter intimidation, former DoD official says veterans “should know better” than to be an unofficial “poll watcher,” which is often illegal.

Vindman cited intimidation and bullying from the White House for his decision to retire. He will retire at the lower rank of lieutenant colonel instead of colonel.