Overview
- U.S. Central Command said the service member, wounded in a March 1 attack on U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia, died Saturday night, with the identity to be released after next-of-kin notification.
- The fatality brings U.S. deaths in Operation Epic Fury to seven, and CENTCOM said major combat operations continue.
- Officials said the service member died while medical teams were preparing a transfer to a U.S. military hospital in Germany.
- The other six casualties were Army Reserve soldiers from the 103rd Sustainment Command killed in a March 1 drone strike in Kuwait that hit a makeshift operations center at Shuaiba port, according to reports.
- Their remains were received at Dover Air Force Base in a dignified transfer attended by President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance and senior military and government officials.