Cobra Gold 2026 Strengthens Crisis Response Through Joint Multinational Noncombatant Evacuation Operation Training
U-TAPAO ROYAL THAI NAVY AIRPORT, Thailand — U.S. joint services and multinational partners conducted a simulated noncombatant evacuation operation (NEO) during Exercise Cobra Gold 2026 at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airport, Thailand, Feb. 26, 2026.
Additional troops to deploy to Middle East as Gen. Caine says to expect ‘additional losses’
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine announced that additional military personnel were on their way to Iran hours after the U.S. military announced a fourth service member had died during combat operations there. Speaking to reporters at a Pentagon media briefing Monday in Washington, Caine, alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, provided details and updates regarding Operation ...[Read More]
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Navy Recruiting Leadership teams across the enterprise participate in a Navy Recruiting Leadership Off-site Conference [Image 3 of 5]
260226-TL932-2104 Cmdr. Christopher Matthews, National Officer Programs Recruiter at Navy Recruiting Command, right, discusses officer recruiting efforts and tactics during a Navy Recruiting Leadership Off-site Conference at the Pat Thompson Conference Center at Naval Support Activity Mid-South in Millington, Tennessee, Feb. 26. The Navy Recruiting Leadership Off-site Conference is a week-long eve...[Read More]
Fourth US service member killed in action during Iran operations
One of five U.S. service members to be listed as “seriously wounded” during major combat operations against Iran has died, U.S. Central Command officials announced. Initial reports Sunday indicated that three U.S. troops had been killed in action, with five more listed as “seriously wounded.” “The fourth service member, who was seriously wounded during Iran’s initial attacks, eventually succumbed ...[Read More]
Fourth US service member killed in action during Iran operations
One of five U.S. service members to be listed as “seriously wounded” during major combat operations against Iran has died, U.S. Central Command officials announced. Initial reports Sunday indicated that three U.S. troops had been killed in action, with five more listed as “seriously wounded.” “The fourth service member, who was seriously wounded during Iran’s initial attacks, eventually succumbed ...[Read More]
3 F-15s shot down by Kuwait in friendly fire incident, pilots safe, US says
Three U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets were shot down Sunday by Kuwaiti air defenses “due to an apparent friendly fire incident,” U.S. Central Command announced. The U.S. Air Force crews were flying in support of the ongoing campaign against Iran, dubbed Operation Epic Fury, when they were shot down, officials said. “All six aircrew ejected safely, have been safely recovered and are in stable ...[Read More]
3 F-15s shot down by Kuwait in friendly fire incident, pilots safe, US says
Three U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets were shot down Sunday by Kuwaiti air defenses “due to an apparent friendly fire incident,” U.S. Central Command announced. The U.S. Air Force crews were flying in support of the ongoing campaign against Iran, dubbed Operation Epic Fury, when they were shot down, officials said. “All six aircrew ejected safely, have been safely recovered and are in stable ...[Read More]
Pentagon to cut ties with Columbia, Yale, Brown and others Hegseth accuses of ‘wokeness’
The Pentagon will forbid members of the military from attending Columbia, Yale, Brown and other universities starting next school year amid a campaign to cut ties with institutions that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called “factories of anti-American resentment.” Hegseth announced the policy in a video posted to social media on Friday, three weeks after he said the military was cutting ties with ...[Read More]
US, Israel pound Iran as Trump signals willingness to talk to new Iranian leadership
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. and Israel pounded targets across Iran on Sunday, dropping massive bombs on the country’s ballistic missile sites and wiping out warships as part of an intensifying military campaign following the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Blasts rattled windows across the country and sent plumes of smoke high into the sky above Tehran. More than 200 p...[Read More]
9 Iranian naval ships have been destroyed and sunk, Trump says
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Sunday that nine Iranian naval ships have been sunk as part of combat operations against Iran. “I have just been informed that we have destroyed and sunk 9 Iranian Naval Ships, some of them relatively large and important,” Trump wrote in a post on X, adding that Iran’s naval headquarters has been “largely destroyed” in a different attack. “We are going after t...[Read More]