The Pentagon said Monday that nearly 100 U.S. troops have been injured over the past two weeks as Iran ramped up missile and drone strikes on U.S. assets in the Middle East following the collapse of negotiations to end hostilities.

Earlier Monday, the Pentagon identified two soldiers who were killed in an Iranian missile and drone attack Friday at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan.

The U.S. Central Command said a soldier's remains have been found after the service member was declared missing following the attack, but they have yet to be identified.

"While nearly 100 service members were deemed to have some degree of injury since July 7, 2026, 96% have returned [to] duty," Sean Parnell, the Pentagon's chief spokesman, wrote on X. "They are determined to get back in the fight.

"The vast majority of injuries experienced were minor concussions. Further updates will be posted on the Defense Casualty Analysis System."

As of Monday night, the casualty database showed 14 service members killed and 427 others wounded since Operation Epic Fury began on Feb. 28. It was not immediately clear whether the three service members killed in the Jordan attack, along with a soldier who died Saturday in Iraq, were included in the database totals.

The service member in Iraq died during a controlled demolition of an Iranian drone.

Parnell's post came hours after The New York Times reported that the Pentagon did not publicly disclose three Iranian attacks that reportedly wounded dozens of U.S. service members in Jordan before the strike that killed the three soldiers.

The Times, citing anonymous U.S. officials, reported the three previously undisclosed attacks took place during the week leading up to the Iranian strike Friday.

"The Department of War rejects these baseless and malicious accusations of hiding injury numbers as outright lies from partisan hacks at the New York Times who are desperate to smear America's military and its leadership," Parnell wrote in another post on X.

"Claims of concealment are fabrications meant to further distress the American people in the wake of three service members killed in action. Disgusting behavior, even for the New York Times," he continued.

"In fact, U.S. military casualty information is publicly available and regularly updated online on the Defense Casualty Analysis System for everyone, including the media, to review. Injuries in the military encompass everything from minor sprained ankles during routine training to incidents entirely unrelated to combat operations," Parnell wrote.

Parnell accused the Times of deliberately painting a misleading and incomplete picture by "cherry-picking raw numbers without context."

"Our troops execute the President's directives with excellence, supported by superior training, equipment, and medical care that prioritizes safety," Parnell wrote. "This is the most transparent Department of War in history. We challenge the so-called journalists who wrote these lies, one of whom was recently subpoenaed regarding an alleged violation of federal criminal law, to stop the smears against the finest warfighting force on Earth."

Parnell was referring to Times reporter Eric Schmitt, one of four New York Times reporters subpoenaed by the Trump administration following the newspaper's report on security concerns involving the new Air Force One jet given to the United States by the Qatari government.