Her husband spoke to her two hours before the strike. She never replied in the morning.

Her husband spoke to her two hours before the strike. She never replied in the morning.

Her husband spoke to her two hours before the strike. She never replied in the morning. How do you prepare a high schooler and a fourth-grader for the news that their mom isn’t coming home? Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, 39, of White Bear Lake, Minnesota, was killed on March 1, 2026, when an Iranian drone struck a command center at Port Shuaiba, Kuwait. She was one of six Army Reserve soldiers who died – just one day after Operation Epic Fury began.

Amor was days away from returning home to her husband Joey and their two children

A week before the strike, she had been moved to a shipping container with no defenses. Her husband says troops were dispersed out of fear the main base would be targeted. Joey last spoke to her about two hours before the attack. She never responded the next morning. Amor enlisted in 2005, worked in logistics, and had previously deployed to Kuwait and Iraq.