The U.S. Army Reserve posthumously promoted Sgt. William Rivers to the rank of staff sergeant after that killed him and two other soldiers at their base in Jordan – the first attack to take the lives of American troops in the Middle East since the war in Gaza began.
Rivers was promoted in recognition of his “exceptional courage, dedication, and leadership,” the Army Reserve announced Friday. Sgts. Kennedy Sanders and Breonna Moffett were also promoted after their deaths.
President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin planned to be at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware Friday where .
In response to the deadly drone attack, the U.S. is planning a "multitiered” response, Defense Secretary , an indication the military operation may hit several sites over a period of days.
The Pentagon has said the likely perpetrator of the assault on the U.S. base was Kataib Hezbollah, the most powerful faction among a group of Iran-backed militias under the umbrella name Islamic Resistance in Iraq.
The Pentagon is weighing a proportional response in terms of damage and casualties, a Defense Department official told USA TODAY.
Developments:
∎ The Israeli military it successfully intercepted a missile that approached the country from the Red Sea.
∎ Ebrahim Raisi, the president of Iran, said in a televised speech that while Iran will not start a war, it will "respond strongly" to "an oppressive country or force (that) wants to bully us,"
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