The Defense Department has identified Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington, of Glendale, Kentucky, as the American soldier who died after being wounded in a March 1 attack by Iran on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia.
Pennington, 26, died of his wound on March 8, according to the Defense Department. He is the seventh U.S. service member to die during Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. military’s name for combat operations against Iran. At the time of the attack, he was assigned to the 1st Space Battalion, 1st Space Brigade, based out of Fort Carson, Colorado.
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Before the first bomb fell, the conflict in Iran was already being dominated from 22,000 miles above it.
On an uneventful evening in February 2026, hours prior to F-35s screaming off carrier decks and B-2s beginning their long trek toward Tehran, U.S. Space Command and Cyber Command were already at work, relentlessly severing the connective tendons of Iran’s military.
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Satellite communications would go dark, sensor networks would lose sight.
Joint Interagency Task Force 401 and the Federal Aviation Administration have conducted a high-energy laser test to advance c-UAS in the US.
The United States Coast Guard has been around since President George Washington signed the Tariff Act in 1790. In the nearly 2½ centuries since, the Coast Guard has pingponged between three federal cabinet departments for oversight.
Does it surprise you that none of those departments is the Defense Department?
Related: The complete guide to Coast Guard ranksA good follow-up question is, “Why not?” It’s a valid point, considering the Coast Guard is the only military service branch outside the Pentagon’s umbrella.
How did we get here? Let’s find out.
The USS Nimitz is at sea for one last job. The aging aircraft carrier, set to be decommissioned, departed its homeport in Washington State this weekend and is heading to the waters around Latin America.
The USS Nimitz and its crew of several thousand sailors departed Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Washington, for its planned final destination at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia ahead of being decommissioned. Stars & Stripes reported on Saturday that the ship will be deploying to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility during that final voyage.
Benjamin Moseman, War Room
Without space, such an operation would not have been possible
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The announcement comes after months of White House pressure on defense companies to build weapons faster.
AF Times
Air Force Global Strike Command conducted an operational test launch Tuesday of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with two test reentry…
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Anthony Capaccio, Bloomberg
The Pentagon needs an additional $12 billion through 2031 to boost declining readiness rates of the F-35 fighter