U.S. Troops Lack Support Despite Expanding Mission in Africa
by Military Times
SWJ Blog Post | November 20, 2017 - 3:30am
U.S. Troops Lack Support Despite Expanding Mission in Africa by Shawn Snow - Military Times
A once shadowy mission in the Sahel region of western and north-central Africa has been illuminated since the attack that killed four U.S. soldiers in Niger.
What has been revealed is that U.S. troops operating in advisory roles across Africa lack the level of support they have received in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.
The Pentagon is still investigating the Oct. 4 ambush of a joint U.S.-Nigerien patrol to determine what happened and why.
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