First U.S. Service Member Dies In Iraq Fighting ISIS
The Pentagon has announced the first death in the fight against ISIS in Iraq.
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Marine Lance Cpl. Sean Neal, a 19-year-old from California, died in Baghdad on Thursday in what a Pentagon statement described as a noncombat incident. Further details about how Neal died were not immediately available.
Earlier this month, a Marine was deemed lost at sea after he fell from an aircraft into the Arabian Gulf.
The Pentagon said Neal’s death was the first U.S. casualty in Iraq since the Obama administration began its “Inherent Resolve” mission, which now includes airstrikes against the extremist group in Iraq and Syria and a growing number of U.S. military personnel on the ground in Iraq in August.
The Marine’s death is a milestone for the Obama administration, which withdrew U.S. troops from Iraq in 2011 and has sought to ensure the United States is not drawn into more of the costly, messy ground wars that characterized the decade after the 9/11 attacks.
More than 4,000 U.S. military service members died in Iraq after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.[su_csky_ad]
mea_mark October 25th, 2014 at 6:31 pm
How is a noncombat incident related to dying fighting ISIS? Shouldn’t the title read, “… during operation Inherent Resolve”.
Tommy6860 October 25th, 2014 at 7:37 pm
IKR?
rg9rts October 26th, 2014 at 6:44 am
Who is the idiot that comes up with these moronic names??
Hirightnow October 26th, 2014 at 8:44 am
They go to this site.
rg9rts October 26th, 2014 at 9:57 am
This site didn’t exist for arclight
ExPFCWintergreen October 25th, 2014 at 7:32 pm
That’s a cheap shot. He didn’t die “fighting ISIS” and it minimizes the loss to the family. He fell out of a helicopter. Sadly, it happens — at Camp Pendleton, at Camp Lejeune, around the world. Service members die in peacetime training accidents and peacetime operations just like they do in wartime accidents and operations. There are *always* Marine units afloat in the Arabian Gulf. It’s sad for those who knew him but really has little to do with ISIS.
fancypants October 25th, 2014 at 8:30 pm
I think you misread his obituary wintergreen..
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Marine Lance Cpl. Sean Neal, a 19-year-old from California, died in Baghdad on Thursday in what a Pentagon statement described as a noncombat incident. Further details about how Neal died were not immediately available.
tracey marie October 25th, 2014 at 9:13 pm
the faller is a diffrent person
rg9rts October 26th, 2014 at 6:39 am
Psssst
rg9rts October 26th, 2014 at 6:40 am
Cost of doing business