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BRIDGEWATER, New Jersey (AP) \u2014 The U.S. military said on Saturday that two additional service members were killed as part of the war with Iran<\/span>, bringing the total number of deaths to 16.<\/p>\n

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The deaths reflect the complicated reality that American boots don\u2019t need to be on the ground for there to be lethal risks in a conflict that involves drones, missiles and airplanes. American forces are arrayed across the Middle East, making other nations targets of Iran as the fighting has escalated after a breakdown in peace talks.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump has said the war is necessary to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons. As of Saturday afternoon, he had yet to issue a statement on the latest set of deaths that occurred in Jordan, with the White House instead sending the statement issued by U.S. Central Command.<\/p>\n

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First fatalities came soon after the war started<\/h2>\n

Shortly after the war began on Feb. 28, an Iranian drone strike at a civilian port in Kuwait killed six American soldiers. The soldiers were part of a supply and logistics unit based in Iowa<\/span> who were working at a shipping container-style building that had no defenses.<\/p>\n

A seventh soldier died<\/span> more than a week after being wounded during a March 1 attack by Iran on the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

Later in March, six service members were killed when a KC-135 refueling aircraft supporting U.S. military operations against Iran crashed in Iraq<\/span>. The aircraft was in \u201cfriendly\u201d airspace when an unspecified incident involving another aircraft took place, according to U.S. Central Command.<\/p>\n

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On Monday, the U.S. military said a Navy pilot died<\/span> in a helicopter crash in the Arabian Sea. The Navy initially described the July 1 crash as an emergency landing and said there was \u201cno indication the emergency was caused by hostile action.\u201d The remaining three sailors aboard the helicopter were rescued.<\/p>\n

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On Saturday, the U.S. Central Command said two service members were killed in Jordan while defending against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks. The military said one U.S. service member is \u201ccurrently\u201d missing after the attack.<\/p>\n

The military said as part of the most recent announcement that it was withholding additional information, including the names of the deceased, until 24 hours after families had been notified.<\/p>\n

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The deaths in the war are not limited to Americans.<\/p>\n

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