Dan Caine

No plans for US troops to be deployed to polling places during midterm elections, top general says

In a letter to US Senator Elissa Slotkin, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine said election administration and security remain the responsibility of state and local officials.

 American soldiers salute as the national anthem plays during the opening ceremonies of Salaknib, the annual bilateral exercise between Philippine and U.S. Army, at Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija province, Philippines, March 13, 2023.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine holds a briefing amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, at the Pentagon in Washington, March 2, 2026.

US Gen. Dan Caine looking for 'off-ramp' to avoid further escalation in Iran war - report

US forces operating in the Strait of Hormuz, July 17, 2026.

'Far more than anyone': Trump denies munitions shortage as reason for halting Iran strikes - report

 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on May 05, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia.

Despite Iran's attacks on UAE, war has not resumed, US Gen. Dan Caine says


Pentagon may be understating severity of US missile stockpile shortage - report

The Atlantic reported that Vice President Vance has discussed the issue with Trump, noting that a weapons shortage would be extremely detrimental to American interests.

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) fires a Tomahawk land attack missile in support of Operation Epic Fury, on March 1, 2026 at Sea.

Critical roles of Eyal Zamir, Dan Caine, Brad Cooper in shaping the Iran war - exclusive

As US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have made the ultimate war decisions regarding Iran, IDF and US military figures have been the next most influential players.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir meets with US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine at the IDF's Kirya headquarters in Tel Aviv, November 1, 2025.

TIME names Netanyahu among 2026 Most Influential, calls his post-Oct. 7 comeback bigger than Trump

TIME editor-at-large Ian Bremmer wrote that the PM "once faced the political wasteland" after Hamas's Oct. 7 massacre, but has now engineered a "political comeback" that "may have exceeded Trump's."

 Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu

Trump says Iran can be taken out in one night, reveals details on fighter pilots' rescue mission

Trump has threatened to rain "hell" on Tehran if it did not make a deal by the end of Tuesday that would allow traffic to start moving again through the vital route for global energy supplies.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump speaks, while Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks on, as they hold a press conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, April 6, 2026.

‘Axis of terror is beginning to collapse’ Zamir says as IDF, US continue strikes across Iran

The IDF also stated that as it conducted the strikes on weapons production facilities, parallel strikes were conducted on missile launch sites and surface-to-air missile launch positions.

Car wrecks and a residential building damaged by a strike amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 30, 2026.

US intensifies campaign to reopen Strait of Hormuz, deploys A-10s, Apaches - report

Top US general Dan Caine had announced that American A-10 Thunderbolt II jets had entered the war and were on missions along Iran’s southern flank.

A US Airmen A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft pilot assigned to the 75th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron sits in an A-10 at a base in the US Central Command area of responsibility, Feb. 1, 2026.

Iran not more formidable than expected, top general says as US gears for intense fighting

Caine told reporters that the United States was carrying out strikes against Iranian mine-laying vessels

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on March 2, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia.