President Biden traveled on Sunday to his home state of Delaware, where Dover Air Force Base hosts the arrival of U.S. troops killed in foreign combat.
, where the U.S. has been scrambling to evacuate its citizens and Afghan refugees ahead of the Aug. 31 deadline for withdrawing from the country. The attack also killed at least 170 Afghans.” event is “conducted for every U.S. military member who dies in the theater of operation while in the service of their country,” with a senior-ranking officer presiding as flag-draped transfer cases are taken off an aircraft.
President Biden watches as a Navy carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Navy Corpsman Maxton W. Soviak, 22, of Berlin Heights, Ohio. Pentagon identified the service members killed as: Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Darin T. Hoover, 31, of Salt Lake City, Utah; Marine Corps Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, 25, of Lawrence, Mass.; Marine Corps Sgt. Nicole L. Gee, 23, of Sacramento, Calif.; Marine Corps Cpl. Hunter Lopez, 22, of Indio, Calif.; Marine Corps Cpl. Daegan W. Page, 23, of Omaha, Neb.; Marine Corps Cpl. Humberto A. Sanchez, 22, of Logansport, Ind.; Marine Corps Lance Cpl. David L. Espinoza, 20, of Rio Bravo, Texas; Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jared M. Schmitz, 20, of St.
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