The Pentagon has confirmed what privacy advocates and some lawmakers have warned about for years. Foreign adversaries now use commercially bought location data to target American service members deployed in active conflict zones. The revelation marks the first official acknowledgment that such tracking has moved from theoretical risk to documented battlefield reality. According to a letter from U.S. Central Command shared with Reuters , the command “has received multiple threat reports concerning adversary exploitation of commercial location data to target or surveil U.S. personnel in theater.” Sent April 14, the message offered few specifics. Yet its implications landed hard in Washington. Centcom oversees operations across the Middle East, including tense waters near the Strait of Hormuz where U.S. forces face Iranian threats. So the data that powers targeted ads on phones has become a tool for missile strikes, drone attacks and roadside bombs. Short. Direct. And now confirmed.…