Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner fires a Tomahawk missile at sea on March 1, 2026 during the Iran war.
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner fires a Tomahawk missile at sea on March 1, 2026 during the Iran war.
A worker points to the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz docking in the Gulf of Panama, March 30, 2026.
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Ed Gallrein, Kentucky Republican congressional candidate, greets Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on stage during an America First Workers Special Event in Hebron, Kentucky, on May 18, 2026.
Soldiers of the U.S. Army 2nd Cavalry Regiment Stryker Brigade watch Apache helicopters engage during NATO military exercises near Bemowo Piskie, Poland, on May 7, 2026.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth takes questions during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on May 5, 2026.
A patrol boat moves through the water as cargo ships sit in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran on May 2, 2026.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon on April 16, 2026, in Washington.
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More than a dozen American warships are already in the region, and more are on the way.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, April 8, 2026.
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In this Nov. 19, 2019, photo made available by the U.S. Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, left, the air-defense destroyer HMS Defender and the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut transit the Strait of Hormuz with the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf.
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks at the Ronald Reagan Institute on April 9, 2026, in Washington.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth looks toward Joint Chiefs of Staff chair Gen. Dan Caine, as they speak to the media at the Pentagon on April 8, 2026.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks with reporters during a news conference with President Donald Trump and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine at the White House on April 6, 2026.
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Americans celebrate the Army's 250th anniversary with a parade on the National Mall in Washington D.C., Saturday, June 14, 2025.
Domestically built Iranian missiles are displayed as part of a permanent exhibition in Tehran, Iran on March 24, 2026.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on March 19, 2026.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at the inaugural Americas Counter Cartel Conference at U.S. Southern Command in Doral, Florida, on March 5, 2026.
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A Russian self-propelled multiple rocket launcher fires on March 6, 2026, toward Ukrainian positions.
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A woman reaches out to the coffins during funeral of mostly children killed in what Iranian officials said was an Israeli-U.S. strike Feb. 28 on a girls' elementary school in Minab, Iran, Tuesday, March 3, 2026.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on March 2, 2026, in Arlington, Virginia.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a press conference on U.S. military action in Iran, at the Pentagon in Washington, on March 2, 2026.
A plume of smoke rises near Erbil International Airport in Erbil, Iraq, on March 1, 2026.
A plume of smoke rises over Tehran after a reported explosion on Feb. 28, 2026, after Israel and U.S. strikes.
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US NATO Ambassador Whitaker: The US is 'not abandoning Europe'
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US NATO Ambassador Whitaker: The US is 'not abandoning Europe'
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) speaks to reporters before a weekly Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on June 3, 2025, in Washington.
