What This Is
The OEF2026 Documentation Archive at epicfury.hadit.com is a contemporaneous, publicly sourced research archive documenting Operation Epic Fury — the U.S.-Israeli military operation against Iran that commenced February 28, 2026. It is built specifically to support future VA disability claims for veterans of this conflict.
Every entry in this archive is sourced, tiered, and claims-mapped before it is published. Nothing enters the archive as fact unless it has a traceable, verified source. The purpose is documentation — creating a contemporaneous evidentiary record while the conflict is ongoing, so that veterans filing claims years from now have something to point to.
⚠️ OEF2026 ≠ OEF
“OEF” is the established VA abbreviation for Operation Enduring Freedom — the Afghanistan conflict that ran from 2001 to 2014. Operation Epic Fury is a separate military operation against a different adversary in a different theater. If OEF2026 veterans file VA claims using the bare “OEF” acronym, their claims risk being routed to the wrong conflict period, adjudicated under the wrong presumptive rules, and denied.
This archive uses “OEF2026” exclusively. All claims guidance on this site reinforces that distinction. It is one of the most preventable claim failures we can document in advance.
⚠️ Agency Name Notice
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) was redesignated the Department of War (DOW) and now operates at war.gov. Official documents in this archive may reference either DOD or DOW depending on their date of publication. Both names refer to the same agency at different points in time. The archive notes the applicable agency name and domain in every citation.
Who Built This
This archive is built and maintained by Theresa M. Aldrich “Tbird” — Founder of HadIt.com and USN Veteran.
HadIt.com has been a veteran-to-veteran VA claims support community since 1997. The same mission that drives HadIt — helping veterans navigate a system that is often indifferent to their sacrifices — drives this archive. OEF2026 veterans deserve the same contemporaneous documentation that prior conflict veterans wish they had.
How the Archive Works
The archive operates on a structured research pipeline. A custom Gemini research agent (Marge) runs weekly sweeps of the OEF2026 operational record across official government sources, approved defense publications, and verified imagery databases. Every sweep report is fact-checked against a six-point framework before any entry enters the archive.
The six-point fact-check covers source tier compliance, disputed facts handling, casualty reconciliation, quote integrity, 38 CFR diagnostic code accuracy, and completeness of required report elements. Nothing is loaded to the archive without passing review.
Source Tier Standards
Every entry in this archive carries a source tier label:
Tier 1 — Primary Source: Official Department of War (war.gov), CENTCOM (.centcom.mil), service branch public affairs, Federal Register, Congressional Records, DVIDS records with VIRIN numbers. These sources are used directly in claims packets.
Tier 2 — Secondary Source (Permitted with Flag): Approved defense outlets including Military Times, The War Zone, Defense News, USNI News, AP, Reuters. Every Tier 2 entry carries the label [TIER 2 — SECONDARY SOURCE — PENDING PRIMARY CONFIRMATION] and cannot be used as a sole claims source without corroborating Tier 1 documentation.
Tier 3 — Rejected: Anonymous blogs, unverifiable domains, social media as sole source. These do not enter the archive. They are logged as Open Research Leads for follow-up confirmation.
What This Archive Is Not
This archive does not provide legal advice. It does not replace a VSO, accredited claims agent, or veterans law attorney. It documents events — the first of the three pillars of a VA disability claim (Proof of Event, Proof of Location, Proof of Exposure/Injury). Veterans should use this archive as one component of a claims packet, not as a substitute for professional claims assistance.
For veteran-to-veteran claims support, forums, and guides, visit HadIt.com — the resource that has been helping veterans navigate the VA since 1999.
Contact and Corrections
If you have official documentation that should be added to this archive, or if you identify a factual error in an existing entry, contact the archive through HadIt.com. Corrections are reviewed against the same six-point fact-check framework before any changes are made to the record.
This archive is maintained by Theresa M. Aldrich “Tbird,” Founder of HadIt.com · USN Veteran · epicfury.hadit.com
