Overview
- More than 250 Minnesota airmen and soldiers are currently serving on scheduled deployments within U.S. Central Command, with specific bases not disclosed.
- Deployed personnel come from Duluth’s 148th Fighter Wing, the Marshall-based 1-151 Artillery, and the Stillwater-based 34th Military Police Company.
- President Trump projected four to five weeks for operations in Iran but said they could last longer, citing goals to destroy missile capabilities, neutralize the navy, prevent a nuclear weapon, and cut support to proxies.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the campaign is not endless during a briefing with Gen. Dan Caine, while declining to provide a firm timeline.
- Regional fighting has broadened with reported strikes and retaliation, the U.S. military reports at least three Americans killed and five seriously wounded, the Iranian Red Crescent reports at least 555 deaths and over 130 cities hit in Iran, and officials say Kuwait mistakenly downed three U.S. F-15E jets.