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Veterans caution that the Trump administration\u2019s move could affect troops\u2019 ability to get care long after the conflict ends. <\/strong><\/p>

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President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth observe as military personnel carry the remains of 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan upon his arrival at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware last week. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson\/AP)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

The Pentagon has reclassified service members who were killed and wounded during renewed hostilities with Iran in a way that separates them from other troops who have died or been injured as a result of the conflict, a move that critics say obscures the human cost of the Trump administration\u2019s war and could have long-term implications for survivors.<\/p>\n

Last week, the Pentagon removed four recent <\/b>troop deaths<\/a> \u2014 three from an Iranian ballistic missile strike that hit a base in Jordan on July 17, and one who was killed the following day during a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone at a base in Iraq \u2014 from its online database. Their removal from what the Pentagon calls its Defense Casualty Analysis System drew immediate congressional scrutiny. At the time, the Pentagon faulted a data-processing error.<\/p>\n

The issue occurred as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were on Capitol Hill pressing lawmakers for billions of dollars in additional wartime funding<\/a>. During their testimony, Hegseth said the current cost of operations since the Iran conflict began Feb. 28 is more than $37 billion.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, the four deaths, and a previously undisclosed number of new wounded personnel, 207, reappeared in the casualty analysis system \u2014 but not attached to Operation Epic Fury, the name the Trump administration has assigned to the Iran war. Instead, those casualties were listed under a new category titled \u201cOverseas Contingency Operations.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new category appears to encompass only those casualties that have occurred in the weeks since Washington and Tehran declared a ceasefire as the governments pursued a negotiated settlement to the conflict. Those talks broke down this month, and both sides resumed military attacks.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration indicated Sunday<\/a> that the president desires \u201csome space\u201d for diplomatic efforts to continue while he contemplates another military escalation. Officials have rejected reports indicating that the pause is due to the Pentagon\u2019s depleted supply of key defensive weapons.<\/p>\n

The Pentagon did not immediately respond to requests for comment on why the troops were first removed from the casualty analysis system and whether it has taken into consideration how reclassifying those casualties could affect survivors and beneficiaries. Last week, the Pentagon\u2019s chief spokesman, Sean Parnell, blamed the removal on a \u201ctemporary data disruption.\u201d<\/p>\n

The New York Times, CNN and other media outlets have previously reported on the Pentagon\u2019s data discrepancies.<\/p>

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To date, the war in Iran has resulted in the deaths of 18 U.S. service members and wounded more than 600, according to the data. The Pentagon has said that many of those who have been wounded have since returned to duty.<\/p>\n

Moving the recent casualties into a new category in the Pentagon\u2019s database is not merely a public transparency issue; it could have long-term effects on veterans and survivors\u2019 ability to receive government benefits, a major veterans advocacy group cautioned.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way you are recategorizing folks on the back end has second- and third-order effects\u201d said Jess Finucan, an Air Force veteran and spokeswoman for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.<\/p>\n

A service member\u2019s permanent record is built around the military operations that Defense Department data shows they were a part of. That record affects areas including commendations, medical care and survivors benefits, Finucan said.<\/p>\n

The administration needs to be \u201cfully responsible and accountable for the full cost of war,\u201d Finucan said.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump announced the start of Operation Epic Fury on Feb. 28 and then declared it over in May, following the announcement of a ceasefire. But U.S. military operations in the region did not end at that time, with two aircraft carriers patrolling nearby and continued air patrols, limited exchanges of fire and then a full resumption of hostilities July 7.<\/p>\n

Since then, Iran has hit several U.S. facilities, resulting in scores of additional wounded personnel and four troops killed.<\/p>

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