Pentagon Halts Use of 'Epic Rage'

The network relied on an email from the Air Force dated August 7, which included instructions to use the broader phrase “external operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility” instead of the operation’s name.

On the same day, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that “the operation had ended” and that Washington had shifted to “Project Freedom,” proposed by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, as a defensive maritime mission to protect navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.