Military and veterans policies will play a role in the debate over who should serve as commander-in-chief. The number of lawmakers with military experience has steadily declined since the 1970s. The awards honor the airmen’s “highest-caliber bravery and tenacity” during the largest evacuation of noncombatants in Air Force history, the service said. The three men who died in a small plane crash in Oregon over the weekend were Afghan Air Force pilots who had resettled in the U.S. as refugees. The author deployed in 2009-10 to Afghanistan with the 82nd Airborne Division. The Senate voted down a resolution to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria amid dozens of attacks from Iran-backed proxies in the war-torn country. Civil-military lessons from past wars could hold keys for current conflicts such as the Israel-Hamas war, retired Army Gen. David Petraeus said. A lawsuit against Alec Baldwin filed by relatives of Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum, a U.S. Marine killed in Afghanistan, has been resolved. Capt. Carlos Mendoza and Staff Sgt. Morgan Reed received the medals Nov. 9. The announcement marks the largest batch of awards to date for the airmen who participated in Operation Allies Refuge. Load More