The Marine Corps has upgraded valor awards for the Marines of Company G, 2d Battalion, 1st Marines who stood guard at Abbey Gate during the deadly suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport on Aug. 26, 2021. The Marines knew an attack was imminent. Positioned with little protection, they held their ground to keep evacuation operations moving as long as possible amid the chaos of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Their actions, described as heroic, came as an ISIS-K suicide bomber