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With Operation Epic Fury growing in the Middle East, four families share how they manage the anticipation and separation of deployment Caryl Banks dragged a kitchen chair beneath the overhead light and climbed onto it with a bucket of warm, soapy water balanced on the countertop. She wrung out a sponge, lifted it toward the ceiling, and began working it in slow, deliberate circles. Water slid down her forearm and dripped onto the kitchen floor.

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“What I heard through tears, through hugs, through strength and through unbreakable resolve was the same from family after family. They said, ‘Finish this. Honor their sacrifice. Do not waver. Do not stop until the job is done,’” Hegseth lied. Simmons recalled his exchange differently. “I can’t speak for the other families. When he spoke to me, that was not something we talked about,” he told NBC News in an interview Thursday.

White House official says Trump has no plans to send troops into Iran, despite new deployment

US deploying 3 more warships and roughly 2,500 more Marines to the Middle East, official says

He did say this FOREVER WAR would last 3 to 4 weeks even though he made other statements such as it would be over "when I feel it in my bones" Trump’s ‘Four-To-Five Week’ Iran ‘Excursion’ Now Appears Open-Ended

The families of the six U.S. Air Force airmen who died last week when a refueling aircraft crashed while supporting military operations in Iran had explicitly asked for privacy during the dignified transfer of their remains on Wednesday, which the president attended.

F-35 damaged by suspected Iranian fire makes emergency landing, sources say

Trump’s ICE Cowboy Cornered on Mystery ‘Top Secret’ War Mission When the Oklahoma lawmaker suggested he could not talk about his overseas trip because it was “classified,” he later became worked up while being grilled by both the committee’s chairman and ranking member over his mysterious travel.

As trump does multiple things to distract from the Epstein files... Public federal registry data, first reported on by 404 Media, shows the domain was registered this week by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which manages .gov domains for federal agencies. As of Wednesday, the website was not active and did not display any content. No formal announcement accompanied the registration, and officials have not explained how the domain will be used.

Military families moving to and from overseas assignments should be ready for weeks of shipping delays due to Iran war disruptions. Domestic moves face higher gas prices and traffic snarls.

The families of service members killed in the Middle East sought privacy during the dignified transfer of their remains in the aftermath of one of President Donald Trump’s grim cash grabs. Later in the same press gaggle, another reporter asked Trump for comment on the six service members who were killed. The president ignored the question and said, “Who else?” to the other journalists.

WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration is considering deploying thousands of U.S. troops to reinforce its operation in the Middle East, as the U.S. military prepares for possible next steps in its campaign against Iran, said a U.S. official and three people familiar with the matter.

NAPLES, Italy — A potent mixture of flammable materials, equipment pushed beyond its limits and human error could be behind a fire last week aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, according to a shipping expert. “It’s just a smorgasbord of danger all put together,” said Sal Mercogliano, an adjunct professor at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2026-03-18/fire-ford-red-sea-iran-sailors-21107086.html Source - Stars and Stripes

Very poor choice for any position in the government... Oklahoma senator has repeatedly made cryptic claims about ‘overseas’ work and war experience, while refusing to explain them

An Afghan father of six who came to the United States after the 2021 collapse of the U.S.-backed government in Afghanistan was taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in Texas and died within 24 hours, despite his service working alongside U.S. troops in his home country, his family announced.

Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is preparing to leave the Red Sea to undergo repairs at the U.S. Navy base on Crete after a fire last week required several hours of damage control efforts, USNI News has learned. Ford will travel to Naval Support Activity Souda Bay for more than a week of pierside repairs, a senior U.S. official confirmed to USNI News on Tuesday. The official confirmed a report in a local Greek news outlet that said Ford is returning to Crete.

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More than 600 service members and crew members aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford are without a bed after a fire aboard the ship Thursday, The New York Times reported. The fire took upwards of 30 hours to douse, according to the publication, and it damaged sailors’ sleeping arrangements so badly that they’re having to sleep on floors and tables.

Well, Let's remember that trump is trying to distract from the PDFiles... Trump has offered shifting reasons for the strikes and has pushed back on claims that Israel forced the U.S. to act. Earlier this month, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., suggested that the White House believed Israel was determined to act on its own, leaving the Republican president with a “very difficult decision.”

Basically, restricting Freedom of Press, a First Amendment Right... The Pentagon has released a modernization plan for Stars and Stripes that affirms the publication’s independence while expanding Defense Department oversight, introducing new restrictions on content and transitioning away from a print publication. Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2026-03-13/pentagon-modernization-plan-stars-and-stripes-21051529.html Source - Stars and Stripes

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