[ad_1]
At least six Americans have died since the U.S. and Israel launched a military campaign against Iran over the weekend, with the Pentagon confirming the identity of four of the fallen soldiers on Tuesday.
[time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”]
The U.S. servicemembers were Army Reserve soldiers who died on March 1 “during an unmanned aircraft system attack” on a commercial port in Kuwait, the Pentagon said in a statement. Their deaths are under investigation.
All four were part of the 103rd Sustainment Command, which is based in Des Moines, Iowa, and which, according to the Army Reserve’s website, deployed to Iraq in April 2010 and to the Middle East in 2019 to support broader U.S. military operations.
The Pentagon has not yet publicly identified the two other servicemembers killed in the ongoing conflict.
“We honor our fallen Heroes, who served fearlessly and selflessly in defense of our nation,” Lt. Gen. Robert Harter, chief of Army Reserve and commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve Command, said in the statement. “Their sacrifice, and the sacrifices of their families, will never be forgotten.”
President Donald Trump had earlier extended his condolences to the families of the slain soldiers, but he warned that “sadly, there will likely be more” casualties in the conflict it started in Iran. “But America will avenge their deaths and deliver the most punishing blow to the terrorists who have waged war against, basically, civilization.”
Here’s what to know about the four killed servicemembers who were identified.
Nicole Amor
Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, 39, was a resident of White Bear Lake, Minn. She enlisted in the National Guard in 2005 as an automated logistics specialist and transferred to the Army Reserve in 2006. Amor was deployed to Kuwait and Iraq in 2019.
Amor’s husband, Joey, described her to the Associated Press as an avid gardener who enjoyed spending time with their son and daughter. Amor was raring to return…
[ad_2]
