While I’m at it:
I don’t know what the US military is currently using in Afghanistan, etc. However, I do know that Starlink is far superior, to the point that they are concerned about its proprietary nature:
Without mentioning Starlink by name, Shimmin said “there is a particular commercial satellite provider in low Earth orbit, for example, that is several years ahead of the rest of the field. They do tend to try to establish interfaces, proprietary interfaces, that don’t necessarily want to play well with others.”
I hope SpaceX does address the interoperability issues. But the DoD wouldn’t be worried about this if Starlink were just one of several roughly equivalent providers. They really are years ahead.