2026年9月10日 / 美国东部时间上午8:06 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：乔纳·卡普兰
刚从波兰部署任务归来的陆军预备役上尉科迪·科克原本渴望与未婚妻一同获得另一份海外部署任务。他们在爱荷华州第103维持司令部找到了机会，科迪将在科威特阿里夫詹营担任9个月的副部队保护官。
今年2月，这对情侣与驻扎在该基地的大多数其他军人一同被转移出营地，为“史诗之怒行动”做准备。科迪的未婚妻被调往国外，而科迪则与数十名专家一同被转移到舒艾巴港的战术作战中心。
3月1日，也就是伊朗战事打响的第一天，一架伊朗沙赫德无人机袭击了科迪所在的位置，造成他和其他五名美军士兵死亡。
“我从没想过这种事会发生在他身上，”科迪的父亲吉姆·科克告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻。
![未注明日期的美国陆军预备役上尉科迪·科克照片，他于2026年3月1日在科威特舒艾巴港的美国战术作战中心遭伊朗无人机袭击身亡。 Courtesy photo]
吉姆·科克与妻子斯泰西接受了哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的独家专访，他们不仅分享了丧子之痛，还表达了沮丧情绪——他们认为，在这场致命袭击发生前，军方存在诸多失职之处，却未被追究责任。
陆军已向科克夫妇和哥伦比亚广播公司新闻证实，针对此次伊朗袭击的调查已于7月初完成，但军方尚未公布报告内容。
陆军发言人在给哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的声明中呼吁外界“保持耐心”。
声明称：“美国陆军致力于保持透明，并尊重金星家属的隐私。出于对主要直系亲属的尊重，目前我们正安排他们听取已完成调查的正式结果简报，因此现阶段我们不会就报告的具体细节、个人陈述或泄露的部分内容置评。”
科克夫妇表示，科迪作为部队保护官曾多次向所在部队指挥官克林特·巴恩斯准将发出警告，称伊朗有袭击他们所在地的风险——该地点距离边境约65英里。多名消息人士告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，陆军情报部门早在1月就曾警告称，伊朗可能在潜在战事中袭击舒艾巴港。
科迪的家人称，3月1日，当部队成员在空袭警报声中躲进掩体时，科迪曾建议巴恩斯，即使在相对平静的时段，部队也应留在掩体中。而这位将军不断要求科迪宣布“空袭警报解除”。
“一名上尉只能对将军说那么多次‘不’，”他的父亲告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻。
巴恩斯未回应多次置评请求，而第103维持司令部的一位女发言人则将所有问题交由五角大楼处理。
“我儿子死得毫无必要，”斯泰西·科克补充道。“没错，他是为国家而死。没错，他是爱国者。没错，他是英雄。我不愿用‘谋杀’这个词，因为它太重了，但如果你的挚爱被谋杀，我们的司法体系就是为了追究责任、弥补过失、抚平家属伤痛而建立的。”
![陆军预备役上尉科迪·科克的父母吉姆和斯泰西·科克，他们的儿子于2026年3月1日在科威特遭伊朗无人机袭击身亡。 CBS News]
美国陆军中央司令部和第三陆军下令对五角大楼展开调查，以“查明此次伊朗袭击的事实和情况”。但在调查启动前，哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的一项调查就开始揭露多名袭击幸存者所称的袭击前、袭击期间和袭击后存在的“战略失误”。
袭击发生一天后，美国国防部长皮特·赫格斯瑟将伊朗无人机称为“漏网之鱼”，暗示这架无人机突破了科威特境内一支设防部队的防御系统。今年4月，一名受伤士兵告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，称“有一架无人机钻了空子”的说法并不准确。该士兵表示，该部队“完全没有能力进行任何自卫，这不是一个设防阵地”。
更多袭击目击者告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，军方领导人已经掌握了伊朗将袭击他们在科威特的阵地的情报。这些报道引发了参议院民主党人的调查。哥伦比亚广播公司新闻还采访了其他爆炸幸存者，他们详细说明了袭击前曾向领导层请求增加资源，包括医护人员数量以及医疗物资的供应和可及性。
“这是一场失职，”斯蒂芬·兰斯博特少校在5月接受哥伦比亚广播公司新闻采访时表示，他认为另一名遇难的六名士兵之一的一级军士长妮可·阿莫尔本可以存活下来——如果当时基地有医生、固定急救站或不止一辆救护车的话。据目击者称，士兵们只能用临时绷带、支架和止血带自行进行伤员分类，还征用民用车辆将伤员送往科威特当地的两家医院。
五角大楼多次驳斥有关军方试图淡化这一事件的说法。今年3月，五角大楼发言人肖恩·帕内尔在X平台上针对哥伦比亚广播公司新闻此前关于此次袭击的报道回应称：“各级部队都采取了一切可能的措施来保障我们士兵的安全”，并称“该安全设施建有6英尺高的围墙”。
在科克夫妇的家中，墙上挂满了纪念科迪服役生涯的裱框物品，包括一套他再也没有机会穿上的定制军装礼服。
他们每个月至少会去一次布什内尔的佛罗里达国家公墓，只为缅怀儿子的牺牲。
“现在我们可以替儿子发声了，”吉姆·科克说。“他已经不能说话了，但我们可以。”
Gold Star family calls on Army to release internal probe into deadly attack on Kuwait base: “My son died unnecessarily”
September 10, 2026 / 8:06 AM EDT / CBS News
By
Jonah Kaplan
Fresh off his return from a deployment in Poland, Army Reserve Capt. Cody Khork was eager to find another assignment overseas with his fiancée. They found that opportunity with the Iowa-based 103rd Sustainment Command, where Khork would serve as deputy force protection officer for nine months at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait.
In February, the couple — along with most other service members stationed at the base — were moved off post in preparation for Operation Epic Fury. While his fiancée was moved out of the country, Khork was among a few dozen specialists moved to a tactical operations center at the Port of Shuaiba.
On March 1, one day into the Iran war, an Iranian Shahed drone struck Khork’s position, killing him and five other American troops.
“I just never thought it would happen,” Jim Khork, Cody’s father, told CBS News.
An undated photo of U.S. Army Reserve Capt. Cody Khork, who was killed in an Iranian drone strike on a U.S. tactical operations center in Port of Shuaiba, Kuwait, on March 1, 2026. Courtesy photo
Jim Khork, along with his wife, Stacey, sat down for an exclusive interview with CBS News to share more about their grief, but also their frustrations about what they consider is a lack of accountability for military shortcomings ahead of the deadly attack.
The Army confirmed to the Khorks and CBS News that its probe into the deadly Iranian attack was completed in early July, but they have yet to release it.
In a statement to CBS News, an Army spokesperson asked for “patience.”
“The U.S. Army is committed to transparency and respecting the privacy of our Gold Star Families. Out of respect for the primary next of kin, who are currently being scheduled for briefs on the official findings of the completed investigation, we will not comment on specific details, individual accounts, or leaked portions of the report at this time,” the statement said.
The Khorks said Cody, as a force protection officer, had delivered repeated warnings to the unit’s leader, Brig. Gen. Clint Barnes, about the risk that Iran would attack their location, which was roughly 65 miles from the border. Multiple sources told CBS News that Army intelligence warned as early as January that Iran would attack the Port of Shuaiba in a potential war.
On March 1, while members of the unit holed up in a bunker amid air sirens, Cody’s family said many survivors of the attack and other officers on the ground told them Cody advised Barnes that the unit should remain there, even amid periods of calm.
“The general kept asking Cody to call an ‘all clear,’” his father told CBS News. “A captain can only tell the general ‘no’ so many times.”
Barnes did not respond to multiple requests for comment, while a spokeswoman for the 103rd Sustainment Command directed all questions to the Pentagon.
“My son died unnecessarily,” Stacey Khork added. “Yes, he died for my country. Yes, he was a patriot. Yes, he was a hero. I hate to use the word murder because it’s strong, but if a loved one of yours was murdered, our justice system is built to have accountability and to have atonement for that and for the grief of the family.”
Jim and Stacey Khork, the parents of Army Reserve Capt. Cody Khork, who was killed in an Iranian drone strike on Kuwait on March 1, 2026. CBS News
U.S. Army Central and Third Army ordered the Pentagon probe “to determine the facts and circumstances” of the Iranian attack. But before the review was underway, a CBS News investigation began shedding light on what several survivors of the attack described as “strategic failures” ahead of, during and after the strike.
One day after the deadly strike, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described the Iranian drone as a “squirter” — suggesting that the drone managed to slip past the defenses of a fortified unit inside Kuwait. In April, one of the injured soldiers told CBS News that “painting a picture that ‘one squeaked through’” was not accurate. The soldier said the unit was “unprepared to provide any defense for itself. It was not a fortified position.”
More witnesses to the attack told CBS News that military leaders had seen intelligence showing Iran was targeting their position in Kuwait. Those reports sparked an investigation from Senate Democrats. CBS News spoke with other survivors of the blast who detailed requests to leadership for more resources ahead of the strike. Those requests focused on the number of medical personnel as well as the availability and accessibility of medical supplies.
“This was a failure,” Maj. Stephen Ramsbottom said in an interview with CBS News in May, adding he believed Master Sgt. Nicole Amor, another of the six soldiers killed, could have survived her wounds had there been a doctor, a fixed aid station or more than one ambulance at the post. The soldiers, according to witnesses, instead triaged themselves with makeshift bandages, braces and tourniquets. They commandeered civilian vehicles to drive the wounded to two local Kuwaiti hospitals.
The Pentagon has repeatedly pushed back on claims that the Army tried to downplay the incident. In a post on X in March addressing prior CBS News reporting on the strike, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said “every possible measure has been taken to safeguard our troops — at every level” and that “[t]he secure facility was fortified with 6-foot walls.”
At the Khorks’ home, the walls are filled with framed reminders of Cody’s service, including a new, tailored military formal uniform he never had a chance to wear.
At Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, they visit at least once a month to think only of his sacrifice.
“We can speak for our son now,” Jim Khork said. “He can’t do it but we can.”
