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U.S Army WTF! Moments

15 Aug, 5 tweets, 2 min read

October 7, 2001 was the beginning of The US war in Afghanistan. Here, 2,312 American Soldiers, Marines, Sailors, and Airmen would be killed in action over the course of nearly 20 years of blood, sweat and tears of almost three generations of Americans./1

While countless others were wounded by the conflict and carry scars that may never be visible. We have seen fathers and mothers deploy to only hand over the fight to their children. It will go down as the longest conflict in American history. /2

For what? Well, for 20 years we have not had a repeat of the attacks we faced on September 11th, 2001. We forced a determined enemy to stay in hiding for 20 years, waiting for our withdrawal. /3

As we watch the collapse of Afghanistan, please remember that you did what you were assigned to do, to protect America, your brothers and sisters to your left and right, and you did it with honor.

What you did mattered to us here at The WTF Nation./4

If you were there, the current situation is probably gut wrenching to watch. If you didn’t deploy to Afghanistan but know of others that did, please check in on them. For those currently in harms way, we’re thinking about you and pray for your safe return.

God speed! //

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