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Trump Promises SOCOM, CENTCOM Troops ‘Finest Equipment Known To Man’

Trump Promises SOCOM, CENTCOM Troops ‘Finest Equipment Known To Man’
Donald J. Trump, the President of the United States of America, steps off of Air Force One, here at MacDill Air Force Base, in Tampa, FL 6 Feb. 2017. This is the first visit to MacDill AFB for the new Commander in Chief. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Knowles, SOCCENT, PAO NCOIC).

In a visit to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., on Monday, President Trump continued to promise troops new weapons and equipment but offered no specifics on when or how he plans to deliver.Trump said MacDill, home to both United States Special Operations Command and U.S. Central Command that oversees the wars in the Middle East, is “quite a place.”He then ad-libbed a promise to buy new aircraft for the base, which is home to an air refueling wing…

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