Department of War 🇺🇸

The Iranian navy now rests exactly where it belongs—on the bottom of the ocean.

We will not stop until the mission is COMPLETE.

We will finish this—and we will honor their sacrifice with decisive action.

.@SECWAR “Iran has terrorized the United States and our interests for 47 years... Their core industries are state-sponsored terrorism, proxy militias, underground networks, ballistic missiles, and a violent, messianic Islamist ideology chasing an apocalyptic endgame.  A regime like that—refusing to abandon its nuclear ambitions—is not just a regional problem. It is a direct threat to America, to freedom, to civilization.”

.@SECWAR “The last job anyone in the world wants right now: Senior leader for the IRGC or Basij. Temp jobs—ALL OF THEM.”

.@SECWAR “To date, we have struck over 7,000 targets across Iran and its military infrastructure. That is not incremental. That is OVERWHELMING FORCE applied with precision. Again, today will be the LARGEST STRIKE PACKAGE YET—just like yesterday was... we are hunting, striking, delivering death and destruction from above.”

.@SECWAR “Our objectives—given directly from our America First President—remain exactly what they were on Day One... Destroy missiles, launchers, and Iran's defense industrial base so they cannot rebuild. Destroy their Navy, and Iran never gets a nuclear weapon—our objectives from DAY ONE.”

.@SECWAR “Yesterday at Dover Air Force Base, President Trump, the Chairman, and I stood in solemn silence as heroes came home. Flag-draped caskets. We honored them. We grieved with their families, and we listened. What I heard—through tears, through hugs, through strength, and through unbreakable resolve—was the same from family after family: FINISH THIS. Honor their sacrifice. Do not waver. Do not stop until the job is done. My response, along with that of the President, was simple: WE WILL FINISH THIS. We will honor their sacrifice. Their sacrifice only steels our commitment.”

LIVE: @SecWar, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Gen. Dan Caine hold a press briefing at the Pentagon. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

ANNOUNCEMENT:

We are executing President Trump’s orders with speed and precision. Operation Epic Fury has decimated Iran’s military.

Hours ago, U.S. forces successfully employed multiple 5,000-pound deep penetrator munitions on hardened Iranian missile sites along Iran’s coastline near the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranian anti-ship cruise missiles in these sites posed a risk to international shipping in the strait.

The radical Iranian regime’s navy has been completely & utterly DECIMATED!

The Iranian Regime’s leadership is desperate and hiding.

Update from CENTCOM Commander on Operation Epic Fury:

Iranian combat power declines, as U.S. dominance builds over vast swaths of Iran.

The Iranian Regime is crumbling.

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