Name: Pentagon gives updates on military operations in Iran: ABC News Special Report
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This is an ABC News Special Report and we are coming on the air right now because Defense Secretary Pete Hegstaff, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Kaine, have just finished an update at the Pentagon on the war with Iran.

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We want to show General Kaine the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs opened up his remarks by discussing the names of the four service members for the six service members who've been killed so far in this war.

It's with profound sadness and gratitude that I share the names of four of our six fallen heroes.

All from the 103rd Sustainment Command, U.S. army Reserves out of Des Moines, Iowa.

Captain Cody Cork, Sergeant First Class Noah Teegens, Sergeant First Class Nicole Amour, and Sergeant Declan Cody.

To the families of our fallen, we grieve with you today and we look forward to welcoming your family members home at Dover in the coming days.

Out of respect for the other families, we'll withhold the release of their names until next of kin notification is complete and either myself or Admiral Cooper will release those names as soon as we can ensure that all of those families have been properly notified.

To our Gold Star families, to our wounded warriors and their loved ones.

We will never forget your sacrifice and we share in honoring that sacrifice.

The Defense Secretary also talked about how the United States has achieved what he says is air dominance over the skies of Iran.

Describe some of the other successes, including the downing of an Iranian warship.

Twice an American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters.

The first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War II.

And more details from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs on which boomed missile systems have been taken out.

How how the United States is doing with munitions and defense.

joint forces continued to attack and attrit ballistic missile capabilities as well as integrated air defense capabilities along the southern axis.

Along the northern axis, Israel and the Israeli Air Force has predominantly been working integrated air defense targets along the northern flank as well as medium range ballistic missile capability as well.

From the sea, the USS Ford has continued to project combat power here as well as the bomber pulses that we talked about in the opening of this briefing.

Along the southern axis, the USS Abraham Lincoln Strike group has continued to provide pressure from the sea along the southeastern side of the coast and has been attriting naval capability all along the strait and up into the Arabian Gulf at a size and scale sufficiently to address the target targets required.

As Admiral Cooper said in his video last night, we've destroyed more than 20 Iranian naval vessels, including, in addition to the frigate outside of the area, one submarine, and

effectively neutralized at this point in time, Iran's major naval presence in theater out there.

As the secretary showed the video for the first time since the defense area said that the United States has achieved air dominance over Iran, Both Israel and the United States expanding their strikes.

We're going to full coverage all day long on ABC News Live.

And of course, a full wrap up tonight on World News Tonight.

This has been a special report from ABC News.