Thirteen courageous Americans are dead. They came from Iowa farms and Nebraska suburbs, from Kentucky small towns and Minnesota neighborhoods. Today we set aside the battlefield updates. This episode belongs to the thirteen.

Six Army Reservists from the 103rd Sustainment Command killed in a single drone strike in Kuwait. A 26-year-old Eagle Scout who died a week later from wounds in Saudi Arabia. Six crew members lost on a KC-135 over western Iraq. We say their names. We tell their stories. Every detail verified across multiple sources.

This is a special edition of the Iran War Report.