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. A […]
Congressman reaches out to families of fallen troops
On a Sunday morning more than two weeks after four U.S. soldiers were ambushed and killed in Niger, Rep. Walter Jones sat at the desk in his North Carolina office, doing what he’s done more than 11,000 times in 14 years: signing letters to families of the dead troops. “My […]
Ambushed U.S. troops were betrayed
The U.S. military believes someone in a Niger village may have tipped off attackers to the presence of U.S. commandos and Nigerien forces in the area, setting in motion the ambush that killed four Americans, a senior defense official says. The official said Tuesday that the Army Green Berets and […]
Trump exposes Obama’s bias against troops
President Donald Trump took a stand Tuesday, casting a shadow on Obama and his failure to honor the families of fallen soldiers. Trump made it clear that he has put forth every effort to actively acknowledge the death of every single American soldier. “To the best of my knowledge, I […]