美国民主党国会议员就伊朗无人机袭击后美军伤兵的医疗照顾问题向国防部提出质询。[1]3月1日，伊朗无人机袭击了位于科威特Shuaiba港的美军后勤中心，造成6名预备役军人死亡、数十人受伤。[1]
议员们在质询中指出，伤兵在袭击后超过一周未能获得妥善医疗照顾，现场缺乏医疗人员和必要设备，仅有一辆救护车且没有医生在场，导致部分伤兵被迫自行驾车前往医院。[1]约24名伤兵用了9天时间才被转运至德国Landstuhl美军医院。[1]
民主党议员还对国防部官方伤亡数据的变更提出质疑。[1]国防部在7月23日将官方伤亡人数从18人改为14人，声称系数据问题。[1]议员指出，4名服役人员因死亡时间在特朗普4月宣布的停火后而被重新分类至"海外行动"类别，这一改变引发了对统计真实性的担忧。[1]
由参议员Elizabeth Warren和众议员Pat Ryan领导的质询包含23项具体问题，国防部被要求在8月12日前作出回应。[1]据议员统计，自2月以来这场战争中至少有18名服役人员阵亡，620多人受伤。[1]
Democratic members of Congress have called on the Trump administration to explain the delayed medical care provided to wounded service members following a military operation in March. [1] The inquiry, led by Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Pat Ryan, poses 23 questions to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, with a response deadline of August 12. [1]
The questions center on a March 1 drone attack on the Shuaiba port logistics hub in Kuwait that killed six reserve service members and wounded dozens of others. [1] According to the inquiry, wounded troops lacked adequate medical personnel and equipment in the immediate aftermath, with no doctors present at the scene and only one ambulance available; some injured service members drove themselves to hospitals. [1] Approximately 24 wounded personnel were not transferred to Landstuhl Army Medical Center in Germany until nine days after the attack. [1]
The lawmakers have also raised concerns about the Department of Defense's official casualty figures, which were revised downward from 18 to 14 on July 23 with the explanation that the discrepancy was due to data issues. [1] Democrats contend that four service members were reclassified to an "overseas contingency operations" category because their deaths occurred after a ceasefire announced by Trump in April. [1] According to the legislators, at least 18 service members have been killed and over 620 wounded in the conflict since February. [1]