Defense department updated database of casualties to list four service members deceased in ‘Overseas Operations’
A controversial move by the Pentagon to reclassify casualties in the Iran conflict is being taken by US military veterans as a sign of disrespect for the dead.
“It’s such a huge disrespect for the families,” said Michael E Smith, a retired US rear admiral and the founder of National Security Leaders for America. “To claim that they weren’t killed as a result of the war – oh, it was just overseas operations – is just ludicrous.”
