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Biden strikes back at Iran-backed militias Presented by With Connor O’Brien Editor’s Note: Morning Defense is a free version of POLITICO Pro Defenses morning newsletter, which is delivered to our subscribers each morning at 6 a.m. The POLITICO Pro platform combines the news you need with tools you can use to take action on the day’s biggest stories. Act on the news with POLITICO Pro. Quick Fix — President Joe Biden orders a retaliatory airstrike against Iranian-backed militias in Syria...

USA TODAY WASHINGTON – Thursdays U.S. airstrikes against Iranian-backed militants in Syria served more as a message to American adversaries and allies in the Middle East than retaliation for a deadly rocket attack last week in Iraq, according to military experts.  The bombing runs, the first authorized by President Joe Biden, seem aimed at showing such adversaries as Iran, Syria and Russia that the U.S. intends to remain engaged in the region. Just as important, said retired Army Maj. Gen....

Leigh Method: Thank you [Tom]. I appreciate it. Thank you for having me today. Tom Temin: Give us a sense of the operational contract support scope that happens right now in DoD – set the scene for us. Leigh Method: Well, I appreciate it. Thank you. So actually, my journey with operational contract support actually started when I was still in uniform a number of years ago. I won’t give away my age on that but I was deployed to Afghanistan, I had a team of logisticians, and we were working...

By Staff Sgt. Trevor T. McBride, USAFCENT Public Affairs / Published February 25, 2021 A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster, assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, stands outside the aircraft to observe engine start-up during a stop as part of a cargo transport mission at an undisclosed location in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Feb. 17, 2021. The C-17 Globemaster III is capable of rapid, strategic delivery of personnel and cargo to ...

The guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal (CG 73) and guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) participated in Joint Air Defense Exercise (JADEX) 21-01 alongside forces from U.S. Army Central Command (ARCENT) and U.S. Air Forces Central,

JADEX 21-01 is a bi-annual three day-long training event focused on increasing the readiness of air defense assets using the full complement of surface, space, cyber and missile defense systems in the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility. “This exercise was critical to the assessment of our joint capabilities in achieving air and missile defense superiority,” said Capt. Micheal Wagner, commanding officer of Port Royal. “It served as an opportunity for our Sailors to work ...

U.S. Air Forces Central, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, U.S. Army Central Command, coalition partners, and four regional partner nations conducted Joint Air Defense Exercise 21-01, Feb. 15-19, 2021. , The official website for the U.S. Air Forces Central.

UPI Archives By (0) Iraqi President Saddam Hussein Monday ordered his troops to withdraw from Kuwait, Baghdad Radio said, as allied forces sliced through occupied territory in what one U.S. general said was a tremendous success even in their first brushes with the elite Republican Guard. Earlier Monday, Iraq launched a Scud missile, killing 12 Americans in Saudi Arabia. Advertisement Iraq said the decision to pull out from Kuwait was made by on the basis of the Soviet-brokered peace plan to e...

Feb 24, 2021 Over the four years I led the Afghan war effort as supreme allied commander at NATO, I was lucky to have four superb generals working for me as the in-country commanders of the International Security Force, Afghanistan. Generals Stanley McChrystal, Dave Petraeus, John Allen (a classmate from Annapolis) and Joe Dunford all performed superbly during their one-year assignments in Kabul. All four became household names in the war on global terrorism, and each remains a valued ...

U.S. Top General Urges Iran Restraint amid Efforts to Restart Talks 22 Feb 2021 MUSCAT (AFP) — Iran must refrain from any provocation as Washington steps up efforts to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran, the head of US forces in the Middle East told AFP. “I would think this would be a good time for everybody to behave soberly and cautiously, and see what happens,” General Kenneth McKenzie said in an interview Sunday during a visit to Oman, from where he flew close to neighbouring I...