Fourteen Weeks After U.S. Strike on Iran, Mutual Attacks Continue, Strait of Hormuz Remains Closed, and Only 25% of Americans Say Conflict

U.S. troops on ships and bases in the Middle East continue to face exchanges of fire with Iran every few days while the Navy blockades Iran's ports. The Pentagon is working to increase production of depleted munitions.

Iran targeted Bahrain and Kuwait in a ballistic missile attack on Friday. President Donald Trump declared a ceasefire with Iran in April. Iran is keeping the Strait of Hormuz largely closed to shipping.

President Donald Trump is threatening a return to full-scale bombings of Iran if peace negotiations fail. U.S. Army Reserve Sergeant 1st Class Cory Hicks, 37, was wounded in an Iranian drone attack in Kuwait on February 28, 2026.

Shrapnel punctured an artery and fractured his jaw. He also suffered a traumatic brain injury. "It sounded like a small prop plane coming in quick. And then it just smashed into the building and blew up.

And I remember a big bright ball of flames and lots of pressure and heat, and I was out," Hicks said. Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland is treating a surge in combat care cases.

U.S. Troops have been wounded during the conflict. Many of the wounded have a traumatic brain injury. Over 90 percent of the wounded have returned to duty. Thirteen service members have been killed.

U.S. Ships and aircraft. U.S. warships in the Gulf of Oman. U.S. Yadira Dessaint is the mother of a sergeant in the Army Reserve from California's San Fernando Valley.

Her son has seen multiple attacks on his position by Iranian drones. U.S. military action in Iran has been worth it. U.S. Inventories of missiles and interceptors. S. " Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said: "The Department of War is proud of our incredible troops.