Green Beret blasts Afghanistan command over ‘moral cowardice,’ ‘profound lack of strategy’

A combat-hardened Green Beret has unleashed a barrage of indictments against the command in Afghanistan and policymakers in Washington, saying the 14-year-old war effort suffers from a “profound lack of strategy” and that special operations overseers show “moral cowardice.” “The enemy operates with impunity throughout the country due to our relentless commitment to avoid principled strategy and […]

Green Beret officer blames ‘moral cowardice’ for Doctors Without Borders strike

Declassified military documents released Friday detail not only how the United States mistakenly struck a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan last year but also frustrations among Special Operations troops. The strike, which killed at least 30 people at the hospital, occurred in the city of Kunduz, which the Taliban had seized in previous days […]

Green Beret returns to service after amputation

A Special Forces noncommissioned officer has returned to full active duty service two and a half years after his hand was amputated. Sgt. 1st Class Ivan Morera, a Special Forces medic, continues to serve with the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) despite being severely wounded in a vehicle roll-over in Afghanistan. In August 2013, an […]

Case again delayed for Green Beret who defended Afghan boy

The Green Beret being kicked out of the Army for beating an alleged child rapist in Afghanistan has been given another extension — this time until May 1 — to appeal his separation from the service. Sgt. 1st Class Charles Martland and his then-detachment commander admitted attacking an Afghan local police commander in Kunduz province, Afghanistan, […]

Green Beret appeal rejected by Army in child defense case

A decorated Army sergeant who protected an Afghan boy from a child molester could find out any day whether his actions will end his career in the military. Sgt. First Class Charles Martland, a Green Beret with an 11-year Special Forces career, was stationed in Afghanistan in 2011 when the boy’s mother came to him […]