--- title: Nearly 100 U.S. Troops Injured in Two Weeks Since Iran War Resumed, Says Pentagon description: "Every second Trump prolongs his war in Iran is another second our service members remain in danger," said one Democratic lawmaker, amid mounting concern over the human toll. canonical: https://time.com/article/2026/07/21/iran-war-injury-toll-us-service-members-pentagon-trump/ author: Callum Sutherland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2026-07-21T15:29:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-07-22T15:28:23.080Z article:section: Politics og:title: Nearly 100 U.S. Troops Injured in Two Weeks Since Iran War Resumed, Says Pentagon og:description: "Every second Trump prolongs his war in Iran is another second our service members remain in danger," said one Democratic lawmaker, amid mounting concern over the human toll. og:url: https://time.com/article/2026/07/21/iran-war-injury-toll-us-service-members-pentagon-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45b62650e3b208f3/6a5f6bc7a5cdcafaf06df1b6/trump-hegseth-injures-july15.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: trump-hegseth-injures-july15.jpg og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Nearly 100 U.S. Troops Injured in Two Weeks Since Iran War Resumed, Says Pentagon twitter:description: "Every second Trump prolongs his war in Iran is another second our service members remain in danger," said one Democratic lawmaker, amid mounting concern over the human toll. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45b62650e3b208f3/6a5f6bc7a5cdcafaf06df1b6/trump-hegseth-injures-july15.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Nearly 100 U.S. Troops Injured in Two Weeks Since Iran War Resumed, Says Pentagon > Sponsored content. 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"Every second Trump prolongs his war in Iran is another second our service members remain in danger," said one Democratic lawmaker._ by [Callum Sutherland](https://time.com/author/callum-sutherland/) ## Callum Sutherland Reporter Jul 21, 2026 3:29 PM UTC by [Callum Sutherland](https://time.com/author/callum-sutherland/) ## Callum Sutherland Reporter Jul 21, 2026 3:29 PM UTC Almost 100 U.S. troops have been injured over the last two weeks since [the resumption of the Iran war,](https://time.com/article/2026/07/20/iran-war-us-service-members-killed-trump-democrat-lawmakers-response/) the Pentagon said Monday as Washington launched its 10th consecutive evening of strikes against Tehran. “While nearly 100 service members were deemed to have some degree of injury since July 7, 2026, 96% have returned \[to\] duty. They are determined to get back in the fight,” [said](https://x.com/SeanParnellASW/status/2079285283745386955) Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell. The vast majority of injuries experienced were "minor concussions," he added. The injury tally was shared in the aftermath of three U.S. service members being killed in a matter of days following the collapse of the cease-fire. Two [U.S. service members in Jordan](https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2078530691109974522) were "killed in action as U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and partner forces defended against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks" on Friday. Another U.S. service member was “killed in action” in northern Iraq on Saturday during a “controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone,” CENTCOM [said](https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2078920477779890312). The fallen service members have been identified as 1st Lt. Tyler James [Feehan](https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4549661/dow-identifies-army-casualties/), 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, Pvt. Isabella [Gonzales](https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4549661/dow-identifies-army-casualties/), 19, of Carrollton, Texas, and Sgt. Michael Emmanuel [Swinton](https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4550900/dow-identifies-an-army-casualty/), 30, of Fayetteville, North Carolina. President Donald Trump has [referred](https://www.facebook.com/reel/1285501720140552/) to the slain troops as “great patriots” and [vowed](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116953296612438865) that “every time Iran kills an American soldier, they will pay for that killing many times over.” Since the U.S. and Israel launched its initial strikes against Iran on Feb. 28, some 447 U.S. military personnel have been injured, according to the [Pentagon](https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oefu/byCategory)’s count on Monday. In the wake of the figures, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer renewed [calls for an immediate end to the Iran war](https://time.com/article/2026/07/20/iran-war-us-service-members-killed-trump-democrat-lawmakers-response/). “Every second Trump prolongs his war in Iran is another second our service members remain in danger,” [said Schumer.](https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/2079350274557182158) “Senate Democrats will force Senate Republicans to take another vote to end this war and bring our troops home. Enough is enough. End this war." Both the House of Representatives and the Senate passed War Powers Act resolutions last month aimed to restrict Trump from continuing the war. Democrat Sen. Adam Schiff of California filed a [new War Powers Resolution](https://www.schiff.senate.gov/news/press-releases/news-sen-schiff-files-new-war-powers-resolution-after-collapse-of-u-s-iran-ceasefire/) last week. Trump notified Congress on July 10 that the war had resumed—a measure viewed by the Trump Administration as the start of a new 60-day window whereby the U.S. can engage in military action against Iran without seeking congressional approval. Democratic lawmakers have strongly rejected this and are pushing to have another vote. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is [set to face](https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-review-of-the-presidents-supplemental-funding-request-of-june-24-2026) tough questions from lawmakers sitting on the Senate Appropriations Committee when he testifies alongside Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Tuesday afternoon. The session will cover Trump’s [supplemental funding request](https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2026.06.24-Letter-to-the-Honorable-Mike-Johnson.pdf), part of which would pay for the Iran war. Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, who serves on the Committee, [said](https://x.com/ChrisVanHollen/status/2079393079723770118) he intends to ask Hegseth: “What is the purpose of this war, and how are you going to end it?” The concerned Senator is also pushing for another vote on a War Powers Resolution. The [Memorandum of Understanding](https://time.com/article/2026/06/17/us-iran-peace-deal-agreement-leaked-draft-text/) signed on June 17 brought a brief respite in the conflict, as the interim agreement laid out the terms of an extended 60-day cease-fire to allow time for further negotiations to take place. But hostilities resumed on July 7 amid reports that Iranian strikes had targeted vessels transiting the [Strait of Hormuz](https://time.com/article/2026/03/17/what-is-the-strait-of-hormuz-global-trade-oil-flow-iran-war/), prompting Trump [to declare](https://time.com/article/2026/07/08/us-iran-ceasefire-over-trump-strikes-strait-of-hormuz/) the cease-fire was “over.” Escalating tit-for-tat strikes have since ensued, with Tehran launching attacks on U.S. military bases in neighbouring Gulf states, bringing renewed instability to the region. **Read More**:[ _The Bab El-Mandeb Strait Is Under Threat_](https://time.com/article/2026/07/15/iran-war-bab-el-mandeb-strait-trade-route-houthis-threat/) The U.S. has also reimposed its naval blockade on Iranian ports and associated vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial passage through which around a fifth of global oil production typically flows. Elsewhere, Yemen’s Houthi rebels declared a naval blockade of their own against Saudi Arabia on Monday, vowing to cut off the country from another critical maritime chokepoint, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. ## Transcript You estimated at one point the cost of the war in Iran was $29 billion, but then added a caveat that there was a replacement of munitions, for example. Do you have a new estimate about what the war has cost us so far in this, the fifth month of the first year of this war in Iran? Senator, the estimate we have as of today is 37.5 billion. And is the current activity which we've been told about the exchange of fire back and forth in Iran, an indication that that number is going to go up in the months ahead. Some of that number captures additional O&M, mil pay and other that would be anticipated through the fiscal year. So some of that anticipates what costs would be going out in the future as well. So the new number you've given me is what. 37.5 billion. And that represents the cost of the war through what period of time. Through now for certain aspects of it, but also mil pay, O&M, other anticipated costs through September 30th. 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