The U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner fires a Tomahawk land assault missile in assist of Operation Epic Fury assault on Iran from an undisclosed location on March 1, 2026.
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Three U.S. service members have been killed and one other 5 have been severely wounded, in the primary casualties of the unfolding U.S. operations towards Iran, the U.S. navy mentioned on Sunday (March 1, 2026). The casualties had been introduced on the second day of strikes by the U.S. and Israel towards Iran, which have plunged the Center East into a brand new, unpredictable battle that has already led to the dying of Iran’s Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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The U.S. navy’s Central Command mentioned in an announcement on Sunday (March 1, 2026) that U.S. troops suffered further, much less severe accidents as nicely.
“A number of others sustained minor shrapnel accidents and concussions – and are within the technique of being returned to obligation. Main fight operations proceed and our response effort is ongoing,” Central Command mentioned in an announcement on X.
It declined to supply specifics of how the U.S. forces had been killed and wounded, however Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have launched blistering rounds of drones and missiles at targets all through West Asia.
On Sunday (March 1, 2026) morning, Iran mentioned it had launched an assault on the U.S. plane provider Abraham Lincoln with 4 ballistic missiles, state media reported. Central Command mentioned the ship was not hit and that Iran’s missiles didn’t come shut.
The U.S. deaths are the primary combat-related fatalities suffered by the U.S. navy in main operations ordered by President Donald Trump since he returned to workplace final 12 months. The U.S. bombing of Iran’s nuclear websites final June and the U.S. navy’s seizure of Venezuela’s president in January led to no U.S. fatalities.
Mr. Trump had warned on Saturday (February 28, 2026) that there may very well be U.S. casualties. “My administration has taken each potential step to attenuate the danger to U.S. personnel within the area,” he mentioned.
“Even so, and I don’t make this assertion frivolously, the Iranian regime seeks to kill. The lives of brave American heroes could also be misplaced, and we could have casualties. That usually occurs in battle,” Mr. Trump added.
Printed – March 01, 2026 09:37 pm IST