Army Maj. Stephen Ramsbottom, a survivor of the March 1, 2026, drone strike in Kuwait, filed a congressional complaint alleging leaders dismissed warnings about defenses at the base where six troops died.
CBS News reported that Ramsbottom submitted the filing Friday to the House and Senate Armed Services committees. The network said it obtained a copy.
The filing alleges Army leaders dismissed concerns about thin fortifications at Port Shuaiba, a U.S. command post in Kuwait. It says the post had one ambulance but no on-site physician or fixed aid station.
CBS described the strike as the war’s deadliest attack on U.S. troops; six American soldiers were killed in the conflict’s first 24 hours, the network said.
At a press conference the day after the attack, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the troops were well protected and described the operations center as fortified. Ramsbottom told 60 Minutes: “We just did not plan this well, and this needs to be a lesson that we learn.”
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, the ranking member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, asked Hegseth in a Nov. 13 letter for a classified briefing and all force-protection assessments for Port Shuaiba.
CBS said a Pentagon spokesperson declined to comment on the allegations or whether adequate force protection was in place.
An earlier EconoTimes report on Vance’s comments about troop-location decisions also covered Joey Amor’s call for accountability after his wife, Army Reserve soldier Nicole Amor, died in the attack. Vance said some decisions about troop locations had been a serious mistake and that changes had been made.
