Three U.S. soldiers killed in Kuwait drone strike on day 2 of Epic Fury

Three U.S. Army Reserve soldiers assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) were killed and five others seriously wounded in an unmanned aircraft attack at the Port of Shuaiba in Kuwait on March 1, the second day of Operation Epic Fury. CENTCOM confirmed the deaths, making them the first American combat fatalities of the Iran war. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth acknowledged the losses while vowing to continue operations, stating the mission was "just beginning."