Pentagon

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• The Pentagon is taking a shameful approach to releasing information about US casualties in the Iran war

• The Pentagon’s website lowered the number of troop deaths from 18 to 14

• In June the Pentagon said its press office was now a classified space inaccessible to journalists because it was used by speechwriters who routinely handle classified material

• The Pentagon said on Monday that 100 service members had been injured since 7 July but that 96% had returned to duty

• In May the Pentagon imposed restrictions on the free movement of reporters in much of the Pentagon building

• The Pentagon sent roughly 100 personnel and a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery in October 2024 to strengthen Israel’s defenses against Iranian missiles.

• The Pentagon initially failed to disclose the figures, according to a New York Times newspaper report, only belatedly acknowledging the casualties in a social media post

• The top U.S. general in Europe privately warned the Pentagon this week that he lacks sufficient naval forces to continue protecting Israel from incoming ballistic missiles.

• The Pentagon conducted a mass casualty exercise before the September 11 attacks

• The Pentagon has denied any suggestions of food shortages on board ships.

• Gen. Alexus Grynkewich spoke to the media at the Pentagon last year.

• The United States provided at least $21.7 billion in military aid to Israel from Oct. 7, 2023 through September 2025.

• Leon Panetta criticised the Pentagon for failing to disclose how many people had been hurt in bomb attacks by Iran on US bases

• The Pentagon has not held a press briefing for two and a half months

• In December the department held a three‑day event to usher in newly accredited media organisations

• The Pentagon is using a host of AI models to gather intelligence and select military targets for annihilation, most notably the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school, which was destroyed in a triple-tap strike resulting in the deaths of over 120 school children, as well as parents and teachers.

• The Pentagon ousted major outlets including the New York Times, National Public Radio and Politico from their desks

• President Donald Trump is expected to deliver remarks at a ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, DC.

• Within a day of the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack, the Pentagon ordered the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group toward the eastern Mediterranean, strengthened regional air power, and began sending munitions to Israel.

• By April 2026, Pentagon officials were seeking more than $30 billion for critical munitions, including missile interceptors.

• By July 2026, analysts estimated that the U.S. Patriot inventory had fallen from about 2,330 interceptors before the 2026 Iran war to between 759 and 827.

• The Pentagon did not acknowledge the damage.

• The Pentagon has faced criticism over how the administration is now counting casualties in the U.S.’s war on Iran.

• The Pentagon denies that it is minimising reports of casualties

• In March this year the Pentagon introduced a rule that required journalists to be escorted on Pentagon grounds by authorised department personnel

• Reporters carried their belongings from the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia on 15 October 2025

• Two of the four planes were piloted into the World Trade Center in New York City, one into the Pentagon in Washington, DC, and one intended for the US Capitol crash‑landed in a field in Pennsylvania after passengers heroically fought back against the terrorists.

• The Pentagon did not comment on the new pictures, directing Newsweek to posts by the U.S. Navy's Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.

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• The Pentagon said on Monday that 100 service members had been injured since 7 July but that 96% had returned to duty

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• The Pentagon declined to comment on the AP’s findings.

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• The Pentagon denies that it is minimising reports of casualties

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Origin: first recognised while reading More Photos Emerge of Meals on Navy Ships As Pentagon Denies Shortages · 2026-08-31 06:14