 Semutungamiri weCENTCOM, McKenzie akatungamirira kurwisa kwakabudirira kwevakuru vakuru vehondomuSyria kuuraya kana kubata mutungamiri weIslam State panguva iyoyo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi muna Gumiguru 2019, uye 20202021 kubviswa uye kuderedzwa kwemauto eU.S. kubva kuIraq. Akanga achitarisirawo kubviswa kwevanhu muAfghanistan. McKenzie akatsiva General Austin Scott Miller semutungamiri wemauto eU.S. neNATO muAfghanistan mushure mekurega basa kwaMiller musi waChikunguru 12, 2021, nekubva kwaMiller kunoonekwa nevamwe se kuguma kwekufananidzira kwebasa remauto eU.S. muAfghanistan. 