More troops have died in the Iran War of Choice than Hegseth's PENTAGON casualty database has disclosed / via Dover Air Base

 since Feb. 28

More service members / National Guard

in the Middle East countries / in ocean

Gulf waters battleships / transport

than the PENTAGON has officially

acknowledged

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Noah Robertson, Tara Copp,

Warren P. Strobel, Alex Horton

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