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Several US troops wounded in attack in Syria: Reports
The U.S. currently has hundreds of troops deployed in eastern Syria as part of a coalition fighting the Islamic State group.
MISFIRE: DoD shouldn’t have waited so long to approve danger pay for troops in Niger
The Defense Department on March 8 announced that troops deployed to Niger, Mali and northern Cameroon qualify to receive imminent danger pay/hostile fire pay, retroactive to June 7, 2017.
By Military Times Editors
DoD approves danger pay for Niger, Mali, Cameroon
Service members deployed to Niger, Mali and northern Cameroon qualify to receive imminent danger pay/hostile fire pay retroactive to June 7, 2017, DoD announced Thursday.
By Tara Copp, AP
Probe finds deadly Niger mission lacked proper approval
A military investigation into the Niger attack that killed four American service members concludes the team didn’t get required senior command approval for their risky mission to capture a high-level Islamic State militant, several U.S. officials familiar with the report said. It doesn’t point to that failure as a cause of the deadly ambush.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Leaked ISIS propaganda video allegedly shows deaths of US troops in Niger ambush
The Islamic State released a propaganda video Sunday that allegedly depicts the Oct. 4 ambush near the village of Tongo Tongo, Niger, that killed four U.S. soldiers.
‘Jack of all trades’: Poignant clip from Nat Geo documentary highlights soldier killed in Niger ambush
In a scene from National Geographic’s documentary series, Chain of Command, Sgt. La David Johnson, one of four soldiers killed in the October ambush in Tongo Tongo, Niger, is shown speaking with a video crew while moonlighting as a barber on base.
By Kyle Rempfer
Fallout from Niger ambush could scale back Africa missions, strip commanders of autonomy
A probe into the Niger ambush that killed four U.S. soldiers is expected to recommend reducing ground missions in West Africa and stripping field commanders of the autonomy that allows them to send service members on risky missions.
By Kyle Rempfer
AFRICOM is investigating ISIS claims that it has video of the 4 US soldiers killed in Niger
U.S. Africa Command is investigating a series of posts by a Twitter user claiming to have footage from the October ambush in Niger that killed four U.S. soldiers.
By Kyle Rempfer
Report: US soldier fought to end after ambush in Niger
Army Sgt. La David T. Johnson died in a hail of gunfire, hit as many as 18 times as he took cover in thick brush, fighting to the end after fleeing militants who had just killed three comrades in an October ambush in Niger, The Associated Press has learned.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Military recovers additional remains from Niger ambush
The widow of the Army sergeant separated during the deadly ambush has questioned why she was not allowed to view his body before burial.
By Tara Copp, AP
Did US soldiers caught in Niger ambush fall into enemy hands?
Interviews with local villagers have cast a disturbing story of U.S. troops outnumbered, outgunned and alone the night a force of nearly 200 enemy forces launched a well-coordinated attack using trucks, motorbikes and heavy weapons.
By Shawn Snow