100+ US Troops Diagnosed With Brain Injuries Following Iranian Attack
While the Pentagon and President Donald Trump initially reported zero injuries or fatalities, the former now reports that more than 100 US troops have been diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) following the January 8 Iranian missile attack.
Just over a month after the hit on the Asad military base, the Pentagon is now releasing a statement confirming that 109 service members are suffering injuries.
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Press secretary Alyssa Farah stated:
“We are grateful to the efforts of our medical professionals who have worked diligently to ensure the appropriate level of care for our service members, which has enabled nearly 70 percent of those diagnosed to return to duty. We must continue to address physical and mental health together.”
She adds, “Our research has been instrumental in the development of various breakthroughs to improve the lives of those individuals who have sustained brain injuries. Our efforts must address the total picture – before, during and after any blast exposure or injury. This is a snapshot in time and numbers can change. We will continue to provide updates as they become available.”
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In addition to Farah, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley shares, “All of those people were screened and we have got a certain number and the number is growing, in this particular case TBI — that manifests, it takes some time to manifest itself, it’s not an immediate thing necessarily — some cases it is, some cases it’s not. So we continue to screen.”
He adds, “Some of them have been evacuated to Europe, some have been evacuated back to the United States so there is a layered approach to this, we’ll continue to do that with our medical professionals.”