05/03/2026
American service members across every branch of the military have been told by commanders that the US-Israeli war on Iran is intended to induce the Biblical end times, or Armageddon, according to complaints lodged with a US watchdog.
βThis morning our commander opened up the combat readiness status briefing by urging us to not be βafraidβ as to what is happening with our combat operations in Iran right now,β a non-commissioned officer said in an emailed complaint lodged with the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF).
βHe urged us to tell our troops that this was βall part of God's divine planβ and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ.β
The MRFF is a non-profit dedicated to ensuring religious freedom for members of the US military.
The officer who wrote to the group said he penned the message on behalf of himself and 15 other members of his unit β including at least other 10 Christians β who were all stationed in the region in a βready-supportβ function. The other members were identified as one person who is Jewish and one who is Muslim. The religious beliefs of the other three, if any, were not known.
Anadolu obtained a copy of the complaint from the MRFF after independent journalist Jonathan Larsen first reported on the matter.
The officerβs message was one of over 200 the foundation has received across more than 50 military units since Saturday when US President Donald Trump announced the beginning of sweeping strikes against Iran, a campaign the US is embarking on alongside Israel.
Trump has repeatedly vacillated when commenting publicly on his aims for the war on Iran, saying Saturday in a brief telephone interview with The Washington Post newspaper that his intention was to bring βfreedomβ to the Iranian people β a thinly veiled reference to regime change.
The objectives whipsawed over the following days, even as Trump has called on Iranians to
