Military Failed to Properly Track Brain Injuries: IG Report

Military Failed to Properly Track Brain Injuries: IG Report
Some 1,892 American flags are installed on the National Mall in Washington, on March 27, 2014. Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images
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On Jan. 7, 2020, Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops in retaliation for the United States killing Iranian general Qassem Suleimani.

No U.S. troops were killed in the strike, but the Pentagon initially reported that 34 suffered traumatic brain injuries. Officials then increased that number to 50, before saying a month later that more than 100 troops had suffered brain injuries.