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BumRushDaShow

(168,264 posts)
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 08:05 AM 12 hrs ago

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

Last edited Mon Mar 2, 2026, 08:43 AM - Edit history (1)

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
@CENTCOM
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

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JUST IN: Fourth US Service Member Killed in Operation Epic Fury, CENTCOM Announces (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago OP
Florida?.................... Lovie777 12 hrs ago #1
All these years I never paid attention but CENTCOM is based out of Tampa, FL BumRushDaShow 11 hrs ago #3
From Wikipedia nitpicked 11 hrs ago #6
Thank you. I did see the Wikipedia entry BumRushDaShow 11 hrs ago #7
I imagine the family was sitting on edge since it happened a few days ago. So sad. riversedge 12 hrs ago #2
And that's four too many to die for Operation Epic Distraction. groundloop 11 hrs ago #4
They used to publish the names in the papers too... BumRushDaShow 11 hrs ago #5
Trump: I regret to inform you that your son was a .......... riversedge 11 hrs ago #8
Wow..... Bayard 8 hrs ago #14
I thought it was just kacekwl 11 hrs ago #9
operation epic fury. barbtries 11 hrs ago #10
Trending bigly right now.... #SendBarron Bengus81 11 hrs ago #11
"our response effort. . " Response??? We fucking STARTED it! niyad 10 hrs ago #12
Is it the Trumpstein/Iran war or the Iran/Trumpstein war? twodogsbarking 9 hrs ago #13
"Losers" per Fearful Leader! Illegal, unnecessary war while negotiations still going on. Veterans die. Wonder Why 7 hrs ago #15
Isn't it called "Operation Epstein Fury?" NNadir 7 hrs ago #16

BumRushDaShow

(168,264 posts)
3. All these years I never paid attention but CENTCOM is based out of Tampa, FL
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 08:47 AM
11 hrs ago
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.

(snip)

nitpicked

(1,639 posts)
6. From Wikipedia
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 09:14 AM
11 hrs ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Central_Command

(snip)

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

(168,264 posts)
7. Thank you. I did see the Wikipedia entry
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 09:20 AM
11 hrs ago

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

(80,377 posts)
2. I imagine the family was sitting on edge since it happened a few days ago. So sad.
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 08:29 AM
12 hrs ago


sanneru.bsky.social‬
‪@sanneru.bsky.social‬
· 22m
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

(13,726 posts)
4. And that's four too many to die for Operation Epic Distraction.
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 09:06 AM
11 hrs ago

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.

riversedge

(80,377 posts)
8. Trump: I regret to inform you that your son was a ..........
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 09:28 AM
11 hrs ago



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

(29,264 posts)
14. Wow.....
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 12:35 PM
8 hrs ago

People dying for his insanity.

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

kacekwl

(9,062 posts)
9. I thought it was just
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 09:39 AM
11 hrs ago

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

barbtries

(31,271 posts)
10. operation epic fury.
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 09:39 AM
11 hrs ago

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.

Wonder Why

(6,780 posts)
15. "Losers" per Fearful Leader! Illegal, unnecessary war while negotiations still going on. Veterans die.
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 01:18 PM
7 hrs ago

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.

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