Under Pete Hegseth, War Minister, U.S. troops were told the war in Iran is for ā€œArmageddonā€ the return of Jesus Christ. He's telling people this war is all part of God's divine plan and that Trump was advised by God to start it.

Leaked E-Mail where Pete Hegseth, War Minister of the United States of America claims the war on Iran is preparation for the return of Jesus.

NCO Email to MRFF (As redacted by MRFF):

From: (Active Duty Military NCO and MRFF Client’s email address withheld)
Subject: Unit combat readiness briefing and Armageddon
Date: March 2, 2026 at 1:02:53 PM MST
To: Information Weinstein <[email protected]>

Mr. Weinstein thank you for taking my calls and the calls of some of my colleagues as to what happened earlier this morning with our combat unit.

Please protect my identity and the identities of those I’m speaking for as we discussed.

Our unit is not currently in the combat zone AOR regarding the Iranian attacks but we are in a ā€œReady-Supportā€ function where we could be deployed there at any moment to join and augment the combat operations as participants.

I am a (NCO rank withheld) in our unit. This morning our commander opened up the combat readiness status briefing by urging us to not be ā€œafraidā€ as to what is happening with our combat operations in Iran right now. He urged us to tell our troops that this was ā€œall part of God’s divine planā€ and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ. He said that ā€œPresident Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earthā€. He had a big grin on his face when he said all of this which made his message seem even more crazy. Our commander would probably be described as a ā€œChristian Firstā€ supporter. He has been this way for a very long time and makes it clear that he desires all of us under him to become just like him as a Christian. But what he did this morning was so toxic and over the line that it shocked many of us in attendance at the ops readiness briefing. Besides myself I am reaching out to MRFF on behalf of 15 fellow troops. I know you asked me about the religious views of our group who has requested help from the MRFF. I can only tell you that I am Christian and at least 10 of the others are also Christians. One of the others is Jewish and one is Muslim. I don’t know the religious or non-religious status for the other three at this time.

I and my fellow troops know that it is completely wrong to have to suffer through what our commander said today. It’s not just the separation of church and state as we discussed Mr. Weinstein. It’s the fact that our commander feels as though he is fully supported and justified by the entire (combat unit’s name withheld) chain of command to inflict his Armageddon views of our attack on Iran on those of us beneath him in the chain of command.

I hope by sending this email to you that this will help expose these wrong actions which destroy morale and unit cohesion and are in violation of the oaths we swore to support the constitution.

Source:
https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for ā€œArmageddon,ā€ Return of Jesus

Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

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@ErikUden You mean a HOLY WAR? smh
@ErikUden I am concerned that this story is not being carried by MRFF on their own website. Do we have a stronger fact-checked source than one substack account?
MRFF Inundated with Complaints of Gleeful Commanders Telling Troops Iran War is ā€œPart of God’s Divine Planā€ to Usher in the Return of Jesus Christ

ā€œThis morning our commander opened up the combat readiness status briefing by urging us to not be ā€œafraidā€ as to what is happening with our combat operations in Iran right now. He urged us to tell our troops that this was ā€œall part of God’s divine planā€ and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of

Military Religious Freedom Foundation
@ErikUden I suppose if we're going to be pedantic, it's not actually *Hegseth* who is being quoted as making that claim (though it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if it's what he actually thinks, and he's clearly responsible for encouraging such claims)
@considermycat @ErikUden We should be pedantic. I have no love for Hegseth or the other ghouls; but the editorializing just gives people an excuse to ignore what’s happening, and what’s happening is fucked up enough on its own.

If you want to accuse him of anything, accuse him of creating an environment where people feel comfortable doing this. That’s a totally fair assertion. There’s too much damning truth available to need to resort to misinformation, misdirection, or lies.
@ErikUden so what they are saying is that this is their holy war, their kind of djihad if you will.

@the_cjuty why use that word when Christians already have their own name for it?

and just like those other ones, this crusade will fail too.

@tully because the word djihad is highly loaded. It's a play on the stereotype of muslims in western cultures.

@ErikUden

I am 5 US wars old:

*Cold War (the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Gulf War)

*War on Drugs (80's South America, revisted 2026)

*War on terror (the War in Afghanistan, Middle East, Africa, Wisconsin, Portland)

*Oil chugs (iraq Wars, Venezuela and Pirates of the High Seas

*Jesus's War (Where ever the fuck a pedophile decides is news worthy enough)

None of them have ever been won

@mlbellar @ErikUden there's a lot of CIA wars missing from that list!

@Susan_calvin @ErikUden

"oh, we're in there" - those sneaky bastards at the CIA

@ErikUden
So you're at war because of a horror fantasy spun out of the 1900-year-old bad trip of a religious fanatic who slept in a cave where a crack in a rock gave out subterranean psychedelic gases.

@ErikUden

Maybe the USA is a envious of the middle ages and wants to experience it first hand?

@ErikUden It's sad because it's true. Fundies are weird. Like, it's almost like a bad child who is destroying things to get Daddy's attention. That is honestly their logic with things. Be bad so Jesus will come and whip the liberals. Makes total sense. I don't fucking get it. But this isn't the first time I've heard of this.
@ErikUden
for some reason I read "War Criminal of the United States"

@ErikUden

this is not terrifying at all, nope

@ErikUden oh holy fucking christ. Can we start requiring our representatives in government take a CIVICS CLASS and can READ the constitution? SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE HEGSETH YOU DRUNKEN MORON

AND if you violate your OATH or LIE ON YOUR CONFIRMATION you are immediately sent to CECOT no returns no exceptions. Hegseth Cash Noem and TRUMP go first

@ErikUden I read that yesterday, but thought it was so weird and ridiculous that I didn't believe it.

Lesson learned: Nothing is so profoundly stupid that you couldn't expect it from Trump's gang.

@ErikUden he's the Secretary of Warcrimes!!! To the Hague with him... or Nuremberg trials