We know what’s coming and we are prepared.
American forces under Central Command located in the Middle East
• Tomahawk-armed naval assets
USS Mitscher
USS McFaul
USS Oscar Austin
USS Roosevelt
USS Bulkeley
USS Paul Ignatius
USS South Dakota
USS Georgia
• Tomahawk data:
358 + Lincoln strike group: 454
• Strike group of the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln
USS Abraham Lincoln
Escort destroyers:
USS Frank E. Petersen
USS Spruance
USS Michael Murphy
9 squadrons of fighter jets aboard the aircraft carrier
• Other US Navy ships
USS Mount Whitney
USS Lewis B. Puller
USS Tulsa
USS Canberra
USS Santa Barbara
USNS Carl Brashear
USNS Henry J. Kaiser
USNS Bruce C. Heezen
USNS Marie Tharp
• Squadrons already on the ground
2 F-35 squadrons
3 F-15E squadrons
F-16 squadron
A-10 squadron
• Rotational assets, intelligence, support, and logistics:
P-8A Poseidon, C-17A
Globemaster, KC-135
Stratotanker, KC-46A
Pegasus, KC-130J Super
Hercules, MQ-4C Triton
• US Coast Guard (USCG) ships
USCGC Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141)
USCGC Robert Goldman (WPC 1142)
USCGC Glen Harris (WPC 1143)
USCGC Emlen Tunnell (WPC 1144)
USCGC John Scheuerman (WPC 1146)
USCGC Clarence Sutphin, Jr. (WPC 1147)
Ukrainian forces have begun training and testing exoskeletons for battlefield use. Soldiers from the 147th Separate Artillery Brigade are using them in the Pokrovsk sector for both logistics and frontline operations. The goal is to reduce physical strain, especially when loading heavy artillery shells into howitzers without automatic loaders. Artillery crews can handle up to 1200 kg of ammunition per day, and early tests show that exoskeletons help them work faster and with less fatigue Above all, by improving the conditions for those soldiers on the front lines who handle such heavy loads, plus the stress of work. Seeking to reduce overall fatigue in the troops
🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — Ground clashes are occuring between IRGC soldiers and American CSAR troops. American soldiers are inside Iran.
@GeoPWatch
⚡🇺🇸 Rumors have emerged that President Trump is in the hospital as all roads leading to Walter Reed Medical Center have been cordoned off and a "lid" has been called today by the White House, meaning Trump won't appear in public.
The White House has denied the rumors and it is Saturday, but those are the rumors.
@medmannews
🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱 - WAR IN IRAN | APRIL 3rd, DAY 35 RECAP:
🇮🇷🇰🇼 - Iran has struck the Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery in Kuwait. Multiple fires have been reported.
🇱🇧🇮🇱 - “The disarmament of Hezbollah is not one of the objectives of the IDF’s fighting in Lebanon at this stage,” the IDF said.
🇮🇷🇰🇼 - Iran has struck a Kuwaiti power and desalination plant, causing damage, according to the Kuwait Ministry of Electricity.
🇮🇷🇦🇪 - Habshan gas facilities in Abu Dhabi have temporarily suspended operations after a fire broke out due to an Iranian attack.
🇫🇷🇮🇷 - A French-owned cargo ship crossed the Strait of Hormuz earlier this morning. It was broadcasting its position and planned route openly and encountered no incident.
🇺🇸🇮🇷 - A U.S. F-15 fighter jet was shot down over southwestern Iran. One pilot has been rescued, while the second is still missing, according to the Pentagon.
🇮🇷🇶🇦🇵🇰 - “In a dramatic turn of ...
