JUST IN: Fourth US Service Member Killed in Operation Epic Fury, CENTCOM Announces

[BumRushDaShow]

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Source: MEDIAite

Mar 2nd, 2026, 7:50 am


A fourth U.S. service member was killed in the strikes on Iran over the weekend, U.S. Central Command announced Monday morning.

CENTCOM made the announcement on X just before 7:30 a.m. ET on Monday.

As of 7:30 am ET, March 2, four U.S. service members have been killed in action. The fourth service member, who was seriously wounded during Iran’s initial attacks, eventually succumbed to their injuries.

Major combat operations continue and our response effort is ongoing.

The identities of the fallen are being withheld until 24 hours after next of kin notification.

News of the fourth American casualty came a day after CENTCOM announced three service members were killed and another five injured in Operation Epic Fury

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/just-in-fourth-us-service-member-killed-in-operation-epic-fury-centcom-announces/

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U.S. Central Command
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CENTCOM Update

TAMPA, Fla. – As of 7:30 am ET, March 2, four U.S. service members have been killed in action. The fourth service member, who was seriously wounded during Iran’s initial attacks, eventually succumbed to their injuries.

Major combat operations continue and our response effort is ongoing.

The identities of the fallen are being withheld until 24 hours after next of kin notification.
7:26 AM · Mar 2, 2026

[Lovie777]

1. Florida?....................

this vital information could be coming from the Pentagon.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. All these years I never paid attention but CENTCOM is based out of Tampa, FL

https://www.usarcent.army.mil/News/Features/Article/3258252/us-central-command-celebrates-40th-anniversary/

NEWS | Jan. 4, 2023
U.S. Central Command celebrates 40th anniversary

U.S. Central Command
MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, SC –

US Central Command was born in war. In 1983, the Tampa, Florida-based military command was formed amidst a low-grade maritime war with Iran – the Tanker War, part of the broader, grueling Iran-Iraq War. In the four decades since, CENTCOM has served at the knife’s edge of war in the Middle East, the Levant region, and Central Asia. The Battle of Mogadishu (“Black Hawk Down”), Operation Desert Shield / Desert Storm, Operation Southern Watch, the Global War on Terror, Operation New Dawn…CENTCOM has become the Nation’s premier warfighting headquarters.

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[nitpicked]

6. From Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Central_Command

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Of all seven American regional unified combatant commands, CENTCOM is among four that are headquartered outside their area of operations (the other three being USAFRICOM, USSOUTHCOM, and USSPACECOM). CENTCOM's main headquarters is located at MacDill Air Force Base, in Tampa, Florida. A forward headquarters was established in 2002 at Camp As Sayliyah in Doha, Qatar, which in 2009 transitioned to a forward headquarters at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.

In January 2021, Israel became the 21st country of the CENTCOM AOR, added to another 20 nations including Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, the United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Yemen.[8][9]
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[BumRushDaShow]

7. Thank you. I did see the Wikipedia entry

but wanted to link to something directly from the CENTCOM website since some DUers complain about Wikipedia use (although many tend to complain about just about everything too ).

[riversedge]

2. I imagine the family was sitting on edge since it happened a few days ago. So sad.

sanneru.bsky.social‬
‪@sanneru.bsky.social‬
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Another US soldier died

Three members of the US armed forces have so far died in the military operation of Israel and the USA. Now the US military announced in a statement that a fourth soldier had died - as a result of serious injuries he had suffered during the first attacks against Iran.

[groundloop]

4. And that's four too many to die for Operation Epic Distraction.

I remember hearing the nightly body counts on the news during the Vietnam War as though it were a baseball score. It didn't really sink in until later that every one of those 'points' was someone's child who was put in harms way because of politics.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. They used to publish the names in the papers too...

[riversedge]

8. Trump: I regret to inform you that your son was a ..........

Trump: I regret to inform you that your son was a loser...

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

— Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) 2026-03-02T13:03:32.996Z

[Bayard]

14. Wow.....

People dying for his insanity.

I hope his, "Epic Fury," happens at the ballot box. He has epic disapproval ratings.

[kacekwl]

9. I thought it was just

minor concussions and the wounded were preparing to return to duty. Lying fucks.

[barbtries]

10. operation epic fury.

board of peace. arc d' trumpf. the gulf of america, the department of war. DEI is mean to white men. don't be woke, be afraid.

the disunited dystopian states of america. we have arrived.

[Bengus81]

11. Trending bigly right now.... #SendBarron

[niyad]

12. "our response effort. . " Response??? We fucking STARTED it!

[twodogsbarking]

13. Is it the Trumpstein/Iran war or the Iran/Trumpstein war?

[Wonder Why]

15. "Losers" per Fearful Leader! Illegal, unnecessary war while negotiations still going on. Veterans die.

The last time was December 7, 1941 when, during negotiations, the Japanese attacked. But that was because of the incompetency of their diplomats who failed to finish their notification to the US that negotiations were over.

That was called "A Day of Infamy" not because they declared war but because we were still negotiating. Just like Private Bonespurs who couldn't wait.

[NNadir]

16. Isn't it called "Operation Epstein Fury?"