Riley Podleski

Yesterday, I was ceremonially sworn in by @SeanParnellATSD as Pentagon Assistant Press Secretary! It’s an absolute honor to serve @PressSecDOD, @SecDef, & @POTUS.🇺🇸

The mainstream media forget their own history. • George Washington prayed at Valley Forge for his army's survival. • Franklin D. Roosevelt wrote a message and included it in pocket New Testaments given to U.S. troops during World War II. • General Patton gave every Third Army soldier a weather prayer card before the Battle of the Bulge, and the skies cleared soon after. Margaret, you can’t change the heritage of our nation or the culture of our military!

I know some people who need to hear this…

“People ask [about] boots on the ground,” says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. “President Trump knows, I know, you don't tell the enemy, you don't tell the press, you don't tell anybody what your limits would be on an operation.” cbsn.ws/3Nr1qVZ

There is no shortage of American military will. 🇺🇸

.@SecWar: "I'm in the room every day and I see how President Trump operates and what he's putting first — and it's America, Americans, and American interests."

Freedom is never free. America will never forget their service and sacrifice. 🇺🇸

There's no shortage of American will in Operation Epic Fury. 🇺🇸 "Our commitment to our mission objectives only increases as our advantages continue to increase." - @SecWar

.@SecWar: "I think it's safe to say there’s no plan for a wave of new Middle Eastern refugees to the United States of America."

We have only just begun to fight.

NEW: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth calls out the Biden administration's campaign to "erase our warrior ethos": "They would say it over and over and over again —was 'our diversity is our strength.' It's the single dumbest phrase in military history." "Our strength is our unity. Our strength is in our shared purpose, in the training we do together." "The Constitution we swear an oath to defend together, the uniform we wear together. That is our strength."

We have only just begun to fight.

This Iranian warship thought it was safe in international waters. It wasn't. The @DeptofWar is fighting to win. 🇺🇸

U.S. forces control the skies by launching from the sea.

ANNOUNCEMENT:

If you kill Americans — we will hunt you down, and we will kill you. Iran is learning the hard way that President Trump means what he says.

OPERATION EPIC FURY: 1. Destroy the Iranian regime's missiles 2. Annihilate their Navy 3. Ensure their terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the world 4. Ensure Iran can NEVER obtain a nuclear weapon America will win. The terrorist Iranian regime will be defeated.

Nobody hunts better than @CENTCOM — and with our control of the skies increasing with every wave of airpower, the hunt will only get more precise, powerful, and lethal.

My message to the Joint Force.

.@SECWAR “When I pray every day for them (our troops) and for this mission—I pray simply for the biblical wisdom to see what is right and the courage to do it.”

Chairman Caine provided an update on Operation Epic Fury.