A coordinated announcement is expected sometime Wednesday. President Trump and the Pentagon plan to announce a reduction of U.S. troop levels from 5,200 to about 3,500, a senior defense official told Fox News. The coordinated announcement is expected sometime Wednesday and the Iraqis are aware of the decision and are on board, according to the official. Trump to…
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark A. Milley speak to reporters at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., March 2, 2020. (DoD/Lisa Ferdinando) The Pentagon’s top leaders said Thursday they can see a “light at the end of the tunnel” of the COVID-19 pandemic and stressed that the U.S. military remains a force…
“U.S. Central Command is well postured to defend our forces around the region and to respond to any further aggression against our forces,” the combatant command tweeted March 13, 2020. The remark comes in conjunction with the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the USS Harry S. Truman conduct operations in the Middle East. (Image: Twitter, U.S. Central Command) U.S. Central Command…