Army Whistleblower who Exposed Alleged Australian War Crimes in Afghanistan Is Sentenced to Prison
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MELBOURNE, Australia — An Australian judge sentenced a former army lawyer to almost six years in prison on Tuesday for leaking to the media classified information that exposed allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan. David McBride, 60, was sentenced in a court in the capital, Canberra, to five years and eight months in prison […]
Army and Marine Corps Units Awarded Presidential Unit Citation on 2nd Anniversary of Afghanistan Withdrawal
![U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command assist during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.](https://news.cibassoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/AP22236492540108.jpg)
Two years after the chaos of the Afghanistan evacuation, the Pentagon has announced that many of the Marine Corps and Army units involved in the effort will be honored with a Presidential Unit Citation, the highest distinction that a military unit can receive. Members of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground […]