Kirby: "We already had a couple of military deaths associated with this conflict..." (Iraq)

[morningfog]

I missed the story or stories about a couple US military deaths in Iraq since the US entered the Iraq/Syria War.

Does anyone remember or have a link to a report?

The Pentagon said it planned to establish several sites across the country to train nine Iraqi army brigades and three brigades of Kurdish Peshmerga fighters. They would be set up in northern, western and southern Iraq.

Kirby said the training would focus on tasks such as battlefield leadership, tactical organization, logistics and intelligence matters.

The remaining 630 or so American forces would help establish "advise and assist" operations centers, adding to similar centers in existence in Baghdad and Arbil.

Kirby said many of the additional American troops would be dedicated to securing bases where training and advising would take place and cautioned that American troops still face risks.

"We already had a couple of military deaths associated with this conflict ... Nothing we do is without risk," he said.

The Pentagon said it planned to establish several sites across the country to train nine Iraqi army brigades and three brigades of Kurdish Peshmerga fighters. They would be set up in northern, western and southern Iraq.

Kirby said the training would focus on tasks such as battlefield leadership, tactical organization, logistics and intelligence matters.

The remaining 630 or so American forces would help establish "advise and assist" operations centers, adding to similar centers in existence in Baghdad and Arbil.

Kirby said many of the additional American troops would be dedicated to securing bases where training and advising would take place and cautioned that American troops still face risks.

"We already had a couple of military deaths associated with this conflict ... Nothing we do is without risk," he said.

This was the first I have read of US military deaths in Iraq in 2014. I checked icasualties, and it lists 2 US deaths in Iraq in October 2014. Who were they and what were the circumstances?

http://icasualties.org/Iraq/ByMonth.aspx

[TwilightGardener]

1. Marine lost at sea in Persian Gulf, ditched aircraft--that was one.

Another was a soldier or Marine near Baghdad, but did not see the circumstances, called non-combat related.

[morningfog]

2. Thanks. The Marine lost at sea sounds familiar now that you mention it.