Iran's Attacks Force U.S. Troops to Work Remotely

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Source: New York Times (gift link)

Iran has bombed U.S. bases across the Middle East in retaliation for the U.S.-Israeli war, forcing many American troops to relocate to hotels and office spaces throughout the region, according to military personnel and American officials.

So now much of the land-based military is, in essence, fighting the war while working remotely, with the exception of fighter pilots and crews operating and maintaining warplanes and conducting strikes.......

Many of the 13 military bases in the region used by American troops are all but uninhabitable, with the ones in Kuwait, which is next door to Iran, suffering perhaps the most damage. Six U.S. service members were killed in a strike on Port Shuaiba that destroyed an Army tactical operations center. Iranian drones and missiles also targeted Ali Al Salem Air Base, damaging aircraft structures and injuring personnel, and Camp Buehring, damaging maintenance and fuel facilities......

The lack of better planning, some military officials said, also reflects a miscalculation on the part of the administration about how Iran would respond. The Trump administration did not reduce staffing at American embassies and other facilities in the region before the war started, or order departures for nonessential government employees and family members. Nor did the State Department warn Americans to steer clear of the region until after the war began.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/us/politics/iran-us-bases.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WFA.2qm6.D5raJgUeJTzO

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[BeyondGeography]

1. Too bad they can't get points for all those room nights

[Martin68]

2. That's quite an image:"our big strong warriors" cowering in hotels because their bases are not safe enough.

[PufPuf23]

9. Problem now is that the hotels will be targeted

with a good argument that the hotels are legitimate targets.

Hope the GOP wakeup and we get rid of the clowns in charge.

Should be happening now.

[usonian]

3. Military planning sessions were replaced by prayer meetings.

When at night I fall asleep
Fourteen angels guard do keep.
Two my gate are guarding,
Two my guns are guiding;
Two are on my radar,
Two are on my gaydar,
Two who make the coffee
Two get jellly donuts
Two to whom 'tis given
To guide my steps to heaven.

Oops.

[tanyev]

4. Who needs planning when Donny can just whip up a different reality on Truth Social?

[ananda]

5. LOL. That's exactly what he does...

this "war" is just so insane and run by stupid,
insane madmen.

[uncle ray]

6. when other countries do this, we call it using human shields.

[maxsolomon]

7. Massive incompetence.

The Military didn't plan for their bases to be targeted by Missiles and Drones? The Trump Admin didn't give them a head's up to prep?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. Satellite images are leaking showing massive destruction at US military bases

These reports have not been confirmed but are consistent with the NYT reporting

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. U.S. Troops Abandon Military Bases Amid Iran Strikes

Service members have been forced to work remotely.

Crazy...

Something Trump and Hegseth don't tell us...

U.S. Troops in the Middle East have had to work out of hotels and other alternative sites and remote work due to the danger of Iranian drones...

U.S. Troops Abandon Military Bases Amid Iran Strikes...

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https://newrepublic.com/post/208211/us-troops-abandon-military-bases-persian-gulf-kuwait-iran-strikes

Iran’s retaliatory strikes have rendered many of America’s 13 military bases in the Gulf region “all but uninhabitable,” forcing U.S. military service members to work remotely from hotels and office spaces, The New York Times reported Thursday.

Within the first two weeks of the war, Iran’s attacks on U.S. military bases caused an estimated $800 million in damage, according to a report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a BBC analysis.

When the war began, there were close to 40,000 troops in the region. Now some of them have been removed as far as Europe, while many struggle to prosecute a work-from-home war.

“Yes, we have the ability to set up expedient operation centers, but you’re absolutely going to lose capability,” Master Sgt. Wes J. Bryant, a retired Special Operations targeting specialist in the U.S. Air Force, told the Times. “You can’t just put all that equipment on the top of a hotel, for example. Some of it is unwieldy.”

The mass displacement of thousands of troops raises questions about what preparation, if any, the U.S. made for retaliatory strikes from Iran. By Donald Trump’s own admission, he was caught completely by surprise that Iran struck back against other Gulf nations.

trump's stupid war has cost the US $800 million in damages to these bases