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Vol. 15 · No. 133 · Friday, 6 November 2026

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Specialist furious after finding general’s rifle unattended in latrine

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KABUL -- Army Spc. Wyatt Allen was furious Thursday after finding a rifle unattended in a portable latrine on Bagram Air Base, sources say. Allen became even angrier when he discovered that the rifle belong to none other than Gen. Austin S. Miller, the four-star general commanding all US forces in Afghanistan.

"These fucking Delta guys think they can do whatever they want," Allen said, noting that Gen. Miller spent much of his earlier career in the Army's elite, shadowy special operations community. "The M4 was lying in a port-a-shitter, locked and loaded, safety off. Totally unprofessional 'my safety is my trigger finger' bullshit.”

“I would be court-martialed if I tried that.”

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