Biden joined the military in 2003
[6] as a member of the
Delaware Army National Guard and was recently promoted to the rank of
Major in the
Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps as part of the
261st Signal Brigade in Smyrna, Delaware.
[7][8] Biden's unit was activated to deploy to Iraq on October 3, 2008, and sent to
Fort Bliss, Texas, for pre-deployment training,
[9] the day after his father participated in the 2008 presidential campaign's only vice presidential debate.
His father is on the record as saying, "I don't want him going. But I tell you what, I don't want my grandson or my granddaughters going back in 15 years, and so how we leave makes a big difference."[10]
Screwed that one up.
https://www.militarytimes.com/flashp...kabul-airport/
Officials also confirmed that U.S. military helicopters flew beyond the Kabul airport to scoop up 169 Americans seeking to evacuate. No one knows how many U.S. citizens remain in Afghanistan, but estimates have ranged as high as 15,000.