Some of the most detailed information about the Iran war has come not from the office of the defense secretary or the White House, but from a report released by the Defense Department’s inspector general.
关于伊朗战争的一些最详尽的信息并非来自国防部长办公室或白宫，而是来自国防部监察长发布的一份报告。
The independent oversight agency offered glimpses into the U.S. military’s inventory shortfalls, and the damage from Iranian counterattacks to consulates and other diplomatic facilities in the region.
这个独立监督机构让人得以一窥美军库存短缺，以及伊朗反击对该地区领事馆和其他外交设施造成的损坏。
The document, which was issued on Monday, covered only the first four months of the war, from Feb. 28 to June 30. On Tuesday, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said in a separate report that war had cost the United States roughly $38 billion through Aug. 1.
这份周一发布的文件仅涵盖战争的前四个月，从2月28日到6月30日。周二，无党派的国会预算办公室在另一份报告中说，截至8月1日，这场战争已使美国花费约380亿美元。
Here are some key takeaways from the inspector general’s report.
以下是监察长报告的一些关键要点。
A secret mission statement
秘密任务声明
The Pentagon and White House have said that their goal in Iran is to destroy its nuclear programs, attack drones, ballistic and cruise missiles, and its means of producing those weapons.
五角大楼和白宫曾表示，他们在伊朗的目标是摧毁其核项目、攻击无人机、弹道和巡航导弹，以及生产这些武器的手段。
But the inspector general’s report noted that the Pentagon’s full mission statement for the Iran war “is classified.” That suggests that the military may have other goals that have not been made public.
但监察长报告指出，五角大楼对伊朗战争的完整任务声明“属于机密”。这表明军方可能有其他未公开的目标。
Costs
成本
美国海军发布的一张照片显示，两架参与3月“史诗愤怒”行动的F/A-18“超级大黄蜂”战斗机从尼米兹级航母“亚伯拉罕·林肯号”的飞行甲板上起飞。The inspector general said that “it can be difficult to calculate the total ‘cost’” of the Iran war, given that the Pentagon has never had a separate appropriation from Congress to fund it.
监察长说，“计算伊朗战争的总‘成本’可能很困难”，因为五角大楼从未从国会获得专门的拨款作为这场战争的经费。
Noting that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not request additional funds from Congress before launching combat operations, the report stated that funds for the war are coming from the department’s existing budget for training and maintenance of the force.
报告指出，国防部长皮特·海格塞斯在发动作战行动前没有向国会申请额外资金，并称战争经费来自该部门用于部队训练和维护的现有预算。
The costs to repair or replace U.S. military facilities damaged or destroyed by Iranian attacks — such as the Navy’s base in Manama, Bahrain — have not been calculated, as the Pentagon has indicated it may choose to close or not rebuild them.
修复或更换被伊朗袭击损坏或摧毁的美军设施——例如位于巴林麦纳麦的海军基地——的成本尚未计算，因为五角大楼表示可能选择关闭或不重建它们。
On June 24, the report said, the White House submitted a $67 billion supplemental funding request for the war, of which $21 billion was slated for replacing munitions expended up to that point.
报告说，6月24日，白宫提交了一份670亿美元的战争补充资金请求，其中210亿美元用于替换截至当时消耗的弹药。
The inspector general also said that the State Department estimated that its embassies, consulates and other diplomatic facilities in the Middle East had suffered about $184 million in damage from Iranian strikes.
监察长还说，国务院估计其在中东的大使馆、领事馆和其他外交设施因伊朗袭击而遭受约1.84亿美元的损坏。
The U.S. diplomatic mission in Iraq was hit by “more than 600” Iranian attacks just in the first four months of the war, sustaining more than $157 million in damages.
美国在伊拉克的外交使团仅在战争前四个月就遭到“超过600次”伊朗袭击，承受超过1.57亿美元的损坏。
Shortfalls of munitions
弹药短缺
The Pentagon’s top acquisition office told the inspector general’s office that the expenditure of munitions in the Iran war “has resulted in strategic inventory shortfalls.”
五角大楼的最高采购办公室告诉监察长办公室，伊朗战争中的弹药消耗“已导致战略性库存短缺”。
Military leaders have tried to speed up the production of munitions, the report noted, but added that “the defense industrial base requires ‘significant lead time’ to expand production capacities” for weapons.
报告指出，军方领导人试图加快弹药生产，但补充说，“国防工业基础需要‘较长的准备时间’来扩大武器生产能力”。
Bottlenecks persist in the production of solid rocket motors that missiles rely on, as well as the supply of “high-grade explosives and propellants.”
导弹所依赖的固体火箭发动机的生产以及“高能炸药和推进剂”的供应仍然存在瓶颈。
The Congressional Budget Office report also found that the war had significantly depleted U.S. munitions. In response, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said that “claims of U.S. munition shortages are false.”
国会预算办公室的报告还发现，这场战争已大幅消耗美国弹药。作为回应，五角大楼发言人肖恩·帕内尔说，“美国弹药短缺的说法与事实不符。”
Troops, ships, aircraft and buildings
部队、舰艇、飞机和建筑
5月，在日本御殿场市富士营的媒体参观活动中，刚刚完成实弹训练的美国海军陆战队员展示安装在卡车上的高机动性火箭炮系统。The U.S. military force in the Middle East supporting the war has numbered roughly 50,000, even as units rotate on deployment.
尽管一些单位会进行轮换部署，美国在中东地区支持这场战争的兵力仍保持在5万人左右。
According to the inspector general’s report, the war has seen “a dozen each” of fighter squadrons, destroyers and air defense batteries deployed as well as mobile launchers for artillery rockets and guided missiles like ATACMS and PrSM.
根据监察长报告，这场战争已部署“十余个”战斗机中队，投入的驱逐舰和防空连数量大致也有这么多，另外还有火箭和ATACMS、PrSM等制导导弹的发射车。
The war has also seen the deployment of four aircraft carrier strike groups thus far, and a “partial deployment” of the 82nd Airborne Division.
迄今为止，这场战争还动用了四个航母打击群，“局部部署”了第82空降师。
Iranian counterattacks damaged and destroyed “hundreds of buildings and structures” at U.S. military bases in Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the report said.
报告说，伊朗反击损坏并摧毁了美国在巴林、伊拉克、约旦、科威特、阿曼、卡塔尔、沙特阿拉伯和阿拉伯联合酋长国军事基地的“数百座建筑和构筑物”。
Additionally, dozens of U.S. military aircraft have been damaged or destroyed, including 30 Reaper drones, 12 KC-135 aerial refueling planes, four F-15 fighters and an A-10 attack jet.
此外，数十架美军飞机被损坏或摧毁，包括30架“死神”无人机、12架KC-135空中加油机、4架F-15战斗机和1架A-10攻击机。
Casualties and medical support
伤亡与医疗支持
一张由伊朗官方媒体发布、经《纽约时报》地理定位的照片显示位于伊朗伊斯法罕省的飞机残骸。The Defense Department has limited medical treatment facilities at every location where U.S. forces are deployed in the region, the report said, and has built more advanced facilities to provide surgical support in several countries.
报告说，国防部在该地区的每个美军部署点都只有有限的医疗设施，并已在几个国家建造更先进的设施以提供外科支持。
For care beyond what those facilities can provide, the Pentagon has relied on hospitals in those host nations.
至于这些设施无法提供的护理，五角大楼要依赖东道国的医院。
Medical evacuation helicopters in Iraq and Kuwait had to be relocated after Iranian strikes, the report said, adding that “the nature of operations” during the war has meant most U.S. casualties have been transported by vehicles and ambulances to medical treatment facilities.
报告说，伊拉克和科威特的医疗后送直升机在伊朗袭击后不得不转移，并补充说，战争期间的“行动性质”意味着大多数美军伤亡人员由一般车辆和救护车运送到医疗设施。
The U.S. has suffered 18 killed and 824 wounded in the war, according to a Pentagon casualty database.
根据五角大楼伤亡数据库，美国已有18人在这场战争中死亡、824人受伤。
Logistics issues
后勤问题
The destruction of the Navy’s main logistics hub in Bahrain forced the Pentagon to look for additional supply ships that were outfitted to transfer fuel and supplies to warships at sea, the report said.
报告说，海军在巴林的主要后勤枢纽被摧毁，迫使五角大楼寻找更多补给舰，这些舰船配备有向海上军舰转移燃料和物资的设备。
The Navy’s move to use the British-owned island Diego Garcia — roughly 2,200 miles from the Arabian Sea — as its new logistics center means that supply ships have to spend two to two and a half weeks to travel to the island, take on goods and fuel, and return to the Navy’s main operating areas outside the Persian Gulf, according to the report.
根据报告，海军转向使用英属迪戈加西亚岛——距阿拉伯海约2200英里——作为其新后勤中心，这意味着补给舰必须花费两到两周半时间前往该岛，装载货物和燃料，然后返回海军在波斯湾外的主要作战区域。
Strain on other combatant commanders
对其他作战指挥官的压力
Of all the Pentagon’s “combatant commands,” which are responsible for military operations in different parts of the globe, U.S. European Command, based in Germany, has provided the most support to the Iran war, according to the report.
根据报告，在五角大楼所有负责全球不同地区军事行动的“作战司令部”中，驻德国的美国欧洲司令部为伊朗战争提供了最多支持。
It transferred “munitions, equipment, aircraft and personnel, and requisitioned and distributed fuel, food, and medical supplies” to Central Command, which oversees operations in the Middle East.
它向负责中东行动的中央司令部调拨了“弹药、装备、飞机和人员，并征用和分发了燃料、食品和医疗用品”。
Mr. Hegseth ordered Pacific Command, which is based in Oahu, Hawaii, to pursue and board suspected Iranian merchant ships in the Indian Ocean — expanding the mission far outside the Middle East.
海格塞斯命令驻夏威夷瓦胡岛的太平洋司令部在印度洋追击并登临疑似伊朗商船——意味着任务已经远及中东之外的区域。
Pacific Command was also ordered to give up six warships for the Iran war. They included the aircraft carrier strike group centered around the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, which left San Diego on Nov. 21 and spent roughly nine months at sea without a port call for its crew to rest.
太平洋司令部还奉命抽调所部六艘军舰用于伊朗战争。其中包括以林肯号航母为中心的航母打击群，该舰于11月21日离开圣迭戈，在海上度过约九个月，期间没有靠港供船员休整。
The ship is currently returning to its home port in Southern California.
该舰目前正在返回其南加州母港。