A missile fired during an Iranian training exercise mistakenly struck a naval vessel instead of its intended target in waters near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, killing 19 sailors and wounding 15 others, Iranian authorities said Monday. The bungled training exercises took place Sunday and raised new questions about the Islamic Republic’s armed forces, just […] More
I usually don’t use the childish “lit” vernacular of the yutes but this seemed to fit well. Behold, the first SPACE FORCE promo advertisement recruitment video!! Wow. That’s a little nuts. I have to admit that I thought it was foolish when Trump first proposed this thing, but after reading up on the subject, it’s […] More
Doyle Alexander in Conservative Headlines, Military
Iranian military leaders on Friday said the country had drafted plans to strike “400 American targets” in response to further military action by the United States. After Iran launched missiles at Iraq’s Ain al-Asad base in January, where more than 1,000 U.S. and coalition soldiers are stationed, it anticipated retaliatory attacks by the Trump administration, […] More
President Trump tweeted this morning that he has ordered the Navy to destroy any and all Iranian gunboats that harass US ships: It’s about dang time we stop allowing these gun ships to harass us. According to Fox News, here’s what precipitated this order: The encounter happened last week. Six U.S. Navy warships were conducting drills […] More
The U.S. Space Force successfully launched its first rocket Thursday, sending a military communications satellite into space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite will join five others of its kind in orbit, giving America’s terrestrial troops complete global communications coverage. Via FreeBeacon More
At least three people were killed, including two U.S. service members, in a rocket attack in Iraq, a U.S. official said Wednesday. The official said 10 people were injured. Several other U.S. officials confirmed that U.S. troops had been killed and injured, but did not provide numbers. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to give details […] More
The Trump administration has begun withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan based on their new peace agreement with the Taliban: FOX NEWS – American troops began withdrawing from Afghanistan on Tuesday as part of the peace deal signed in late February with the Taliban, marking what could be the beginning of the end of the United States’ […] More
KABUL (Reuters) — The United States conducted an airstrike on Wednesday against Taliban fighters in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, a U.S. forces spokesman said. It was the first U.S. strike since a troop withdrawal agreement was signed between the two sides on Saturday. The Taliban fighters were “were actively attacking an [Afghan National Security Forces] checkpoint. This was a defensive strike to disrupt the attack,” said Colonel Sonny Leggett, a spokesman for the […] More
Many of us retired military officers viewed the US Marine Corps as the last bastion of commonsense against the destructive personnel policies and social engineering foisted on the US military for eight long years. Apparently, that last bastion has been overwhelmed without a shot being fired if this announcement by the USMC Commandant is any indication: Commandant […] More
Doyle Alexander in Conservative Headlines, Military
The countdown to the signing of a peace agreement between the Taliban and the United States on Feb. 29 to end the 18 years of war in Afghanistan will begin at midnight Friday, when a seven-day “reduction of violence” promised by the Taliban goes into effect, an Afghan official said. After that week-long period, the […] More
A U.S. Navy warship seized weapons believed to be of Iranian “design and manufacture,” including 150 anti-tank guided missiles and three Iranian surface-to-air missiles, the American military said on Thursday. In a statement, the military said the guided-missile cruiser Normandy boarded a dhow, a traditional sailing vessel, in the Arabian Sea on Sunday. “The weapons […] More
Doyle Alexander in Military, Radical Islam
This report came out last night but it wasn’t completely confirmed – it looks like President Trump is kinda confirming through his retweets. First, he retweeted this report: U.S. killed a top al-Qaeda leader in Yemen, reports say https://t.co/MVV9dTl721 via @Yahoo — Sean D. Naylor (@SeanDNaylor) January 31, 2020 From Yahoo News: The leader of al-Qaida’s […] More
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