Baghdad, May 2008, securing RTE Predators for our logistics convoy. IEDs everywhere.
SSG Myers: “Sir, that dude on the roof over there is watching the convoy and on a cell phone.”
Me: “Oh?”
SSG Myers: “Yea. Can I shoot him?”
Me: “Yes.”
SSG Myers: *shoots and kills him*
Me:
A U.S. Servicemember writes the names of the two soldiers with the Iowa National Guard who were killed in last week’s ISIS-affiliated attack in Central Syria; Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres Tovar, 25, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, along with a brief message, on a munition used
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has published footage from tonight’s large-scale retaliatory strike operation against ISIS strongholds and affiliated sites in Syria, dubbed Operation Hawkeye Strike, with American and Jordanian Forces utilizing over 100 precision-munitions -
🚨 JUST IN: EPIC footage release of U.S. strikes against 70+ ISIS targets in Syria - revenge for the ambush on our troops
There is HELL TO PAY!
CENTCOM: "Tonight, U.S. and Jordanian forces struck 70+ ISIS targets in Syria with 100+ precision munitions. Peace through strength."