The strikes on Kharg Island hit military sites, including those storing missiles and mines, a U.S. military official said, adding that economic infrastructure was not targeted. Oil prices have risen by more than 40 percent since the start of the war.

President Donald Trump said U.S. forces carried out a major bombing raid on Friday targeting Iranian military sites on Kharg Island.

Roughly 2,500 Marines and at least one amphibious assault ship are headed for the Middle East, a U.S. official told The Associated Press.

The crash was not caused by hostile or friendly fire, U.S. Central Command said. All six crew members died, it said, bringing the number of U.S. service members killed in the Iran war to at least 13.

Iran-US war latest: Trump says strikes have ‘obliterated’ military targets on vital oil hub island - Kharg Island is the linchpin of Tehran’s oil industry

Military bases across the country are stepping up security measures amid the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.

The Army has identified the U.S. Army soldier who died Thursday after being injured in a training incident at Letterkenny Army Depot in Franklin County. Pfc.

On a cloudy winter day at Gray Army Airfield, a series of high-altitude balloons ascended into the stratosphere.