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Faster, cheaper, greener — How the Air Force wants to cut fossil fuels out of its jets
“What if you could access fuel from anywhere on the planet, at any time, no tanker required?”
Texas Army National Guardsman helps deliver oil wells for BP
“BP has been very supportive — from administrative to leadership — in continuing to serve in the National Guard"
US reportedly could surge another 14,000 troops to the Middle East to prevent Iranian attacks
"We have sent very clear and blunt signals to the Iranian government about the potential consequences of aggression because all of this is intended to produce stability and deter potential attacks."
Up to 600 US troops could remain in Syria, Milley says
"There will be less than 1,000 [troops]; for sure, and probably in the 500-ish frame – maybe 600 – but it's in that area," Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Sunday.
Pentagon claims with a straight face that the US mission in Syria isn’t all about the oil (It is)
All profits from the oil's sale is going to the Syrian Democratic Forces, not the United States, chief Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said at a news briefing.
US troops tasked with guarding Syria’s oil fields are reportedly still waiting for guidance on their mission
United States troops stationed in Syria have yet to receive guidance on their mission, including the basic rules of engagement, according to a military official in a CNN report published Monday
Trump says he wants to keep Syria’s oil. There’s a big problem with that
Syria was never a major oil producer on the international scale, accounting for a mere 385,000 barrels a day of crude, or 0.5% of global production in 2010, according to a report by British Petroleum's Review of World Energy Report
What withdrawal? US moving ‘some mechanized forces’ into eastern Syria to protect oil fields, Esper says
"If ISIS has access to the resources – and therefore the means to procure arms or buy fighters or whatever else they do – that makes it more difficult do defeat ISIS," Defense Secretary Mark Esper said. "So this is all nested underneath the defeat ISIS campaign."
Pentagon considers leaving some troops in Syria to guard oil
"The purpose is to deny access, specifically revenue to ISIS (Islamic State) and any other groups," SecDef Esper said Monday.
US carried out secret cyber strike on Iran in wake of Saudi oil attack, officials say
The United States carried out a secret cyber operation against Iran in the wake of the Sept. 14 attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities, which Washington and Riyadh blame on Tehran, two U.S. officials said
The US hit Iran with a secret cyberattack to disrupt oil tanker raids in the Persian Gulf
The U.S. launched a cyberattack against Iran in late June that successfully disrupted the ability of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard...
Trump: I’m not sure I’d go to war with Iran over oil
U.S. President Donald Trump said he was prepared to take military action to stop Tehran from getting a nuclear bomb but left open whether he would back the use of force to protect Gulf oil supplies that Washington fears may be under threat by Iran
Owner of tanker attacked in Gulf of Oman blames ‘flying objects,’ contradicting US claims that Iran planted mines
Yutaka Katada, the owner of one of the two oil tankers attacked in the Gulf of Oman, said the crew of the Kokuka Courageous saw "flying objects" just before the ship was hit, seeming to contract a narrative from the U.S. government suggesting mines were involved