2 ofcls told AP that the deployments were canceled after #Defense Secy #Hegseth signed a memo directing the #JointChiefs of Staff to move a brigade combat team out of #Europe. One of them said the choice of which unit was left to #military leaders.
Besides the #Army combat team based in Fort Hood, TX, the memo also led to the cancellation of a deployment to #Germany of a battalion trained in firing long-range rockets & missiles, acc/to the 2 ofcls….
#Defense Secy Pete #Hegseth & #JointChiefs of Staff Chair Gen #DanCaine have begun a briefing at the #Pentagon, to discuss the #US #war with #Iran.
Yesterday, #Trump declined to say if the “ceasefire” between the US & Iran remains in place, after both sides fired shots in the #StraitOfHormuz.
Iran has attacked US forces >10 times since the ceasefire went into effect, but that is “below the threshold” for the US to restart combat ops, Gen Dan Caine said Tues.
#Defense Secretary Pete #Hegseth & the chair of the #JointChiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, will hold a news conference on Tuesday, #Trump posted to social media on Monday.
Trump released no other details. But the news conference will come a day after the #US military launched an effort to defend commercial ships transiting the #StraitOfHormuz from Iranian attacks.
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-05-04-2026#0000019d-f414-d4e0-afbd-fefc1b210000
Meanwhile, Iran's Gulf neighbours, including #Kuwait, the #UAE & #Bahrain, were still reporting incoming attacks by Iranian missiles & drones.
Speaking alongside US #Defense secretary Pete #Hegseth, #JointChiefs of Staff Air Force General #DanCaine said the #US had met its military objectves in #Iran. [no one ever said what those objectives were but still this is BS. If it was to reopen the StraitOfHormuz — well, it was open before the first attack]
Bravo to Senator Lieu.
Hats Off to Senator Lieu.
You WILL disobey illegal orders.
You WILL be prosecuted.
Government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
#uspol #usarmy #usairforce #jointChiefs
#will #shall #america
Visa the #MeidasTouchNetwork Apr 5, 2026
CHAIRMAN of #JointChiefs TORCHES Trump for WAR CRIMES!!!
#MeidasTouch host #BenMeiselas reports on the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff #CQBrown torching #Trump in public for his #WarCrimes and disastrous handling of the #war.
…former & current military officers said, the #military has historically adopted an unspoken rule: no #religion & no #politics.
“The point was, it didn’t matter, & it shouldn’t have mattered, who you worship, or whether you worship at all. What mattered was doing the job & being mindful that you represent all Americans, no matter what they believe,” said a person who was in the leadership team of a recent chairman of the #JointChiefs.
And as chair of the #JointChiefs of Staff in the late 2000s, with #troops in Iraq & Afghanistan, Navy Admiral Mike Mullen kept Mass off his public schedule, aiming to keep the particulars of his Catholic faith private.
But those longtime norms are being upended by the #proselytizing #Christian campaign of #Defense Sec Pete #Hegseth, say multiple former high-ranking #military officials & experts on #religion & #law.
#law #Trump #Constitution #FreedomOfReligion #NewApostolicReformation #NAR #war
The #Pentagon is quickly burning through its supply of precision arms &# air defense interceptors, people familiar with the matter have told WaPo, underscoring concerns raised by Gen #DanCaine, chair of the #JointChiefs of Staff, as #Trump deliberated whether to approve the operation. The admin has sought to downplay Caine’s assessment.
#ProxyWar #ForeverWars #US #Iran #Russia #war #Trump #Putin #RegimeChange #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast
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