The US Navy decommissioned Middle East minesweepers last year. Here’s what they did.
Four Avenger-class mine countermeasure ships stationed in Bahrain were decommissioned in 2025 after each serving for over 30 years.
By Riley Ceder
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US has destroyed Iranian ‘drone carrier,’ CENTCOM commander says
"We hit an Iranian drone carrier ship roughly the size of a World War II aircraft carrier," Adm. Brad Cooper, head of U.S. Central Command, said.
By Riley Ceder
Largest US military hospital abroad halts labor, delivery services amid Iran war
The Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany is pausing its labor and delivery services to focus on its “primary objective,” a memo states.
US, Israel pound Iran as Trump signals willingness to talk to new Iranian leadership
Trump said the U.S. would “avenge” the deaths of three U.S. service members and that “there will likely be more” killed before the conflict ends.
9 Iranian naval ships have been destroyed and sunk, Trump says
President Trump also said Iran's naval headquarters has been "largely destroyed" in a different attack.
US confirms first combat use of LUCAS one-way attack drone in Iran strikes
The Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System, or LUCAS drone, is a one-way attack drone reverse-engineered after the Iranian Shahed-136.
By J.D. Simkins