Fewer than 50 soldiers were manning the Patriot missile systems defending Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar during Iran’s June 23 attack, and now military leadership is calling them the “unsung heroes of the 21st-century United States Army.”
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine addressed reporters during a June 26 press briefing at the Pentagon, following Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s praise for the troops in the region.
According to Caine, news filtered in on June 23 that Iran planned to attack U.S. military bases in the region.
This came less than 48 hours after the United States dropped 14 Massive Ordnance Penetrators, or “Bunker Buster” bombs, on Iranian nuclear sites during Operation Midnight Hammer….