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Posted on 04/05/2026 1:18:03 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The Pentagon has added Operation Epic Fury to its casualty database, as of April 3 showing 365 U.S. troops wounded in action and 13 killed.
The update follows weeks of rising casualty reports tied to the operation. On Friday and into Saturday, a search remained ongoing for one of two F-15E crew members taken down in Iran. U.S. officials said March 1 that three service members had been killed and five seriously wounded. By March 2, the number of those killed had risen to six.
Military.com sought clarification on how the Pentagon defines those killed in action, died of wounds, or non-hostile deaths. A Defense Department duty officer directed questions to U.S. Central Command.
Army Accounts for Largest Share of Wounded
The newly released data shows the U.S. Army accounts for the largest share of troops wounded in action in Operation Epic Fury, with 247 of the 365 total casualties.
The Navy accounts for 63 wounded, followed by the Air Force with 36 and the Marine Corps with 19.
A U.S. Army carry team transfers the remains of Army Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington of Glendale, Ky., March 9, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Pennington was assigned to 1st Space Battalion, 1st Space Brigade, Fort Carson, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jason Minto)
The figures provide one of the first service-by-service breakdowns of casualties tied to the operation, showing how losses are distributed across the force as the conflict continues.
The total death toll remains at 13, according to the Defense Department database, underscoring a wide gap between fatal and nonfatal casualties.
How the Pentagon Counts War Deaths Is Under Scrutiny
The casualty data is maintained through the Defense Casualty Analysis System, the Pentagon’s official system for tracking U.S. military deaths and injuries.
Military.com reached out to the Defense Manpower Data Center, which manages the system, along with...
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If we don’t achieve regime change then was any of this worth it? Maybe setting back the nuclear weapon program, but for how long? Iran could just buy a nuke from North Korea if they haven’t already done that.
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Go ahead. Flame away. I don't care.
No flaming from me. I agree with you
“Latest Operation Epic Fury Data: 365 US Troops Wounded in Action, 13 Dead” I wish it none, but welcome to the war.
“Iran could just buy a nuke from North Korea if they haven’t already done that.”
The problem with buying a weapon is that we will know who gave iran a weapon before it makes to Iran soil to be placed on a missle. The Pu or U is trackable to reactor, where in the reactor the materials came from along with the month and year it was pulled from the ez bake oven. There are people within Russia, north Korea, Iran and China who have been in the CIAs back pocket for decades. There are also groups tied to each of those nation willing to sell IRAN a non functional weapon for the same amount of up front cash and no real consequences.
The important thing is that Netanyahu gets to cling to power and remain out of prison.
https://youtu.be/WRj_wo-UtTU?si=C-DTrJiNmezcBuGX
That's a non-trivial objective.
Israel contains a large number of Haaretz types who, like many leftist Jews in the US, would gladly build the stations and lay the tracks and then be surprised when they are forced into the boxcars.
Putting them back in power in Israel means putting the Iranian mullahs back in the driver's seat in the ME.
Wouldn’t a nuke be detectable if it was transported from North Korea to Iran? Unless China and Pakistan were also cooperating in transporting it, I don’t see how they could get one there.
If Iran has only one nuke, thats not enough. They would need several to hide. And sufficient launching platforms are also detectable.
An oil transport ship from North Korea to Iran could have many nukes in small crates, hidden under deck, and no one would know.
How is this ship getting past likely intradiction by the US Navy?
All it takes is a single discovery for North Korea to become a second enemy in this. Why would NK take that risk? Again, you need more than one nuke for strategic depth.
Regime Change has to be the outcome of this Conflict. I will be disappointed in Trump if he settles this with some kind of Deal that doesn’t involve regime Change. If he does, I wonder if he can turn that task over to Israel and provide them support?
What an outrageously stupid and ignorant comment.
I think your anti-Semitic parents were devils…same as YOU!!!!
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