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These are actually US Army HH-60M CASEVAC helicopters. Not UH-60s. Assigned to Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion (General Support), 4th Regiment, 4th Infantry Division Combat Aviation Brigade.

🚢 Strait of Hormuz Vessel Traffic (Daily Transits) 🟢 Feb 26 → 132 vessels 🟢 Feb 27 → 128 vessels 🟡 Feb 28 → 98 vessels 🟠 Mar 01 → 18 vessels 🟠 Mar 02 → 7 vessels 🔴 Mar 03 → 2 vessels 🔴 Mar 04 → 2 vessels 🔴 Mar 05 → 1 vessel 🔴 Mar 06 → 0 vessels 🔴 Mar 07 → 1 vessel 🔴 Mar 08 → 2 vessels 🔴 Mar 09 → 1 vessel 🔴 Mar 10 → 2 vessels 🔴 Mar 11 → 1 vessel 🔴 Mar 12 → 0 vessels 🔴 Mar 13 → 3 vessels 🔴 Mar 14 → 1 vessel 🔴 Mar 15 → 0 vessels 🔴 Mar 16 → 1 vessel 🔴 Mar 17 → 2 vessels 🔴 Mar 18 → 1 vessel 🔴 Mar 19 → 0 vessels 🔴 Mar 20 → 1 vessel 🔴 Mar 21 → 2 vessels 🔴 Mar 22 → 3 vessels 🔴 Mar 23 → 5 vessels 🔴 Mar 24 → 6 vessels Source: Windward Maritime Intelligence, Lloyd’s List, PIB India, regional briefings

Nope. The GRF and Division HQ did not have planned deployments and were standing by as the strategic reserve

Wild to think, but definitely possible: that the high-water mark of the military campaign against Iran was the first day. When strategy and end state enter the chat, that's what I am seeing.

'we established the largest umbrella of air defense in the middle east history.' Small drones are much more complicated to deal with than large missiles and long range drones. I want to caution the trigger happy Americans that dream about ground operation in Iran. While the American military stays the most potent power in the world, its soldiers aren't immortal and its technology is failing to protect both Hormuz and key allies sites in the region despite the largest in history AD umbrella. There is absolutely no certainty that ameircan tech and firepower will be able to protect your infantry. You have very little tolerance for televised casualties. It's a huge gamble one with very little prize and a a very high risk.

We are tired.

My latest for @19_forty_five The biggest lesson China will draw from the Iran War is that the US military is too small and too ‘exquisite’ - the navy has too few ships, missile defense is too costly, and so on - resulting in overextension 19fortyfive.com/2026/03/the-ir…

We are back to Jared and Witkoff’s famed multi point plans (worked great in Gaza-no; Ukraine-no; hell, let’s go another round, one for Iran.

Ground operation in Iran would be hell. Cheap FPV drones eliminate a lot of advantages that a developed military and well trained infantry such as American has. And it will be televised. I have been working with multiple units in Ukraine trying to minimize the impact of cheap fpv and bomber drones on the battlefield. We tried many things, from radars, shotguns, net guns, lasers, EW. Pretty much nothing works, there is no tech that can deterministically eliminate the threat. You can only minimize it, and we aren't talking about 80 percent mitigation, we are talking about 30 percent if you are lucky. Only physical barriers at the positions work effectively.

Noticing they blurred out a portion of their attack video (green). I think they were trying to hide the fact they attacked a medevac helo. Note white mark circled in orange. DVIDS source pic of a CASEVAC/MEDEVAC UH-60 Black Hawk for comparison.

Day 25

MORE: Satellite imagery from March 22 shows that the combined force has inflicted substantial damage to Iranian naval and air infrastructure in the Nazeat Islands near the Strait of Hormuz as part of its effort to degrade Iran’s ability to threaten international shipping. The Nazeat Islands, which include the Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb, Abu Musa, and Siri islands, are strategically located along key maritime approaches to the Strait of Hormuz. US strikes damaged or destroyed communications infrastructure, fuel depots, maintenance facilities, an aircraft hangar, and port facilities on Greater Tunb Island, according to commercially available satellite imagery, an OSINT account, and an Israeli think tank. Imagery from March 22 shows extensive damage to the island’s port, including strikes on berths, nearby buildings, and many docked fast attack craft. US strikes also targeted facilities that support a “vast network of underground bunkers,” according to the Israeli think tank. The think tank reported that these bunkers store anti-ship cruise missiles and other weapons that Iran can use to threaten shipping. US strikes also targeted an aircraft hangar and a nearby vehicle repair building at Greater Tunb Island’s airbase but did not target the runway itself, unlike other combined force strikes on Iranian airbases. The lack of strikes on the runway may suggest that the US strikes were focused on degrading specific operational capabilities, such as drone operations or aircraft maintenance, rather than rendering the airfield unusable. The cumulative damage to communications, port, and airfield infrastructure has likely degraded Iran’s ability to coordinate and sustain maritime operations from Greater Tunb Island.

I'm sorry, isn't there a war still going on somewhere?

Millions of dollars worth of damage with weapons that cost hundreds of dollars. There's gonna be a few more painful lessons before things change.

Garcia: While you were being assaulted, you told the agents that you had filmed this on your phone? Bazan: Yes. Garcia: And that’s when they took your phone away. These agents didn’t just take your phone. They sold it. They pawned it at a kiosk for $250. Is that correct? Bazan: Yes.

I’ll keep tapping the sign. We’ve been very focused on countering Group 3 UAS such as Shaheds. We must apply the same amount of effort and energy into countering Group 1/2, such as small FPVs.

Pete Hegseth wasn’t removed from the DC National Guard by accident. A Major General is now warning that his rhetoric and actions are putting him on a path toward war crimes—and he lays out exactly why.

‼️‼️ WAPO: TRUMP CONSIDERING GROUND OPERATION TO SEIZE KHARG ISLAND.

🚨 BREAKING: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has officially called for President Trump's removal from office under the 25th Amendment!

people saying that kharge island can be cleared in 2-3 hrs, no one has ever said that who has done the job in the past and seen this