Special Operations News Update for Monday, September 9, 2019
September 9, 2019 SOF News Update 0
Nine SF Soldiers Wounded in Afghanistan by IED. A Special Forces team responded to a suicide car bomb blast on Thursday, September 5, 2019 that killed and wounded at least 15 people outside an Afghan military base in Logar province. The SF team was then targeted by a blast at the scene of the earlier bombing that wounded at least nine SF soldiers. According to some sources all have been released after receiving medical treatment. (Newsweek, Sep 5, 2019).
10th SFGA Medic Profiled. Read up on the story of the 21-year career of a Special Forces Medic. See “Jeff ‘Patch’ Adams: Combat stories worthy of an HBO seriesâ€, Spec Ops Magazine, September 7, 2019.
Navy SEAL Team 7 Leadership Fired. The Naval Special Warfare Command announced on Friday, September 6, 2019 that the three senior leaders of SEAL Team 7 were relieved of their positions “due to a loss of confidence that resulted from leadership failures.†(New York Post, Sep 6, 2019).
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