Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division are
\nready to respond and support \u201cProject Freedom,\u201d Air Force Gen. Dan Caine said
\nTuesday at a Pentagon briefing.<\/p>\n
\u201cProject Freedom\u201d is an effort announced by President Donald
\nTrump that the U.S. will help guide ships from countries not involved in the war
\nwith Iran safely out of the Strait of Hormuz. Trump announced Tuesday he would pause\u00a0\u201cProject Freedom\u201d after the effort began Monday.<\/p>\n
On Truth Social<\/a>, Trump cited progress on a possible peace deal with Iran as part of the reasoning for the pause.<\/p>\n Trump wrote, “Based on the request of Pakistan and other Countries, the tremendous Military Success that we have had during the Campaign against the Country of Iran and, additionally, the fact that Great Progress has been made toward a Complete and Final Agreement with Representatives of Iran, we have mutually agreed that, while the Blockade will remain in full force and effect, Project Freedom (The Movement of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz) will be paused for a short period of time to see whether or not the Agreement can be finalized and signed.”<\/p>\n Paratroopers are used for \u201cany mission in any environment, constantly training and ready to jump from Air Force aircraft into ground combat and seize key terrain,\u201d according to a news release from the U.S. Department of War.<\/p>\n “They are going all the way every day, and whenever the Caine said the division is used for more than just forcible entries.\u00a0The division uses next-generation, artificial intelligence-enabled tactical networks to augment intelligence and operations, and the division seamlessly synchronizes these effects. It is now doing so in support of Project Freedom.\u00a0<\/p>\n U.S. military leaders said a ceasefire The U.S. military said two commercial vessels safely “We know the Iranians are embarrassed by this fact,” U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday<\/a>. “They said they control the strait. They do not.”<\/p>\n Iran fired missiles at ships being protected during the The Strait of Hormuz is vital channel for trade in the Middle
\nnation calls on them, they are there to answer the call,\u201d Caine said of the
\nparatroopers in the 82nd Airborne Division. \u201cWe are grateful for
\ntheir service and their leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nremains in effect<\/a> a day after Iran was blamed for new attacks in the Strait
\nof Hormuz and against the United Arab Emirates. The key American ally later
\nsaid it came under Iranian drone and missile attack again on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\ntransited the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, with hundreds more bottled up in the
\nPersian Gulf.<\/p>\n
\noperation, and Trump said U.S. forces destroyed
\nseveral Iranian small boats for trying to interfere<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nEast.<\/p>\n