U.S. forces stationed in the Middle East are prepared to launch a potentially large-scale military operation against Iran within 96 hours of receiving an order from US President Donald Trump. No final decision to launch the operation has been made, but U.S. Central Command and the Pentagon have developed an extensive l…

…near-complete closure of the waterway for unauthorized vessels. Accoridng to Reuters, a US military official, speaking anonymously, confirmed that Iranian forces have altered tactical patterns following extensive damage to coastal radar infrastructure. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has increasingly deplo…

…If carried out by firing squad, Hasan would become the first person to be executed by a US military firing squad since 1945, according to Reuters.

…Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed, revealing plans for the first US military execution in more than 65 years. The Army announced this week that the execution would take place at Fort Hood on Dec. 3 after Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 others in a shooting at the military…

…13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, according to Metro.The execution would be the US military's first by firing squad since World War II and its first execution in more than 60 years. However, the report said appellate review and a final legal judgment were required before it could proceed.Hasan, an Army psychiat…

…— which also wounded more than two dozen people — will be the first carried out by the US military since 1961. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “has recommended — and President Donald J. Trump has approved — death by U.S. Army firing squad for convicted terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said i…

…on Okinawa, which bears a disproportionate burden of hosting about 70 per cent of US military facilities in Japan. US Ambassador George Glass posted on social media that he had spoken with Japan’s foreign ministry and Okinawa’s governor, offering “our sincere condolences and pledging full cooperation as the investigati…

…at Quantico came a year after a similar speech to top officers in which Hegseth said the US military was too fat, too focused on leftist “woke” ideas, and in need of a major shake-up.See more Punch stories on Google.Add Punch on Google He said Wednesday that top officers who “responded positively” to the previous speec…

…with the US and other Western partners. The helicopter deal followed earlier US military assistance to Nigeria, including the 2017 sale of 12 A-29 Super Tucano aircraft for $497m. According to the US State Department, Nigeria made its first payment for the 12 AH-1Z helicopters in August 2023.

Iran launched missile and drone attacks on US military bases in Kuwait and the UAE on Thursday, escalating a six-month war with WashingtonThe strikes came after an Iranian Red Crescent report said a missile hit a wedding in coastal Iran, killing at least 4 people including a childUS Vice President JD Vance said Washing…

…in response to Iran's alleged attempts to mine the strait and a separate attack on a US military base.Nigerian motorists brace for higher fuel costs as global oil prices Photo: AFP>PAY ATTENTION: From breaking news to viral moments. Follow Legit.ng on Instagram! Iran subsequently reported retaliatory strikes on US posi…

…a child, died when shrapnel struck a home during a wedding in Sirik, southern IranThe US military denied targeting civilians, while Kuwait and Bahrain also reported Iranian missile and drone attacks early WednesdayPAY ATTENTION: Mark Legit.ng as a preferred source, and our content will appear higher in your Google feed…

…threatening to shatter weeks of relative calm. The escalation began on Sunday when the US military conducted a targeted strike against two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island, located near the Strait of Hormuz. Captain Tim Hawkins, spokesperson for US Central Command (CENTCOM), confirmed that the action was taken…

…sided with a group of trans Americans who were already serving. "The authority of the US military to determine who may serve in the nation's armed forces is a matter of exceptional importance," US Solicitor General D. John Sauer told the Supreme Court, according to a copy of the appeal reviewed by CNN that has not yet…

…benefit from this technology.” The conflict arose after Anthropic refused to allow the US military to use Claude for fully autonomous lethal weapons or for the mass surveillance of Americans. Trump had lashed out at the company when it took that step. In a February social media post, he called it “a radical left, woke…

…what its scale would suggest.The New York Times reported on Thursday, August 27, citing US military officials, that while the main contingent will leave, small teams of trainers and intelligence analysts are expected to remain in the country on a continuing basis.The Pentagon plans to withdraw about 200 troops from Nig…

…been sent back to Honduras.US Army Sergeant Hedar Leonel Turcios Juarez serves in the US military. Photo: GettyImagesArrest Outside a WalmartImmigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested Villafranca-Trejo on July 11 during what DHS described as a "targeted immigration enforcement operation." Turcios Juarez said…

…disagreements among 2027 presidential contenders over insecurity and fuel subsidy, fresh US military training for Nigerian troops, a court battle over the stalled selection of a new Awujale, and protests over Governor Seyi Makinde’s exclusion from the flag-off of the Ibadan-Ijebu-Ode road reconstruction, these are the…

…editor-in-chief and publisher of the Stars and Stripes newspaper, which has covered the US military since the Civil War, leadership at the publication told US media. The publication’s editor-in-chief Erik Slavin told CBS News he was being fired for “insubordination” following an interview with the network where he spok…

…for peace between the two nations are looking less likely. Earlier this month, the US military emailed staff and asked them to submit suggestions on how to "punish" Iran. A senior US military command sent out the email, seen by CNN, to high-ranking military analysts last week, asking for "new, creative, and unconventio…

…Trump was then seen boarding the older-model plane in Ankara, which was bound for a US military base in the UK. However, officials familiar with the reported ruse told The NY Times Trump covertly entered a food cart that had been fitted to the belly of the plane amid threats from Iranian officials. He was then transpor…

…pulling his country out of NATO, following the failure of members to support the US military operation against Iran in the Middle East.The US president described the alliance with NATO as a "paper tiger", noting that removing the country from the defence alliance was now "beyond reconsideration."

…interceptors had affected Trump’s strategy in the conflict with Iran, with the US military having “nearly exhausted 80%” of its stock of THAAD interceptors. The Post also said that the shortages led Trump to call off fresh strikes against Iran, despite having threatened to hit the Islamic republic “very hard”. White Ho…

…and opposition leaders. The leftist Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were captured in a US military raid in January and are being held in a New York detention center awaiting trial on charges related to drug and firearms trafficking. They have pleaded not guilty. “We welcome any path to dialogue that helps consolidate…

…are close to completion. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said the US military was fully prepared to launch an attack against the Islamic Republic but decided to hold off following requests from Iran and several Middle Eastern countries seeking more time for diplomacy. According to Trump, the proposed agre…