Active service members have sent photos to CBS News of the widespread damage and destruction of vehicles and buildings at multiple US positions across the Middle East, as a result of Trump’s war with Iran.
The photos were sent anonymously because of strict media restrictions within the military, and were undated.
“This is major damage to our bases that hasn’t been communicated to the American public,” one deployed service member told CBS News. “We’re standing there with our eyes closed getting punched in the face.”
“These are not ‘squirters’ getting through,” the service member added, referencing language used by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after the deadly March 1 attack on Port of Shuaiba in Kuwait that killed six U.S. troops. “We’re not defending these bases. We’re just watching them get destroyed.”
The Defense Department’s inspector general this week released a fresh report on the war in Iran that revealed “equipment losses” worth up to $3.7 billion — including nearly 60 aircraft. The IG added that Centcom reported Iranian strikes hit U.S. bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman and Jordan.
The Pentagon has yet to respond.