According to information reported by NBC News on September 27, citing three US officials, an Iranian anti-ship cruise missile struck a vessel carrying US Marines in the Strait of Hormuz two weeks ago, resulting in injuries to eight personnel.
Sea-news.az reports that the account indicates the Marines suffered no serious physical injuries but experienced smoke inhalation. Symptoms of potential traumatic brain injury were also observed among them.
It is noted that seven of the injured were enlisted personnel and one was an officer. According to US officials, all of them returned to duty shortly after the attack.
The Marines stated that at the time the Iranian missile struck the vessel, they were operating as part of a battalion landing team.
Officials stated that the ship did not belong to the US Navy. However, they did not disclose the type of vessel, referring to it simply as a “maritime vessel.”
According to information released last Wednesday, the Pentagon’s Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) has recorded a total of 861 US military personnel wounded during the conflict with Iran.
The eight Marines in question were added to the DCAS database approximately 10 days after the September 14 attack. A US official attributed the delay in entering the data to symptoms that can manifest later and the fact that the system does not update in real-time.
