400 troops injured in Operation Epic Fury, U.S. military says

There have now been 400 service members injured during Operation Epic Fury, the U.S.’s name for its war with Iran, according to new casualty numbers released Wednesday in the Defense Casualty Analysis System.

The majority of those injuries are among the U.S. Army, a total of 271, while 64 members of the Navy, 19 Marines and 46 members of the Air Force have also been injured. Of those injured, 349 have been men, according to the Defense Casualty Analysis System.

There have been 13 service members killed in the operation, all early in the war. They were all members of the Army or Air Force.

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