The last American soldier to leave Afghanistan is now the focus of the first dispute over whether generals engaged in the chaotic departure and other officers should face repercussions under the Trump administration.
In August 2021, grainy footage was captured of Lt. Gen. Chris Donahue’s departure from Kabul airport.
He was the final pair of American boots on the ground in a two-decade-old conflict as he marched up the ramp of a C-17 cargo plane.
However, Sen. Markwayne Mullin, an Oklahoma Republican and a staunch Trump supporter, has temporarily suspended his promotion to a fourth star.
Donahue’s nomination to be the highest-ranking U.S. Army commander in Europe was suspended by Mullin last week.
The prospective Trump administration has been contemplating a draft executive order that would create a “warrior board” of retired senior military personnel.
This board would have the authority to evaluate three- and four-star officers and to suggest their removal from positions of leadership if they are deemed unsuitable.
Trump consistently criticized the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan during the presidential campaign, describing it as a dishonor and a collapse of American credibility and respect on a global scale.
Additionally, he pledged to create a task force to oversee the “woke generals” and eliminate diversity training in the military.
In April 2021, Biden disregarded the advice of senior U.S. military officers to retain the 2,500 personnel and ordered their complete departure while maintaining the American embassy’s operations.
Biden subsequently dispatched thousands of Marines and 82nd Airborne soldiers to Kabul to facilitate the evacuation of U.S. citizens, allied personnel, Afghans eligible for special visas, and other vulnerable individuals after witnessing the security situation unravel as American forces withdrew.
The final U.S. C-17s were laden with the 82nd soldiers, the U.S. ambassador, and other embassy officials after evacuating 124,000 people in a matter of weeks.
Around midnight on August 31, Donahue’s aircraft and four additional C-17s departed.
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