🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🏻😢 #iraq #operationinherentresolve Two U.S. service members were killed and five others were injured Sunday while conducting combat operations in northern Iraq, officials with Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve said in a statement. Initial reports indicate the incident was not due to enemy contact, officials said. But no additional information was publicly released Sunday morning. The incident is under investigation. “The entire counter-ISIS Coalition sends our deepest condolences to these heroes’ families, friends and teammates,” said Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, in a statement. “I hope there is some small solace in knowing their loss has meaning for our country and all the nations of the Coalition as the fallen service members were fighting to defeat a truly evil enemy and to protect our homelands.”
