Tehran : America faced a massive setback when six soldiers were killed in a drone attack at their base in Kuwait. It was a direct hit – the deadliest attack on US forces since 2021. And the 60-odd troops were left dangerously exposed. Since the Iranian attack on the Shuaiba port in Kuwait, which also left 20 others injured, much of what transpired has remained shrouded in secrecy.
Despite being sitting ducks, the troops swiftly responded to the crisis, preventing more casualties. “Those soldiers put themselves in harm’s way… I am immensely proud of them,” he said. The soldiers were part of the 103rd Sustainment Command. A week before the US attacked Iran, the Trump administration relocated most soldiers stationed in Kuwait to bases in Jordan and Saudi Arabia. These bases were farther from the Iranian missile range.
It’s just kind of a classic, older military base… From a bunker standpoint, that’s about as weak as one gets,” one soldier recalled. “Some small barriers… a bunch of little tin buildings to set up makeshift offices,” he further said. On March 2, sirens blared as incoming missiles were detected. The crew took over in a cement bunker. A ballistic missile flew overhead. Minutes later, an all-clear alert sounded. The soldiers heaved a sigh of relief and returned to their offices.
There was dust everywhere. “It’s something like what you see in the movies. Your ears are ringing. Everything’s fuzzy. Your vision is blurry. You’re dizzy,” one soldier said. It was one of Iran’s Shahed drones that detonated directly at the centre of the US base. The aftermath was chaotic, with one soldier describing seeing blood everywhere. Head wounds, heavy bleeding, lots of perforated eardrums… folks are bleeding from their abdomen, bleeding from arms, bleeding from legs, he said.’
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