BREAKING: Just days after Pete Hegseth called the Washington Post’s casualty reporting “DISGUSTING and FAKE” and “a complete LIE” — the Pentagon quietly added 37 more wounded US troops to its own public database, 29 Navy sailors and 8 Marines, pushing the official Iran war wounded tally to 861, per the Washington Post.
The Pentagon has not disclosed when, where or how the 37 service members were wounded. A Navy official said all 29 sailors have returned to duty, while CENTCOM declined to explain the increase.
Hegseth had attacked the Post after it reported at least 22 US military personnel had died since the war began, four more than the Pentagon’s public database showed, writing on X: “This is DISGUSTING and FAKE. A complete LIE. Shame on the Washington Post — they’re worse than Iranian state media.”
The Pentagon is now publicly acknowledging dozens more wounded US troops without publicly explaining when, where or how they were injured.