The young soldiers defend Al Udeid in the greatest patriotic commitment of all time, says Caine
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The president of the joint staff chiefs, General Dan Caine, revealed details on the young Skeleton team that was left to defend the Al Udeid air base while they were facing a dam of Iranian missiles on Monday.
“We believe that this is the greatest patriotic commitment in American military history,” said Caine, referring to the anti -missile defense system on the American air surface. “We were joined in this commitment by Qatar Patriot Cruise.”
Caine said the 44 soldiers left on the basis after being evacuated from 21 to 28 years. They only ended up with two patriotic systems to defend the base, which is a major head office in the Middle East and housing 10,000 American soldiers deployed.
“Imagine that you are this young lieutenant. You are 25 or 26 years old, and you have been assigned as a tactical director inside the command and control element. You, at this age, are the only person responsible to defend this base,” said Caine.
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The soldiers used two batteries of patriotic missiles to defend the Al Udeid air base in Qatar. (Reuters / Russell Boyce)
He did not say if one of the Iranian missiles crossed the Patriot defense systems. The Qataris said that a missile has entered aerial defenses.
“There was a lot of metal stolen. And yet our American air defenders only had a few seconds to make complex decisions with a strategic impact.”
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“We believe that this is the greatest commitment of patriots in American military history,” said General Dan Caine, referring to the anti -missile defense system on the American air surface. “We were joined in this commitment by Qatar Patriot Cruise.” (Reuters / Franciszek Mazur / Agencja Gazeta / Photo file)
“He simply said, they absolutely crushed him,” he concluded.
Iran has launched a missile attack on the American base based in Qatari in response to American attacks against its nuclear installations. President Donald Trump revealed that Iran had given the United States an endorsement on the attack, in order to symbolically retaliate the strikes without increasing the situation.
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General Dan Caine painted a painting by the young crew defending the base. “Imagine that you are this young lieutenant. You are 25 or 26 years old, and you have been awarded as a tactical director inside the command and control element. You, at this age, are the only person responsible for defending this base.” (Cell Gunes / Anadolu via Getty Images)
Iran used short-range and medium-range ballistic missiles to attack the al-Budeid air base, but no victim has been reported.
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The Al-Udeid base serves as a center for logistics operations for the American mission to fight the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. It also hosts the registered office of Central Command, as well as its air forces and its special operations in the region. It was also used as head office for British participation in air strikes against the Islamic State in Iraq.
