Iran Press/America: Jonathan Hoffman said those troops are among a total of 34 American soldiers diagnosed with TBI after the US Ain al-Assad airbase in Iraq where they were stationed was hit by IRGC missiles fired from Iran on January 8.
In response to the US strike that assassinated Iran’s Quds Force Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, IRGC launched 16 missiles targeting US bases in Iraq, including Ain al-Assad airbase where approximately 1,000 US troops are stationed.
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It was at least the third time US officials have had to revise President Donald Trump's Jan. 8 claim that no Americans were injured by the Iranian missile barrage, NPR reported.
"No Americans were harmed in last night's attack by the Iranians," Trump declared at the White House hours after the Iranian attack. "We suffered no casualties."
The 8 wounded American soldiers who arrived in the US are part of a larger contingent of 18 troops diagnosed with TBI who were initially medically evacuated to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. Those now in the US will be treated at out-patient basis either at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. or at their home bases, according to Hoffman.
The 9 US troops who remain in Landstuhl will continue to undergo evaluation and treatment there. One American soldier who was diagnosed with TBI after the Iranian attack and transported to Kuwait has now returned to duty in Iraq; 16 others who stayed in Iraq after being diagnosed with TBI have also returned to duty.
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