September 28, 2026
Eight US Marines were injured when an Iranian missile struck a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, NBC News reported.
Eight US Marines were injured when an Iranian missile struck a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, NBC News reported.
Key
Developments
Missile
Struck Vessel in Strait of Hormuz
Eight US Marines were injured when an Iranian anti-ship cruise missile struck a vessel they were operating on in the Strait of Hormuz on September 14, NBC News reported Sunday, citing three US officials.
The Marines were serving as part of a battalion landing team. Seven were enlisted personnel and one was an officer. According to the officials, they suffered smoke inhalation and possible traumatic brain injuries, with symptoms including headaches and other concussion-like effects.
None of the eight sustained serious injuries, and all returned to duty soon after the strike, the officials told NBC News.
The officials described the target as a maritime vessel but did not identify its type. They said it was not a US Navy ship.
Pentagon
Adds 37 to Wounded Troops Tally
The account of the Hormuz strike emerged days after The Washington Post reported that the Pentagon had added 37 wounded personnel to its public casualty count for the war on Iran. The additions comprised 29 Navy sailors and eight Marines.
The Post identified the increase in the Defense Casualty Analysis System, or DCAS, the Pentagon’s public database of personnel killed or wounded in wars and overseas operations. As of Wednesday, the system recorded 861 US troops wounded since the war began.
The database did not specify when or how the 37 personnel were injured. A Navy official told the newspaper that all 29 sailors had returned to duty but did not describe their injuries.
More than half of the wounded cases were recorded under “Overseas Operations” and dated from the start of a July ceasefire between Washington and Tehran that later collapsed, according to the Post. Earlier casualties were listed under ‘Operation Epic Fury’, the Trump administration’s name for the war.
Casualty
Figures Draw Renewed Scrutiny
The additions brought fresh attention to the Pentagon’s accounting of US casualties. The Washington Post reported last week, citing six officials familiar with internal records, that as many as five deaths involving US personnel in West Asia were absent from the public database. The newspaper said not all of those deaths were directly tied to the fighting.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth disputed that report, calling its findings inaccurate and the reporting “disgusting.”
At the time, DCAS listed 18 US personnel deaths from hostile and non-hostile causes since the US and Israel launched the war on February 28. The figure rose to 19 after the death of an Army officer who suffered a medical emergency on September 18 while traveling to West Asia.
The Intercept, citing a Pentagon official, reported that the officer was on a military flight to Saudi Arabia and that her death was classified as non-hostile. DCAS includes non-hostile deaths alongside those caused by enemy action.
- An Iranian anti-ship cruise missile struck a vessel carrying a US Marine battalion landing team on September 14, according to NBC News.
- Eight Marines experienced smoke inhalation and possible traumatic brain injuries. All returned to duty shortly afterward.
- The Washington Post reported that the Pentagon added 37 wounded personnel to its public Iran war tally, bringing the total to 861.
Eight US Marines were injured when an Iranian anti-ship cruise missile struck a vessel they were operating on in the Strait of Hormuz on September 14, NBC News reported Sunday, citing three US officials.
The Marines were serving as part of a battalion landing team. Seven were enlisted personnel and one was an officer. According to the officials, they suffered smoke inhalation and possible traumatic brain injuries, with symptoms including headaches and other concussion-like effects.
None of the eight sustained serious injuries, and all returned to duty soon after the strike, the officials told NBC News.
The officials described the target as a maritime vessel but did not identify its type. They said it was not a US Navy ship.
The account of the Hormuz strike emerged days after The Washington Post reported that the Pentagon had added 37 wounded personnel to its public casualty count for the war on Iran. The additions comprised 29 Navy sailors and eight Marines.
The Post identified the increase in the Defense Casualty Analysis System, or DCAS, the Pentagon’s public database of personnel killed or wounded in wars and overseas operations. As of Wednesday, the system recorded 861 US troops wounded since the war began.
The database did not specify when or how the 37 personnel were injured. A Navy official told the newspaper that all 29 sailors had returned to duty but did not describe their injuries.
More than half of the wounded cases were recorded under “Overseas Operations” and dated from the start of a July ceasefire between Washington and Tehran that later collapsed, according to the Post. Earlier casualties were listed under ‘Operation Epic Fury’, the Trump administration’s name for the war.
The additions brought fresh attention to the Pentagon’s accounting of US casualties. The Washington Post reported last week, citing six officials familiar with internal records, that as many as five deaths involving US personnel in West Asia were absent from the public database. The newspaper said not all of those deaths were directly tied to the fighting.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth disputed that report, calling its findings inaccurate and the reporting “disgusting.”
At the time, DCAS listed 18 US personnel deaths from hostile and non-hostile causes since the US and Israel launched the war on February 28. The figure rose to 19 after the death of an Army officer who suffered a medical emergency on September 18 while traveling to West Asia.
The Intercept, citing a Pentagon official, reported that the officer was on a military flight to Saudi Arabia and that her death was classified as non-hostile. DCAS includes non-hostile deaths alongside those caused by enemy action.
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