Twenty-nine sailors and 9 Marines were wounded in action in September in Middle East military operations, according to a Pentagon database. The Defense Casualty Analysis System updated its “Overseas Operations” category, which tracks injuries and deaths for troops involved in Middle East operations. In its updated accounting method, the Pentagon...
The United States Navy recorded an increase in casualties during September, with 38 seafarers and marines injured, 8 of whom were injured by an Iranian cruise missile attack on their ship in the Strait of Hormuz.