The vast amount of destruction at American facilities in the Middle East isn\u2019t being communicated to the public, the soldiers told CBS<\/p>\n
US troops have leaked new images to CBS News capturing widespread destruction at American military bases across the Middle East from Iran\u2019s missile and drone attacks.
\nThe servicemen who provided the photos chose to stay anonymous because of harsh media restrictions in the US military, the outlet said in an article on Tuesday.
\n\u201cThis is major damage to our bases that hasn\u2019t been communicated to the American public,\u201d one of the soldiers stationed in the region said.
\nThe service member complained about insufficient air defenses at the US facilities, saying \u201cwe\u2019re standing there with our eyes closed getting punched in the face.\u201d
\nThe Iranian munitions that are getting through are \u201cnot \u2018squirters\u2019\u201d as US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth called them after six American troops were killed in a strike on a US military tactical operations center at the Port of Shuaiba in Kuwait in early March, the soldier stressed. \u201cWe\u2019re not defending these bases. We\u2019re just watching them get destroyed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\ud83d\udea8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf7 BREAKING: Troops leaked photos of their wrecked bases to CBS, saying they’re “standing there with our eyes closed getting punched in the face”Active service members sent the images anonymously. One soldier’s words: “We’re not defending these bases. We’re just watching\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/zvxEyxB8wm\u2014 Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) September 15, 2026 <\/p>\n
CBS News said that the photos it had received showed a $300 million US E-3 Sentry radar plane destroyed by a direct hit at Prince Sultan Air Force Base in Saudi Arabia as well as damaged buildings and burnt-out vehicles at Camp Buehring and Camp Arifjan in Kuwait.<\/p>\n
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Pentagon unsure about \u2018future posture\u2019 in Middle East<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, the US War Department\u2019s inspector general issued a report, saying that the American forces have suffered $3.7 billion in equipment losses, including almost 60 aircraft, during the war against Iran, which started in late February with a US-Israeli attack on the Islamic Republic. American bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman and Jordan were hit, with hundreds of buildings and structures being damaged or destroyed, according to the inspector.
\nLast week, the acting secretary of the US Navy, Hung Cao, told the Epoch Times that Iran \u201cblew the hell out of Bahrain,\u201d referring to the attacks on the American military facilities in the Gulf country.
\nIranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi responded to the acknowledgment in a post on X, saying that \u201cour powerful Armed Forces did indeed \u2018blow the hell out of the 5th Fleet HQ in Bahrain,\u2019 as well as other bases supporting US aggression.\u201d
\nIn early September, Iranian Parliament speaker and top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned that further aggressive actions by the US will be met with \u201cfaster, heavier and more painful\u201d retaliation by Tehran.
\n\u201cThe Americans have surely understood that the era of proportionate responses has come to an end and our recent strikes against aggressor bases were only a start,\u201d Ghalibaf said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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