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The drone strike on Port Shuaiba in Kuwait occurred on day two of the war. Those who were there say they fear no one will be held accountable. <\/strong><\/p>

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A flag-draped transfer case containing the remains of Maj. Jeffrey R. O\u2019Brien is moved at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on March 7. (Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

Seconds after an Iranian drone struck his unit\u2019s operations center in Kuwait, an <\/b>Army general responsible for <\/b>the troops inside got up from the floor, grabbed his protective vest and helmet, and shouted an order to a soldier beside him: \u201cGet out!\u201d<\/p>\n

It was March 1, barely a day into the U.S. war against Iran. The <\/b>drone hit in the center of the building at Port Shuaiba, its concussive blast hurling troops into walls and igniting a deadly fire, survivors of the strike<\/a> told The Washington Post.<\/p>\n

Brig. Gen. Clint Barnes <\/b>ran for the <\/b>emergency exit and to a <\/b>nearby protective bunker, even as <\/b>dozens of men and women under his command remained behind, said the soldier ordered to flee with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t have run out of the f—ing building,\u201d the soldier added, his voice trembling as he recounted how, once the bunker\u2019s steel <\/b>doors were reopened, he\u2019d tried to head back to the building to help, but Barnes told him to stay put. <\/b>\u201cI can\u2019t just, like, watch this happen,\u201d he recalled thinking.<\/p>\n

At the urging of another officer who was running toward the fire, the soldier said, he went back to the operations center and began calling out through the smoke hoping <\/b>to find survivors.<\/p>\n

The general, the soldier said, <\/b>did not.<\/p>\n

Barnes\u2019s decision-making following the drone strike is one of several episodes that have left those sent to Port Shuaiba embittered toward their leadership, according to this soldier and many others who spoke with The Post as senior military officials finalized the internal investigation of the incident.<\/p>\n

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Brig. Gen. Clint Barnes. (U.S. Army)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

Six soldiers with the Army\u2019s 103rd Sustainment Command died as a result of the strike and <\/b>dozens more were <\/b>wounded, some seriously. The attack stands as one of the Iran war\u2019s costliest for U.S. personnel and the Trump administration, souring many Americans on the president\u2019s decision to start the conflict and raising questions about the precautions taken ahead of time to protect those put in harm\u2019s way.<\/p>\n

This account is based on interviews with 17 people, including soldiers who survived the strike and other firsthand witnesses, as well as people with knowledge of the military\u2019s investigation. Most spoke on the condition of anonymity, citing a fear of reprisal or to discuss details of the military\u2019s examination of the incident.<\/p>\n

The Port Shuaiba attack has left those most directly involved with complex feelings of guilt and betrayal, several soldiers explained.<\/p>\n

Some said they have questioned whether they did enough to help those who died.<\/p>\n

Soldiers who were wounded said <\/b>the military\u2019s medical system failed them.<\/p>\n

Many expressed anger toward <\/b>Barnes and the commander above him, Maj. Gen. John Hinson, alleging that both leaders <\/b>ignored intelligence warnings that Port Shuaiba was a probable Iranian target. <\/b>They are angry that the generals sent troops there despite internal assessments that advised against the move, in part because the facility lacked adequate defenses against drones, the soldiers said. The assessments were described to The Post by troops familiar with their details.<\/p>\n

Neither Barnes nor Hinson responded to requests for comment. The Army declined to address the soldiers\u2019 complaints directly but broadly defended the unit\u2019s leadership and its decision-making.<\/p>\n

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Maj. Gen. John Hinson in 2024. (U.S. Army)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

Several soldiers interviewed for this report said they doubt that the military\u2019s investigation, which was shared with the families of the deceased last week, will hold anyone accountable for moving troops to Port Shuaiba despite known vulnerabilities, <\/b>or for the lack of medical care some soldiers said they experienced after the attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we don\u2019t learn from these mistakes, if we just all believe the same lie, then it\u2019ll happen to another unit later on and they\u2019ll end up in the same situation we were in,\u201d said Maj. Stephen Ramsbottom, who was in the building when it was hit.<\/p>\n

A U.S. official familiar with the investigation\u2019s findings confirmed that the investigation currently <\/b>does not address any punitive action or assign fault for the attack and response.<\/p>\n

A second U.S. official familiar with the investigation said the soldiers\u2019 understanding of the facility\u2019s defenses was not accurate and that the investigation found that Port Shuaiba and the surrounding area had a layered defense against drones and incoming missiles.<\/p>\n

It was not immediately clear when the military investigation\u2019s findings will be made public.<\/p>\n

U.S. Army Central, the command that oversees units deployed in the Middle East, said in written <\/b>responses to questions from The Post that Port Shuaiba was selected \u201cin accordance with operational plans,\u201d was fortified and had enough bunker space for the troops assigned there.<\/p>\n

\u201cIntelligence and air defense-related aspects were addressed by the investigation, which will be released at a later date,\u201d Army Central said in its statement.<\/p>\n

Army Central has completed a separate classified investigation of the intelligence warnings and defensive capabilities surrounding the attack, an Army official said. Those findings are unlikely to be made public.<\/p>\n

The Army\u2019s 103rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command deployed to Kuwait\u2019s Camp Arifjan in September and was <\/b>responsible for coordinating logistics support for thousands of troops deployed to the <\/b>Middle East.<\/p>\n

Although Camp Arifjan had <\/b>air-defense systems in place, the Pentagon in the weeks before the war moved troops off its <\/b>large bases<\/a> in the region and scattered them across smaller facilities with hopes of making it more difficult for Iran to target American personnel.<\/p>\n

Port Shuaiba, situated along the Persian Gulf about <\/b>30 minutes from Arifjan, was a candidate and a team from the 103rd was sent to scout it out, soldiers told The Post.<\/p>\n

They <\/b>found immediate issues, <\/b>three soldiers said.<\/p>\n

Port Shuaiba\u2019s \u201cBig Voice\u201d wasn\u2019t working, two soldiers told The Post. The base-wide <\/b>threat-warning system used loudspeakers mounted high <\/b>on poles to instruct <\/b>troops to seek cover when a missile launch was detected.<\/p>\n

Nearby air-defense systems did intercept some small drones at and near the port, soldiers said. But Shuaiba did not have any of the systems that would take down the one-way attack Shahed drones \u2014 and initial security assessments found that the base was not adequately protected, they said.<\/p>\n

It was a worrying shortfall, similar to an attack in Jordan in 2024, when a base without enough air defenses<\/a> suffered an Iranian proxy drone attack that killed three U.S. troops.<\/p>\n

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U.S. military personnel during a drill at Camp Arifjan in 2023. (Yasser Al-Zayyat\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n
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A damaged drone during a military drill at Camp Arifjan in 2023. (Yasser Al-Zayyat\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

At Shuaiba, there were no overhead coverings to blunt attacks or otherwise conceal troops from overhead surveillance, The Post previously reported<\/a>, a lack of preparation that runs counter to the Army\u2019s own guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The unit\u2019s force-protection <\/b>assessments \u201crecommended against positioning any personnel at Shuaiba Port,\u201d one soldier wrote in <\/b>a June complaint to the Army Inspector General that was reviewed by The Post. An Army official said the service does not comment on inspector general investigations.<\/p>\n

By December, <\/b>as tensions with Iran swelled and the Trump administration ordered a major military buildup in the Middle East, both Barnes and Hinson received classified briefings on Port Shuaiba\u2019s vulnerabilities, three soldiers told The Post. The generals were also provided intelligence that Shuaiba was on an Iranian hit <\/b>list, the soldiers said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew it was an identified target,\u201d one of the soldiers said.<\/p>\n

In its statement to The Post, Army Central did not address questions about the unit\u2019s force-protection assessments.<\/p>\n

Port Shuaiba may have been <\/b>considered safe because in the summer of 2025, when President Donald Trump ordered strikes on Iran\u2019s main nuclear facilities<\/a>, the 103rd\u2019s predecessors in Kuwait had relocated there and not been hit, three soldiers said.<\/p>\n

But Iran had responded only in a limited manner then, firing at one major U.S. base but not escalating further against other Western targets.<\/p>\n

As Trump publicly threatened<\/a> military action, Barnes and Hinson were warned that if Iran\u2019s leadership was eliminated, \u201call locations where U.S. forces might be located would be targeted, not just military bases,\u201d one of the soldiers said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got to change our plan,\u201d another soldier said he told Barnes months before the attack. \u201cThis is dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n

Army Central declined to address the claim in its response to The Post.<\/p>\n

In the weeks before the unit\u2019s <\/b>move to Port Shuaiba, soldiers attempted to improve the facility\u2019s protective measures, <\/b>several of the soldiers said.<\/p>\n

Chief Warrant Officer Robert M. Marzan, who was among those killed in the March 1 strike, worked with a few others to get the Big Voice warning system operational, surviving soldiers told The Post. The system was working at the time of the attack, Army Central confirmed in its statement to The Post.<\/p>\n

The 103rd <\/b>also tried to have a truck-mounted drone defense system, called the EAGLS<\/a>, sent to the facility, two soldiers said. <\/b>Army Central did not fulfill the request, three soldiers said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was denied because of lack of assets,\u201d one of the soldiers said.<\/p>\n

Army Central declined to address the claim in its response to The Post.<\/p>\n

The unit also deployed to Shuaiba without their weapons, two soldiers said. \u201cNo one even had a weapon,\u201d one of the soldiers said. \u201cNo crew-served weapons, no automatic weapons. We left all of that in the arms room at Arifjan.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the days before the strike, multiple soldiers reported seeing quadcopter drones at Port Shuaiba, possibly surveilling them, three soldiers told The Post.<\/p>\n

They also said that despite the intelligence warnings, it was widely assumed that a military operation against Iran would be quick, with minimal retaliation, like it had been the summer before.<\/p>\n

U.S. and Israeli forces launched Operation Epic Fury at 1:15 a.m. on Feb. 28, attacking more than 1,000 targets across Iran in the first 24 hours. <\/b>Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles in response.<\/p>

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When a threat <\/b>was detected, Port Shuaiba would receive an alert from Camp Arifjan to activate its Big Voice. Throughout that first day, Maj. Cody A. Khork and others staffed the system, sending an alarm throughout the facility for troops to take cover.<\/p>\n

The announcements would send soldiers scrambling from the operations center to nearby bunkers, where sometimes they would remain for several hours before receiving an \u201call clear.\u201d<\/p>\n

The disruptions wore on the unit\u2019s leadership, multiple soldiers told The Post. Barnes had a small number of essential staff remain in the building during the alerts, and Hinson told another service member, \u201cWe can\u2019t just have people sleeping in the bunkers,\u201d two soldiers said.<\/p>\n

Pressure to get back in the building during those alerts also came from Barnes\u2019s senior enlisted adviser, Command Sgt. Maj. Javier Camposano Jr., six soldiers said. Soldiers who spoke to The Post described two instances in which the unit\u2019s leadership urged Khork to see if an all clear could be called, including a half-hour before the fatal attack.<\/p>\n

Neither Barnes nor Camposano responded to requests for comment, and Army Central declined to address questions about the soldiers\u2019 claims.<\/p>\n

On March 1, the final Big Voice warning <\/b>before the fatal attack occurred around 4:30 a.m. This time, troops waited for more than four hours in the bunkers and patience grew thin; some chose to go back inside before the \u201call clear\u201d was called so they could get caught up on their work, several of the soldiers said.<\/p>\n

During that time, Camposano urged another soldier to reach out to Khork and ask if the all clear could be sounded so <\/b>the rest of the force could go back to the operations center as well, six soldiers told The Post. The \u201call clear\u201d was issued around 9 a.m.<\/p>\n

One soldier familiar with the subsequent investigation said that Camp Arifjan did not have a log of an \u201call clear\u201d being issued \u2014 but that there were so many alerts occurring at the same time that it\u2019s possible it was just not recorded.<\/p>\n

Army Central did not address questions about the all clear.<\/p>\n

About 30 minutes later, a single Iranian <\/b>Shahed drone found its target and dove.<\/p>\n

Two service members who were walking outside when the drone hit said they heard a whistling sound and a noise like a lawn mower.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I looked up, it was pretty much vertical,\u201d one of the soldiers told The Post. \u201cThere was no real reaction time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Shahed crashed into the center of the building. <\/b>Computers and lights blew out, turning pieces of metal, glass and plastic <\/b>into shrapnel that cut up the soldiers in the room, survivors recalled.<\/p>\n

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Camp Arifjan after the March 1 attack. (Planet Labs)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

The blast threw Ramsbottom from his chair and into a hallway, and <\/b>a piece of shrapnel <\/b>lodged in the back of his head, he told The Post. He said he came to after hearing a voice yell, \u201cWe need help over here!\u201d<\/p>\n

Ramsbottom felt his way through the debris to where soldiers were trying to save the lives of Khork and Master Sgt. Noah L. Tietjens, both of whom died in the attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was stuff on fire everywhere,\u201d Ramsbottom said. \u201cI helped Tietjens get out. Then, as I kept going back to the building, people were just bringing people out and handing them to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ramsbottom did not see either of the two generals, he said. They weren\u2019t at the muster point inside Port Shuaiba and the Chevy pickup trucks used by the generals were gone, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe asked where they were,\u201d Ramsbottom said. \u201cAnd I remember somebody saying, \u2018Well, Hinson was bleeding pretty badly.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Hinson was last seen by the soldiers who spoke to The Post sitting near a bunker with Barnes. His face was bloodied and he appeared dazed, two soldiers recalled.<\/p>\n

Barnes did not appear to be injured, two of the soldiers said. The Army deferred questions about Barnes to the Army Reserve, which did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

Army Central defended the generals\u2019 actions in the aftermath of the attack, saying in its statement to The Post that leadership \u201cimmediately assisted with the on-scene evacuation of personnel and worked directly with personnel on the ground to establish initial accountability before being medically evacuated due to their own injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n

In its statement, the command said that Hinson suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and a wound to his hand. The statement did not address what injuries Barnes may have had.<\/p>\n

None of the troops interviewed by The Post recalled seeing Hinson or Barnes assist as survivors carried out the dead and tended to the wounded.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of us were hurt,\u201d Ramsbottom said, adding that the shrapnel in the back of his head was painful but that he was not bleeding as profusely as some others were.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe stayed,\u201d he said, \u201cand made sure everyone got out.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to Khork, 35; Marzan, 54; and Tietjens, 42, the strike resulted in the deaths of Master Sgt. Nicole M. Amor, 39; Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20; and Maj. Jeffrey R. O\u2019Brien, 45. More than 30 others were injured.<\/p>\n

From the muster point inside Port Shuaiba, the attack survivors climbed into unit vans and trucks and drove themselves to a hospital in Kuwait City, several of the soldiers said. The injured spent a day there before being sent to safe houses nearby, they said.<\/p>\n

A few days later, about 10 troops \u2014 the most seriously wounded \u2014 were evacuated from Kuwait for more intensive medical treatment. Two dozen others were flown out on March 10, nine days after the attack.<\/p>\n

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From left, Master Sgt. Nicole M. Amor; Sgt. Declan J. Coady; Maj. Cody A. Khork; Master Sgt. Noah L. Tietjens; Maj. Jeffrey R. O\u2019Brien; and Chief Warrant Officer Robert M. Marzan. (Brent Newton\/U.S. Army\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

For many of the troops, their final encounter with Barnes occurred in a parking lot in downtown Kuwait City. He shook each soldier\u2019s hand as they boarded a bus that took them to a C-17 transport plane bound for Germany, several soldiers said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe told me he was proud of me, that I\u2019d done a good job,\u201d said one.<\/p>\n

Soldiers told The Post that they still needed medical care at that point, for shrapnel wounds and broken bones, or that they had not been screened for brain injuries or other internal wounds. They said they felt relief once they knew they were headed to Germany, home to a premier military hospital, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center.<\/p>\n

But when they arrived in Germany, military medical teams \u201chad no clue we had injured [personnel] on the flight,\u201d said one of the soldiers.<\/p>\n

Doctors told them that because the soldiers weren\u2019t recorded on the flight\u2019s manifest as medical evacuees, or listed in the military\u2019s casualty-processing database as seriously injured, the hospital could not admit them, several soldiers said.<\/p>\n

They did have their wounds dressed and received some treatment in the ER, but only as outpatients. They were then sent to nearby barracks to wait for a flight to the United States.<\/p>\n

At Landstuhl, <\/b>\u201ceveryone said the same thing,\u201d one soldier said. \u201c\u2018We\u2019re sorry. It\u2019s the system. There\u2019s nothing that can be done.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Officials at Landstuhl did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n

In its statement, Army Central defended its handling of the wounded, saying that \u201cmedical professionals in theater\u201d first determined how to classify their injuries and that all affected personnel received \u201ccontinuous physical, behavioral and TBI care.\u201d<\/p>\n

To investigate the tragedy, Hinson initially appointed a mid-career officer under his command to conduct the review, an Army official told The Post. That alarmed some of the unit\u2019s soldiers who answered questions from the officer. One said they came away with a sense that \u201cwe are investigating ourselves and found no wrongdoing.\u201d<\/p>\n

A military officer who has conducted investigations of high-profile incidents like the Port Shuaiba attack explained that to ensure such reviews are done objectively, it is essential that the person in charge come from outside the affected organization.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole point,\u201d this person said, \u201cis to have a disinterested officer.\u201d<\/p>\n

In its statement to The Post, Army Central said that Hinson\u2019s appointee was tasked only with collecting preliminary information. An Army official told The Post that the investigation was later taken over by Army Central and overseen by a more senior officer.<\/p>\n

The investigation\u2019s findings were approved by Lt. Gen. Patrick Frank, this official said. Frank was head of Army Central at the time of the Port Shuaiba attack. The Trump administration recently made him the No. 2 general at U.S. Central Command, which has coordinated all aspects of the Iran campaign. A spokesman for Frank <\/b>said the general was declining to comment on the investigation at this time.<\/p>\n

After a week in Germany, the wounded troops departed for the United States. Before boarding their flight, each <\/b>soldier and their belongings had to be weighed on a large scale.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told them \u2018We have a lot of extra bags\u2019 because we had carried the fallen\u2019s stuff, and the wounded\u2019s stuff,\u201d one soldier said.<\/p>\n

When crews weighing their luggage saw the large pile of gear, \u201cyou could see it in their faces,\u201d the soldier continued. \u201cTwo of them started to cry.\u201d<\/p>

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Jarrett Ley and Aaron Schaffer contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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