The U.S. government has said six U.S. service members have been killed in the military operation that started early Saturday with U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. Iran responded by launching missiles and drones in nearby countries.
At least five of the six U.S. service members, all of them Army reservists, died when a drone struck a port in Kuwait on Sunday, military officials said.
They were identified as Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35; Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42; Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39; Spc. Declan J. Coady, 20; and Maj. Jeffrey O’Brien, 45.
A sixth soldier, Chief Warrant Officer Robert Marzan, is believed to have died at the scene of the attack, the Defense Department said.
Capt. Cody A. Khork
Khork, 35, was from Winter Haven, Florida. He enlisted in the National Guard in 2009 and was commissioned as a military police officer in the Army Reserve in 2014,
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