VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-31
“Everything we were doing while we were there was like figuring it out on the go,”
Tyler Vargas-Andrews · said 2026-08-29 · reported 2026-08-31
Vargas-Andrews said Marines at Hamid Karzai International Airport had to figure out the evacuation on the go despite inadequate preparation.
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