The Pentagon said Wednesday that it has upgraded the awards for multiple United States Marines who were stationed at Abbey Gate in Afghanistan during the 2021 withdrawal.

War Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the Afghanistan Withdrawal Special Review Panel to review the awards, which were given to service members who helped evacuate Americans and Afghans from the country. A suicide bomber detonated an explosive during the withdrawal, which killed 13 service members.

“After reviewing the original awards and determining that several had been inappropriately downgraded, these awards have now been upgraded to levels that more accurately reflect the extreme risk these Marines knowingly accepted and the lives they saved under direct enemy fire,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement.

The change impacted Marines who were in Company G, 2nd Battalion of the 1st Marine Regiment, but it was not clear what the new awards were upgraded to.

“To the Marines of Company G and to every service member who stood at Abbey Gate: your actions were seen, your sacrifice was measured correctly, and your valor is now properly recognized,” Parnell said.

The spokesman added that the panel, which he chairs, will continue its “broader work to ensure the lessons from 2021 are learned and that we never again place our warfighters in positions where their courage is not fully honored.”

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