DOW Rapid Response

.@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.”

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

As @SecWar said this morning, the U.S. is winning decisively & on our terms

Correct. As Americans have been doing since George Washington prayed for our troops at Valley Forge.

.@SECWAR “In a town that can have a very short memory, President Trump DOES NOT. He remembers what the Iranian regime was founded on, what their declaration has been from the beginning: death to America, death to Israel..."

.@SECWAR “There is a reason why we call Iran the number one state sponsor of terrorism: because they took the money they make and invest it in tunnels, they invest it in missiles, and they invest it in launchers and UAVs. We are DESTROYING AND DEGRADING THAT IN HISTORIC PROPORTIONS.”

Chairman Caine provided an update on Operation Epic Fury.

.@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 “Yesterday’s ceremony reminded us why we fight—not for nation-building or democracy promotion—but to CRUSH DIRECT THREATS to America, Americans, and our interests. We fight to win, and we are winning. On our terms. “My 13-year-old son popped into my office last night while I was editing these remarks—he asked about the war and the families I met at Dover. I looked at him and said, ‘They died for you, son—so that your generation doesn’t have to deal with a nuclear Iran.’ It’s the truth. They did. To the families who said ‘finish this’—we will. And I say the same to every American who wants peace through strength.”

@SECWAR “The world—the Middle East, our ungrateful allies in Europe, even segments of our own press—should be saying one thing to President Trump: Thank you. Thank you for the courage to stop this terror state from holding the world hostage with missiles while building a nuclear bomb. Thank you for doing the work of the free world!”

.@SECWAR “And to borrow a page from Admiral Ernest King in World War II: We’ve decided to share the ocean with Iran. We’ve given them the bottom half.  We’ve damaged or sunk over 120 of their Navy’s ships.”

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

.@SECWAR “Iran’s defense industrial base—the factories, the production lines that feed their missile and drone programs—is being overwhelmingly destroyed. We’ve hit hundreds of their defense industrial base targets directly. Their ability to manufacture ballistic missiles has probably taken the hardest hit of all. Ballistic missile attacks against our forces? Down 90% since the start of this conflict. Same with one-way attack UAVs—think kamikaze drones—down 90% as well. The Iranians would shoot more of both if they could—but THEY CAN'T.”

.@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 “To the patriotic members of the press: Nobody can deliver perfection in wartime. This building knows that more than anyone, but REPORT THE REALITY. We’re winning—decisively and on our terms.”

.@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 “This media here—not all of it, but much of it—wants you to think, just 19 days into this conflict, that we are somehow spinning toward an endless abyss, or a ‘forever war,’ or a quagmire. NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. Hear it from me, one of hundreds of thousands who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, who watched foolish politicians like Bush, Obama, and Biden squander American credibility, treasure, and troops—this is NOT those wars. President Trump knows better. Epic Fury IS DIFFERENT.”

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.