President and First Lady Observe Dignified Transfer of 6 Service Members Killed in Kuwait

Six soldiers from the 103rd Sustainment Command were brought home after they were killed in action by an Iranian drone strike during ‘Operation Epic Fury.’

President Donald Trump, U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, First Lady Melania Trump, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Vice President JD Vance stand at attention as a U.S. Army carry team moves a flagged-draped transfer case at Dover Air Force Base on Saturday in Dover, Delaware. Six soldiers from the 103rd Sustainment Command were killed in action by an Iranian drone strike on March 1 in Port Shuabia, Kuwait during “Operation Epic Fury.” (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)

President Donald Trump accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump, members of the administration and the families of six service members killed in Kuwait this week observed the arrival of loved ones returning home Saturday in a solemn event at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.

The military identified the fallen service members killed in an Iranian drone strike on March 1 as U.S. Army Maj. Jeffery R. O’ Brien, 45, 103rd Sustainment Command, from Indianola, lowa; U.S. Army Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35, …