The Pentagon says it has created a new, separate category in its official casualty system to account for U.S. personnel killed or wounded in renewed fighting involving Iran. According to multiple reports, the change is linked to the end of “Operation Epic Fury,” which is the military’s name for combat operations against Tehran. The reporting states that because “Operation Epic Fury” has ended, the Pentagon updates how casualties are recorded for later periods of fighting under a different designation. While the articles focus on the administrative update to casualty tracking, they describe the renewed U.S.-Iran combat context as the reason for establishing the additional category. The Pentagon’s explanation, as relayed by the outlets, is that the revised categorization ensures casualties tied to post–“Operation Epic Fury” operations are documented separately from those recorded under the earlier operation name. None of the excerpts provide specific casualty counts or details about the scope or location of the renewed fighting, concentrating instead on how the military records and classifies losses.