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喀布尔修道院门袭击事件造成13名美军官兵死亡五年后，五角大楼为三名在爆炸后挺身而出的海军陆战队队员升级了勋章授予等级。
当时正值美军2021年从阿富汗撤军的最后阶段，这些官兵正在哈米德·卡尔扎伊国际机场协助疏散人员，一名伊斯兰国呼罗珊分支的自杀式袭击者在修道院门附近引爆炸弹。此次袭击造成13名美国人以及170名阿富汗平民死亡。
退休枪炮军士长乔纳森·伊比、退休 Lance Corporal 乔丹·休斯顿以及退休下士迈克尔·格雷特松爆炸发生时正身处修道院门外。尽管现场一片混乱，他们仍为伤者提供救治，并继续维持疏散人群的秩序。
伊比和休斯顿均被授予带英勇作战勋饰的铜星勋章，格雷特松则被授予带英勇作战勋饰的海军及海军陆战队嘉奖勋章。这种区别于一般服役嘉奖的特殊英勇勋饰，旨在表彰针对敌军的具体作战或英勇行为。
一名国防部官员表示，休斯顿和伊比最初获批的是带作战勋饰的海军及海军陆战队嘉奖勋章，而格雷特松最初获批的是带作战勋饰的海军及海军陆战队成就勋章。
主持授勋仪式并为三人升级勋章的国防部长皮特·赫格斯塞斯表示，他们“无畏的反应代表了作战英勇的巅峰水准。简言之，就是英勇无畏”。
根据伊比的嘉奖令，爆炸发生后，他的排长以及排内半数官兵要么受伤要么在此次恐怖袭击中遇难，而他仍坚持筛查疏散人员。嘉奖令称，他主动接过指挥权，集结部队在混乱中重建安全秩序，随后“马不停蹄地组织撤离伤员”。
根据休斯顿的嘉奖令，他在爆炸中受伤，造成脑震荡，当时他身处枪林弹雨之中，还被催泪瓦斯笼罩，但他不顾自身伤势，将多名受伤的海军陆战队队员转移至安全地带。嘉奖令称，他的行为“无疑挽救了 fellow Marines 的生命”。
根据格雷特松的嘉奖令，他在暴露且易受攻击的位置持续维持人群秩序，为伤势更严重的伤员撤离争取时间，这一行为“无疑挽救了 fellow Marines 的生命”。
2026年8月26日，在五角大楼举行的表彰2021年修道院门爆炸事件中服役的海军陆战队队员的活动上，国防部长皮特·赫格斯塞斯为海军陆战队 Lance Corporal 乔丹·休斯顿佩戴勋章。安德鲁·哈尼克 / 盖蒂图片社
此次爆炸共造成13名官兵死亡：
- 参谋军士泰勒·胡佛
- 军士妮可·吉
- 约翰尼·罗萨里奥·皮查多中士
- 达根·佩奇下士
- 亨特·洛佩斯下士
- 温贝托·桑切斯下士
- 赖利·麦科勒姆 Lance Corporal
- 贾里德·施密茨 Lance Corporal
- 卡里姆·尼科伊 Lance Corporal
- 大卫·埃斯皮诺萨 Lance Corporal
- 迪伦·梅罗拉 Lance Corporal
- 海军医院兵团三等兵马克斯顿·索维亚克
- 陆军参谋军士瑞安·诺尔斯
在对爆炸事件展开调查后，首席调查员在新闻发布会上告诉记者，此次袭击“无法避免，现场指挥官采取了适当措施”。
赫格斯塞斯已成立阿富汗撤军特别审查小组，由五角大楼首席发言人肖恩·帕内尔牵头，旨在“开展现代历史上最全面的军事事后调查”。帕内尔周三在X平台上发布更新消息称，审查小组的工作仍在继续。
他没有透露具体细节，也没有举行新闻发布会回答记者提问，仅表示：“实话实说，调查结果显示，我们挖得越深，发现的问题就越多。”
赫格斯塞斯在授勋仪式上表示，此次审查将于今年年底完成。
美国国会于2021年成立了阿富汗战争委员会，对整场战争进行复盘，并就这场持续二十年的冲突总结经验教训、提出建议。这场战争于2021年以塔利班重新掌权宣告结束。
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Pentagon upgrades awards of 3 Marines for “combat heroism” after Abbey Gate attack in Kabul
August 26, 2026 6:46 PM EDT / CBS News
Five years after the attack at Abbey Gate in Kabul that killed 13 U.S. service members, the Pentagon upgraded the awards of three Marines for their actions in the wake of the blast.
Service members were in the final days of the U.S. military’s 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, and were helping to process evacuees at Hamid Karzai International Airport, when a lone ISIS-K suicide bomber detonated an explosive device outside one of the gates, Abbey Gate. The attack killed 13 Americans and 170 Afghan civilians.
Retired Gunnery Sergeant Jonathan Eby, retired Lance Corporal Jordan Houston and retired Corporal Michael Gretzon were outside Abbey Gate when the bomb exploded. Despite the chaos, they provided care to the wounded and continued to process the crowd of evacuees.
Eby and Houston were each presented the Bronze Star Medal with the device for valor, and Gretzon received the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with the device for valor. The distinguishing valor device is awarded for specific acts of combat or valor against an enemy force that’s separate from an award given for general military service.
A defense official said the initial approved awards for Houston and Eby were Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals with combat devices, and Gretzon initially was approved to receive a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with a combat device.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who presided over the ceremony and presented the upgrades, said their “fearless response represents the pinnacle of combat heroism. Simply put, valor.”
According to the award citation for Eby, he continued screening evacuees in the wake of the blast, while his platoon commander and half of his platoon were either wounded or killed by the terrorist attack. It said he took command and rallied forces to reestablish security amid the chaos before “working feverishly to evacuate injured.”
Houston was wounded, concussed, surrounded by gunfire and engulfed in tear gas, according to his citation, but he disregarded his own injuries to pull multiple wounded Marines to safety. His citation said his actions “doubtlessly saved the lives of his fellow Marines.”
Gretzon, according to his citation, continued to conduct crowd control from an exposed and vulnerable position to allow for the evacuation of those more critically wounded, which “doubtlessly saved the lives of his fellow Marines.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pins a medal on Marine Lance Corporal Jordan Houston during an event at the Pentagon on Aug. 26, 2026, to honor Marines who were serving during the 2021 Abbey Gate bombing. Andrew Harnik / Getty Images
The blast killed 13 service members: Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover, Sgt. Nicole Gee, Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, Cpl. Daegan Page, Cpl. Hunter Lopez, Cpl. Humberto Sanchez, Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum, Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, Lance Cpl. David Espinoza, Lance Cpl. Dylan Merola, Navy Hospital Corpsman Third Class Maxton Soviak and Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss.
Following an investigation into the bombing, the chief investigator in a briefing told reporters the attack “was not preventable and the leaders on the ground followed the proper measures.”
Hegseth has stood up an Afghanistan Withdrawal Special Review Panel led by chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell to “conduct the most comprehensive military after-action review in modern history.” In an update on X Wednesday, Parnell said the panel’s work continues.
Without offering specifics or holding a briefing to answer questions, he said, “I’m going to be honest with you about what that’s turning up. The deeper we look, the more there is to look at.”
Hegseth during the award ceremony said the review would be completed by the end of the year.
Congress in 2021 established an Afghan War Commission to review the whole war and present lessons learned and recommendations from the two-decade-long conflict, which ended in 2021 with the Taliban retaking power.
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