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 Soldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the military’s medical system failed them (VIDEO)
10/06/26 02:59 PM
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By JULIE WATSON, JACK BROOK and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
Updated 1:05 PM EDT, October 5, 2026
The shrapnel hit Army Lt. Col. Arturo Lincón’s body like shattered glass.
One chunk of metal lodged into the left side of his jaw. Another piece sliced through his salivary gland before bouncing off his jaw and piercing the back of his neck, severing an artery and embedding in a vertebra.
Lincón was among dozens of U.S. soldiers injured in an Iranian drone strike on March 1. The attack on the second day of the U.S. war with Iran killed six troops who were providing logistical support of critical supplies at Port Shuaiba in Kuwait.
Whether the military was properly prepared for treating its wounded has become a sharp point of contention. Soldiers and family members have told The Associated Press of a failure to recognize the seriousness of injuries, a poor plan to get the wounded to hospitals and red tape that has hindered follow-up care. The Pentagon has said that the medical care was appropriate.
Nine U.S. service members who were wounded spoke to the AP on the record — rare for troops still in the Army — about what they describe as a medical system that left them in many ways fighting to get treatment on their own.
The medical care was just one of the military’s failures stemming from the Port Shuaiba attack that soldiers described to the AP. The Army declined to comment on the AP’s reporting, saying it had not yet briefed the families of those killed on the outcome of its investigation into the attack. The Pentagon also declined to comment.
https://apnews.com/article/iran-war-soldiers-wounded-military-port-shuaiba-f867128532cb6746c26636c2dbaea2fb?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=copy_link
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