{"id":51217,"date":"2020-01-17T12:32:52","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T12:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/01\/17\/11-troops-injured-after-irans-strike-against-al-asad-airbase-says-centcom\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:34:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:34:25","slug":"11-troops-injured-after-irans-strike-against-al-asad-airbase-says-centcom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2020\/01\/17\/11-troops-injured-after-irans-strike-against-al-asad-airbase-says-centcom\/","title":{"rendered":"11 troops injured after Iran\u2019s strike against al-Asad airbase, says CENTCOM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eleven service members were injured after Iran launched multiple ballistic missiles targeting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/01\/09\/intel-warned-of-ground-assault-on-al-asad-airbase-report\/\" target=_blank>al-Asad<\/a> airbase in Iraq earlier this month, according to U.S. Central Command officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pentagon officials previously touted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/01\/08\/see-the-damage-at-al-asad-airbase-following-iranian-missile-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\">that the attack<\/a> resulted in zero \u201ccasualties,\u201d but CENTCOM spokesman Navy Capt. Bill Urban acknowledged Thursday some troops were transported out of Iraq to receive additional medical assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;While no U.S. service members were killed in the Jan. 8 Iranian attack on Al Asad Air base, several were treated for concussion symptoms from the blast and are still being assessed,\u201d Urban said in a statement. \u201cAs a standard procedure, all personnel in the vicinity of a blast are screened for traumatic brain injury, and if deemed appropriate are transported to a higher level of care.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Urban said that eight service members were taken to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, and another three were moved to Camp Arifjan in Kuwait for additional screening. He said the troops will return to Iraq when \u201cdeemed fit for duty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number of wounded and extent of their injuries was first reported by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defenseone.com\/threats\/2020\/01\/eleven-us-troops-were-injured-jan-8-iran-missile-strike\/162502\/?oref=d-topstory\" target=_blank> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defenseone.com\/threats\/2020\/01\/eleven-us-troops-were-injured-jan-8-iran-missile-strike\/162502\/\" target=_blank>Defense One<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alyssa Farah, a Pentagon spokeswoman, told reporters Friday that following the Iran ballistic missile strike a number of soldiers had \u201croutine examinations for concussions,\u201d and that the vast majority needed no follow on exams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The symptoms of traumatic brain injury, or TBI, often don\u2019t materialize until days after an incident, Jonathan Hoffman, the chief Pentagon spokesman, told reporters at the Pentagon Friday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some soldiers continued to display \u201cconcussion-like symptoms\u201d days after the attack, Farah explained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOut of an abundance of caution those 11 members were transported for further evaluation,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hoffman said the al-Asad base did not have an MRI machine to further evaluate troops continuing to show concussion or TBI symptoms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hoffman said that Secretary of Defense Mark Esper was notified about the injured troops late Thursday afternoon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to the U.S. strike that killed Iran\u2019s Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani, Tehran launched 16 ballistic missiles targeting coalition bases in Iraq, including al-Asad airbase where approximately 1,000 U.S. troops are stationed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Immediately after the attack, President Donald Trump tweeted \u201call is well\u201d and the Pentagon said al-Asad and another airbase in Erbil were \u201con high alert due to indications that the Iranian regime planned to attack our forces and interests in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esper told reporters at the Pentagon the 11 ballistic missiles that hit al-Asad damaged tentage, a parking lot, taxiways, and a helicopter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNothing that I would describe as major, at least as I note at this point in time. So that\u2019s the state of &#8212; of the attack at this point as we know it,\u201d Esper said Jan. 8. \u201cMost importantly, no casualties, no friendly casualties, whether they are U.S., coalition, contractor, et cetera.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/01\/08\/milley-says-iran-launched-ballistic-missiles-intending-to-kill\/\" target=\"_blank\">told reporters on Jan. 8<\/a> that he believed Iran was seeking to take American lives, but failed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBottom line is, in my professional assessment, at al-Asad &#8230; the points of impact were close enough to personnel and equipment and so on and so forth \u2015 I believe, based on what I saw and what I know, that they were intended to cause structural damage, destroy vehicles and aircraft, and to kill personnel,\u201d Milley said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Approximately 5,000 U.S. troops remain in Iraq.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the fact Defense officials initially said the attack resulted in zero \u201ccasualties,\u201d CENTCOM spokesman Navy Capt. 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