Pentagon shields info on US troops wounded in ISIS battles
Tours not supposed to involve combat
By Barbara Starr CNN Pentagon Correspondent
POSTED: 01:26 PM EDT Jun 21, 2016 UPDATED: 07:17 PM EDT Jun 21, 2016
"The Department of Defense does not routinely release detailed information regarding service members who are wounded in action. This is due to concerns about operational security and about releasing health information that may be protected," Maj, Adrian Rankine-Galloway said in a statement emailed to reporters on Monday night.
There have been exceptions. The Pentagon last month confirmed that two service members were wounded, one in Iraq and one in Syria. A pentagon official said that was done to correct inaccurate information.
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