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.
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