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US Soldiers Finally Break Silence

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US Soldiers Finally Break Silence

Nine U.S. service members wounded in the March 1st Iranian drone strike at Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, have come forward to expose systemic failures by the Trump administration. They detail how the base was known to be a high-risk location due to Iranian drone surveillance and lack of anti-drone defenses, yet troops were moved from safer bunkers into an unguarded building that was struck. Despite repeated warnings, no evacuation or medical contingency plan was in place, forcing injured personnel to use personal devices to locate hospitals. Many suffered severe injuries—including traumatic brain injuries—yet these were downgraded to minor issues like “headaches,” delaying treatment and disability recognition. Service members faced long waits for medical tests, such as MRIs, and were denied critical benefits like group life insurance. The Pentagon has refused to release its investigation report into the incident, continuing a pattern of withholding information from the public and families. The broader context includes a dismissive military culture, dismissals of top generals, and a refusal to acknowledge the scale of injuries, with reports suggesting over 800 injuries and possibly thousands of affected personnel. These testimonies highlight a failure in both operational safety and humanitarian care, revealing a regime that prioritizes political messaging over the well-being of its service members.

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The Trump regime is being called out by active duty U.S. service members who went on the record in an interview with the Associated Press about this catastrophic and unlawful war in Iran. Nine U.S. service members who were wounded in the March 1st Iranian drone strike in Port Shuaiba Kuwait, which killed six troops on the second day of the Iran war, spoke on the record to the Associated Press about what they describe as the complete systemic failures at all levels by the Trump regime. From what took place before the Iranian drone strike, when the service members warned the commanding officers who warned the commanding officers at the highest level at Senkham, that this Port Shuaiba was very dangerous, that it should not be used as a logistical hub by U.S. service members, that the service members didn't need to be there anyway since they were just mostly using their computers and they were on the internet. They could have done the same job from a much safer location. These service members are also calling out what took place right before the incident itself, as the service members were told to move from the bunkers, which was a safer location, into this unguarded building, which was obviously an unsafe location, and they all said we should stay in the bunkers. They were moved to this building, that's ultimately where the Iranian drone struck. Also leading up to the strike, there were Iranian quadcopters that were surveilling the area, and the service members who were there were telling their commanding officers and others. Look, we see the quadcopters, they're trying to scout this location for a strike, and even leading to the incident as well, you had a lot of service members saying, look, there's no protection here against Iranian drones if the Trump regime were to initiate this war against Iran with the Netanyahu regime were so close to Iran, Iranian drones could strike this base very easily. There's no anti-drone interceptors here. There were some patriot interceptors that were pretty far away, but there was no protection of this base itself, and this was known at all levels. By the way, including it got up to the sent-com level, and they just said, we have a plan. This is where we want these service members. They will go in this building, in this area, in Port Shuaiba that was ultimately struck. Then after, as you had the casualties mounting, there was no evacuation plan. There was no plan of, well, what do you do? What hospital do you bring them to? So service members had to literally use their phones and Google, where's the hospital in Kuwait? Where do we take casualties to? And that's ultimately how an evacuation took place by googling and finding nearby areas, and then the service members didn't know where to go. Nobody was in contact with them. They were trying to like stay in apartments or homes that were at least sufficiently far away to where the base was to be safe, but they had no clue where to go and nobody was contacting them. And then the article goes into what took place after, including to the present, where the US service members who were killed were not, and their family members are not getting the benefits that they were entitled to, based on how the deaths were being classified at first as non-combat death and all of these things, and how people who are injured are not getting the treatment that they deserve. They have to wait months for MRIs. They have to wait months before seeing a doctor. Their disability status is not being acknowledged by the Trump regime who wants to understate how severely disabled they are. And we're hearing from in this article, the spouses of service members who were severely injured, the Trump regime is like, that's just a headache. No, it's a traumatic brain injury, and people are unable to think anymore. They're unable to speak. They're unable to interact. They're constantly dizzy. And the Trump regime is just ignoring the injuries and lots of service members in this incident, and there's over 800 people who were injured. And I believe the numbers actually far greater than that are struggling through the system right now. I'm trying to just get basic health care and they're being denied and deprived by the Trump regime. Instead, you've got Pete Hegsith going on stage and talking about, oh, we're not one, excuse my language here. I'm just showing you what Hegsith says. He gives his state of the force. No fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals warriors. How about at the most basic level, you take care of our service members that you make sure that they are not intentionally put in harm's way. This was Hegsith the other day here playing this clip. But it's worth saying again, so that the fake news understands it. We are no longer the woke department or the weak department, simple translation of that, no fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals, just warriors, just tough, ready, committed troops. The war department, as you know, is colorblind, gender neutral and merit based, or as the president likes to say, repeat central casting. And when the Midas touch network and others were reporting the conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln and these other ships, where we were hearing from family members of the Marines and the sailors that their loved ones were not being fed, that the showers weren't working, that the morale was so low, that there were numerous attempts where people were having the suicide attempts, right, and the one ship, there was like eight suicide attempts. The Trump regime covered that up and said, what are you talking about? Morales never been higher. 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Well, but let's just go through though some of the data points here from this associated press article though, shall we nine US service members wounded in the March 1st Iranian drone strike at Port Shuaib, a Kuwait, which killed six troops on the second day of the Iran war spoke on the record to the associated press about what they described as a medical system that left them fighting for treatment on their own. Lieutenant Colonel Arturo Lincoln, who suffered shrapnel wounds to his jaw neck and spine, including a severed vertebral artery was sent to barracks and told to seek outpatient appointments after the Lonstle Regional Medical Center in Germany did not admit him. Chief warrant officer for Rodney bareman said he and others injured in the attacks were not properly registered as wounded in combat due to a coding error major Stephen roms bottom said he waited over four months for MRI results and has had to build my own case for everything Lincoln who still has shrapnel near his spinal cord and struggles with dizziness told the associated press that following the attacks in which his passport was destroyed. He was issued a temporary substitute and asked to prove his citizenship in the process. He was born in Texas to Mexican parents and graduated from West Point. He was also denied a service member's group life insurance injury claim or how about this part of the associated press article. A medical officer's plan to evacuate wounded soldiers at Port Shuaiba Kuwait was never brief or put in place after she was sent to Jordan according to the associated press AP reports the officer had prepared an evacuation plan that included collection points for moving the wounded she was among a group sent to Jordan and the plan was never implemented seven soldiers including a senior officer station at the port told the AP the unit went into the war without a broad plan for a mass casualty event after the strike soldiers whose phones still work used Google to find the nearest medical facilities one group of wounded was treated at a Kuwaiti hospital for about 48 hours then stayed in residential homes in Kuwait for another week because Iranian missiles and drones made evacuation flights risky they eventually flew to Germany on a cargo plane now the associated press asked the Pentagon for answers so what's going on here now the Pentagon basically tried to use the service members as the reason why they were declining to respond the army and the navy and other branches of the military and the Pentagon gave this statement the Army declined to comment on the associated press reporting on the Port Shuaiba strike 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 quote out of respect for the primary next of kin who will be scheduled for briefs on the official findings of the completed investigation we will not comment on the specific details individual accounts or leaked portions of the report at this time the army said in a statement the army completed its investigation of the Port Shuaiba attack in June but has yet to release a report citing the need to redact sensitive information said one official familiar with the army's investigation who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the report has not been released similarly the report regarding the Trump regime's war crimes in Minab where they slaughtered 168 children little girls at the Minab Elementary School that report is complete the Trump regime refuses to release that report so is the report on Lamar the sports hall where the Trump regime murdered dozens of children with tungsten pellets who were at volleyball practice the Trump regime strategy here is they do these reports and then they never release the reports and then they say well we can't tell you what's happening because the reports have not been released yet well it's October the reports were done in June release the damn reports but you know they're never going to do that the Trump regime is going to say ah two weeks ah two weeks we'll get to you in two weeks and it'll just be more of this over and over and over again and at the same time we're seeing this you know you had Pete Heggsith at the again the state of the force address his attack as I'm attacking all of the leaks and the leakers are the problems here's what Heggsith had to say about that here play this clip a free press is of course important but partisan activism that intentionally smears the troops and the historic mission that they're undertaking is fundamentally anti-American it's sick it's a national betrayal it's treason actually I mean I hate to have to say it but it has to be said especially in defense of the great Americans right in front of me but you nonetheless continue forward because you love the country more than they can fathom all right just to release the information and be transparent I mean the fact that we had to have multiple service members uh speak on the record and their family speak on the record about what took place you know is fairly unprecedented for the United States military and the fact that they're willing to speak on the record just shows you the depths of the cover up that's taking place right here I mean it was obvious that this area this port Shuaba was dangerous that it would be a clear target of Iranian drones uh these service members were moved from safer locations in other bases to this location when they said why are you putting us here there's no anti drone interceptors the woo and then they could have stayed in the barracks and then they were moved from the barracks to the building that was struck which was an obvious target and then even right before they were saying hey there's quad copters Iranian drones hello they're scouting our location well you have to stay there you have to stay there and then March 1st the morning of March 1st the strike took place six service members died and as I note there were 800 service members or more that were aware of who have been injured the Trump regime is Deeming headaches are is Deeming catastrophic traumatic brain injuries as headaches they're Deeming lots the just headaches not big injuries and I've been saying you know no these are real devastating injuries that are taking place and of course we believe the true injury count is in the thousands we don't believe it's only 800 and the Trump regime continues to cover up the extent of these injuries we've been showing you what these bases look like where there were service members when Iranian ballistic missiles and drones hit that would cause obvious traumatic brain injuries and I think we'll hear more and more of these stories over the coming days and weeks and of course the Trump regime has no plan and they continue to just pretend that there's no

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. Nine U.S. service members wounded in the March 1st Iranian drone strike at Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, publicly criticized the Trump regime for systemic failures that put them in danger.
  2. Service members warned commanders that the base was highly vulnerable, with no anti-drone defenses, visible Iranian surveillance, and a lack of protective measures despite repeated alerts.
  3. They were moved from safer bunkers to an unguarded building, directly where the strike occurred, and were told to stay despite knowing the risks.
  4. There was no evacuation plan or medical coordination after the attack, forcing injured troops to use Google to find hospitals and remain in unsecured residential areas.
  5. Injuries were misclassified as minor—such as “headaches”—and service members faced delays in treatment, disability recognition, and access to care for months.
  6. The Pentagon declined to release its investigation report into the Port Shuaiba incident, citing sensitivity, while other reports of war crimes (like Minab and Lamar) remain unreleased.
  7. Top military leaders, including generals and the Army secretary, have been dismissed under the Trump regime, raising concerns about leadership and accountability.
  8. Service members and their families report widespread neglect, including denial of benefits, lack of support, and a culture of downplaying trauma and injuries.

Summary:

S. service members wounded in the March 1st Iranian drone strike at Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, have come forward to expose systemic failures by the Trump administration. They detail how the base was known to be a high-risk location due to Iranian drone surveillance and lack of anti-drone defenses, yet troops were moved from safer bunkers into an unguarded building that was struck.

Despite repeated warnings, no evacuation or medical contingency plan was in place, forcing injured personnel to use personal devices to locate hospitals. Many suffered severe injuries—including traumatic brain injuries—yet these were downgraded to minor issues like “headaches,” delaying treatment and disability recognition. Service members faced long waits for medical tests, such as MRIs, and were denied critical benefits like group life insurance.

The Pentagon has refused to release its investigation report into the incident, continuing a pattern of withholding information from the public and families. The broader context includes a dismissive military culture, dismissals of top generals, and a refusal to acknowledge the scale of injuries, with reports suggesting over 800 injuries and possibly thousands of affected personnel. These testimonies highlight a failure in both operational safety and humanitarian care, revealing a regime that prioritizes political messaging over the well-being of its service members.

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Service members warned that the location was highly vulnerable to Iranian drones due to lack of anti-drone interceptors, unguarded buildings, and visible Iranian quadcopters scouting the area.

No formal evacuation plan was implemented. Wounded service members had to use Google to find medical facilities and were stranded in residential areas due to the risk of drone attacks.

Many faced long delays in medical care, with some waiting over four months for MRIs and being denied proper combat injury classification and benefits.

A coding error led to injuries being misclassified as non-combat, which prevented them from accessing full medical benefits and disability support.

They said they were explicitly told to move into an unguarded, unsafe building despite knowing it was a clear target for Iranian drones and that they should have stayed in bunkers.

The Army completed its investigation in June but has not released the report, citing the need to redact sensitive information, despite public requests for transparency.

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