Sgt Benjamin N Pennington, 26, died from injuries sustained during Iranian strike on airbase in Saudi Arabia

The Pentagon has identified the seventh US service member killed in the war with Iran as 26-year-old army Sgt Benjamin N Pennington, who is a resident of Glendale, Kentucky.

In a statement on Monday the department said Pennington died on Sunday from injuries sustained during an Iranian strike on the Prince Sultan airbase in Saudi Arabia on 1 March. The incident is under investigation, the statement said.

Pennington was assigned to first space battalion, first space brigade, Fort Carson, Colorado, the Pentagon said. The brigade is part of the army space and missile defense command.

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[–] 55 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Pennington was assigned to first space battalion

So why was he on earth?

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  • [–] 39 points 5 months ago (7 children)

    7th that's been admitted to.

    The real casualty count is being heavily censored.

    Allied NATO countries are reporting US soldiers arriving to their hospitals end masse.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Since it's mostly a bombing campaign I don't see how it would be much higher. It's not that much different than the casualties seen during the gulf war. Only 219 US deaths from that entire conflict

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago

    This soldier died in Saudi Arabia. Unlike the gulf war, Iran can strike back with greater accuracy than they were given credit for. This is nothing like the gulf war in terms of the capabilities of the opponent. The USA will also not be able to win this war with air strikes alone, boots on the ground will be needed.

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  • [–] 23 points 5 months ago

    Oh no! Not 7?!

    I can’t believe they’re gonna report on each US soldier individually in contrast to the utterly deafening silence on the mountains upon mountains of dead people they leave behind for their precious pedoprez.

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  • [–] 19 points 5 months ago

    If I travelled back in time to 26 years ago to tell this guy's parents that their son will die to be a distraction because an orange reality TV star, bankruptcy champion, 34 felony holding, confirmed rapist and racist, multi crime committing, old aged, narcissistic pathological liar, mushy brained dementia riddled imbecile was trying to 'flood the zone with shit' just to protect itself from the decades of child rapes -and most probably even more evil shit- then do you think they'd believe me?

    The thing is, I know it happened and yet even I can't believe it.

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  • [–] 16 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    He got in the box for Israel

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  • [–] 15 points 5 months ago

    Per Trump: "Loser"

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)

    Pennington was assigned to first space battalion, first space brigade, Fort Carson, Colorado, the Pentagon said. The brigade is part of the army space and missile defense command.

    He's not earning any sympathy if he was part of Trump's old "Weaponize Space" bullshit.

    EDIT: Wrong department, my bad

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    You're thinking of Space Force. A Totally legit branch of the military.

    Not to be confused with the Netflix Series of the same name starring Steve Carrell and John Malkovich, which for future reference, we'll just call "the good one", though that really isn't saying much.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Shame the TV show wasn't any good. Such an incredible lineup that was wasted on trying to create "the office" in space.

    It would have been hilarious to search for Space Force and have the show be the first thing you find.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago

    7 terrorists dead

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago

    Martyrs for Epstein

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago

    Baby killer. No tears.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Get out of my head!

    It feels cold to say, but 7 dead soldiers just isn't much. 21 soldiers die per year in training accidents 17-22 veterans commit suicide every day

    That 7 dead number is nothing. However, the fact that we are being led by a buncg of sex trafficing rapists is disturbing beyond belief.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Isn’t it around 22% of all vets that end up committing suicide?

    Treat a ton of soldiers as disposable, talk down to them, make a bunch of their new friends die over pointless nonsense, and then when they retire just forget they exist -> super stable, totally normal and healthy system

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago

    The seventh sacrifice on the Epstein Altar.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    Time to paint more amazon delivery vans black.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    Benjamin N Pennington

    Died for a child rapist, murderer, eater.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    He could have stay home

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    Either these soldiers think they are doing something heroic or they feel forced to do this, either way I pity them

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    This pisses me off so much. Seeing someone the same age as you dying in this stupid shit is so aggravating.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Imagine dying/killing for trump and jesus.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    Credulous Homicidal Uniformed Military Person #7

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    These motherfuckers killed 170 school girls. Rot in hell.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    It’s a war on Iran, why do they say with…

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    and these service members are just following illegal orders, huh?

    kind of hard to feel any sympathy for them. it's been a few years now. they've probably had time to get out, and chose not to.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago*

    Rot in piss, rapist.

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