General Discussion

Whenever anyone made the claim that the Pentagon was hiding casualties, I would aggressively argue with and try to debunk those claims, including many pixels spilled on this very board, especially in 2003-2004.

I think all the arguments I made then would still hold up: it is very difficult in a pluralistic society like the United States to hide casualty figures at volume. Families of the slain would speak up sooner rather than later, as would others along the whole casualty chain, from others in the unit, to officers, to medical personnel, to chaplains, to transport guys, etc. etc.

So, I think it's pretty much impossible to hide a large number of casualties and especially KIAs for any length of time.

Can you do it for a week to ten days, though?

Maybe. This DoD is so monstrously untrustworthy and so vindictive that I could see keeping a lid on *some* casualties for a few days.

500-1000? No fucking chance.