五角大楼为最近的美伊交火建立了独立的伤亡统计类别，将四名阵亡士兵和数十名伤员从"Operation Epic Fury"的正式伤亡记录中移出，转入新的"Overseas Operations"类别。[1]根据五角大楼的说法，这一转移是因为该作战行动已经结束。[1]
本月内阵亡的四名士兵中，三人在7月17日约旦基地遭伊朗导弹和无人机袭击后丧生，另一人在伊拉克无人机受控爆破期间身亡。[1]美国国务卿马尔科·鲁比奥曾在5月表示该行动已"结束"，并称"我们实现了该行动的目标"。[1]五角大楼此前声称进行数据转移是由于"异常"和"临时数据中断"，而非为了隐瞒冲突成本。[1]
截至目前，包括Operation Epic Fury和新类别中的伤亡在内，总共有642名部队成员伤亡。[1]美伊两国于4月同意脆弱停火，6月中旬签署临时协议结束战争，但本月伊朗袭击霍尔木兹海峡船只后，战事重新升级。[1]
The Pentagon has created a separate casualty accounting category for recent US-Iran hostilities, moving four deceased service members and dozens of wounded personnel from the official "Operation Epic Fury" roster into a new "Overseas Operations" classification [1]. The military justified the shift by declaring the named operation concluded, a move that has raised questions about the accuracy of casualty reporting [1].
Four soldiers died this month in the renewed fighting [1]. Three were killed on July 17 following Iranian missile and drone strikes against a Jordanian base, while a fourth died during a controlled detonation of a drone in Iraq [1]. In total, 642 service members have suffered casualties across both the original operation and the new category [1]. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated in May that the operation had "ended," declaring that "we have achieved the objectives of that operation" [1].
The Pentagon previously attributed the removal of casualty data to "anomalies" and "temporary data disruptions" rather than any effort to obscure the costs of the conflict [1]. The broader context involves a fragile ceasefire agreed between the US and Iran in April, followed by a provisional agreement signed in mid-June intended to end the war [1]. However, fighting resumed this month after Iranian attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz [1].