Uday and Qusay Hussein were hunted by Army Special Forces. The post Operation Tapeworm: How the US Army’s most elite hunted down Saddam’s sons appeared first on We Are The Mighty. --- The Ba’athist regime of Saddam Hussein may have fallen on [...]

Army Veteran Who Survived Major Missile Blast in Iraq Sounds Alarm on TBIs --- Alan Johnson survived a ballistic missile attack while on deployment in Iraq. Now, he and others are encouraging lawmakers on Capitol Hill to swiftly reform how traumatic [...]

Investigation Finds Russian Military Veterans Aboard Sanctioned Oil Tankers --- A new investigation by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and partner news organizations has found that Russia is placing men with military and intelligence backgrounds aboard oil tankers [...]

Iran conflict: Veterans clash over morality, motives of potential war --- MESA, Ariz. - Public opinion on the war in Iran is split, with recent polling showing a majority of Americans opposing military action in Iran.  There appears to be [...]

The rise of Mojtaba Khamenei reflects a shift inside the Islamic Republic from clerical authority to security rule. His leadership may strengthen Iran’s hardline institutions while narrowing any remaining path toward diplomacy. #MojtabaKhamenei #Iran #EpicFury #Ayatollah #Tehran --- The rise of [...]

Air power alone cannot secure victory in Iran, because war is ultimately decided by political realities, regional dynamics, and the human consequences that follow every bomb dropped. #IranWar, #AirPower, #MiddleEastConflict, #MilitaryStrategy, #IranConflict, #Geopolitics, #USMilitary, #WarAnalysis, #NationalSecurity, #SOFREP --- Air power alone [...]

Missile defense may look like a story about interceptors and launchers, but the real fight is over the radars that let those weapons see the threat in the first place. #THAAD, #MissileDefense, #AirDefense, #BallisticMissiles, #IranConflict, #MiddleEastWar, #MilitaryTechnology, #RadarSystems, #USMilitary, [...]

Cheap, reliable, mechanically simple, and endlessly adaptable. The post The M113 armored personnel carrier was supposed to be obsolete appeared first on We Are The Mighty. --- In April 2022, when the U.S. National Guard began pulling M113 armored personnel carriers out [...]

It doesn't have cool slamcam footage, but it earns its keep. The post The Space Force was fighting Iran before the first F-35 took off appeared first on We Are The Mighty. --- Before the first bomb fell, the conflict in [...]

Afghanistan veteran rips Trump for VA cuts that betray U.S. service members --- As President Donald Trump ramps up his war with Iran, Max Rose, a former Democratic congressman and U.S. Army platoon leader, has called out the administration over its [...]