Battles and Beers provides a voice for warfighters

The final days of the 20-year U.S. presence in Afghanistan offered scant details of our service members’ experiences. We know that they evacuated more than 120,000 Americans and endangered Afghans from Kabul. But we don’t know many of their individual stories.

Fortunately, Battles and Beers, a social media account run by Marine Corps veteran Nicholas Laidlaw, is providing much-needed individual perspectives. He’s sharing anonymous stories from U.S. service members, Australian military personnel, Afghan National Army members, and Afghan refugees who participated in our withdrawal.