Four Heroes Fall Defending Freedom from Iran
Liberty Check
- Four Army Reservists killed in Iranian drone strike on Kuwait operations center during Operation Epic Fury.
- President Trump launched strikes confirming Khamenei’s death, prompting Iran’s missile barrage across region.
- Pentagon refutes media claims of ‘makeshift’ facility, stressing fortified defenses for troops.
The Department of War identified Capt. Cody Khork, 35, from Winter Haven, Florida; Sgt. 1st Class Noah Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Nebraska; Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39, of White Bear Lake, Minnesota; and Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, Iowa.
All served with the 103rd Sustainment Command in Des Moines, Iowa. CENTCOM reported the casualties starting Sunday, with a fourth soldier succumbing Monday.
Khork enlisted in the National Guard in 2009 and commissioned as a Military Police Officer in the Army Reserve in 2014, residing in Lakeland, Florida.
Amor joined the National Guard in 2005, transferred to Army Reserve in 2006, and deployed to Kuwait and Iraq in 2019.
Tietjens enlisted in Army Reserve in 2006 with Kuwait deployments in 2009 and 2019. Coady, posthumously promoted, enlisted in 2023 from Des Moines.
“A Tactical Operations Center is not a ‘makeshift office space,’” Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell wrote.
“The secure facility was fortified with 6-foot walls.”
“Every possible measure has been taken to safeguard our troops — at every level. The Department is prepared for this engagement and has hardened our defenses,” Parnell added.
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