During this manoeuvre, Sergeant LaDavid Johnson and two Nigerien soldiers became separated from the rest of his team. Special Forces Tab Through the night of the 4th, the team made their movement north and reached the objective officials referred to as "objective north" at sunrise. Johnson], killing him with small-arms fire.". Afghanistan: July 2015 - September 2015, Awards: Staff Sgt. [60][63][64] He spoke English, French, Arabic, and Hausa, the last of which is spoken in Niger. WASHINGTON The Pentagon on Friday released the names of the three soldiers killed this week in Niger while conducting a joint patrol with Nigerien forces. Dustin Wright, Staff Sgt. Dates of Service: July 2007 - October 2017. Meritorious Service Medal [41] The meeting lasted 30 minutes longer than the team leader expected. [139][140] He was killed by French forces in a mid-2021 raid and a 45 minute video of the 2017 incident was recovered.[141]. The 9 minute, 15 second video appears to be shot from multiple helmet . La David T. Johnson's Funeral Held Saturday", "Honor the Fallen: Army Staff Sgt. La David Johnson, 25, of Miami Gardens, Florida; Staff Sgt. ", "What Are U.S. 1st Class Jeremiah Wayne Johnson. Dustin Wright and Sgt. Army Good Conduct Medal A n ISIS propaganda video released over the weekend that appears to include combat footage from the helmet cameras of an ambushed U.S. Special Forces team has prompted . Username. The team reported enemy contact and immediately returned fire using vehicle mounted M240 machine guns while the rest of the team dismounted from their vehicles, donned protective equipment, and began to exchange small arms fire. Purple Heart Eventually, as enemy combatants pushed forward, they hastily abandoned their position. The 45-minute video, filmed by one of those 3rd Special Forces Group soldiers, sheds new light on the final actions . SSG Jeremiah W. Johnson 4 October 2017, Niger Special Forces. Helene Cooper, Thomas Gibbons-Neff & Eric Schmitt, Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Defense Department briefing with Pentagon spokesperson Dana White and Joint Staff Director Lt. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, 12 October 2017, Statements by US Secretary of Defense James Mattis regarding the 4 Oct. incident in Niger, 19 October 2017, Defense Department briefing with Dana White and Lt. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, 19 October 2017, Operation Enduring Freedom Trans Sahara, "An Operation in Niger Went Fatally Awry. Parachutist Tab "They were last seen by team members actively engaging the enemy from defensive positions near their vehicle and preparing to withdraw with the rest of the team," the summary said. History of the United States Army Special Forces, Jeremiah Johnson, La . He was incapacitated but still breathing, as the helmet cam stopped moving and was only heaving up and down . Following this intelligence, the team submitted a mission plan for the vicinity of Tiloa the next day. The lowest recorded core temperature in a surviving adult is 60.8 degrees. Niger: August 2017 October 2017 La David Johnson of the 3rd Special Forces Group were killed Oct. 4 when their 12-man team and roughly 30 Nigerien soldiers were ambushed near the village of Tongo Tongo. [106] General Joseph Dunford, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, provided new information about the ambush to the public and said that the operation was initially a reconnaissance mission. 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[63] US Representative Dennis Heck and Washington State Senator Hans Zeiger spoke at his memorial service. [17][26][28] The expectations were that construction of the base would be completed in 2018, which would allow the US to conduct surveillance operations with the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper to monitor ISIL insurgents flowing south and other extremists flowing north from the Sahel region. After initially escaping the ambush site, the American and Nigerien forces established a secondary position. Wright exited the halted vehicle, looked toward the enemy and then dragged Black into cover. They would establish a perimeter and began treating the wounded. Combat Action Badge, Rank: Staff sergeant (E-6), effective March 2016, MOS/Branch: Special Forces medical sergeant (18D), Dates of Service: October 2009 October 2017, Deployments: To avoid confusion, throughout this report SFC Johnson is referred to as Staff Sergeant (SSG) Johnson, as that was his rank at the time . Sergeant First Class Jeremiah W. Johnson of Springboro, Ohio, was killed while conducting a reconnaissance patrol near Tongo Tongo, Niger, on 4 October 2017. Twelve members of the Army's Third Special Forces Group were in three of the vehicles and about 30 Nigerien troops were in the other four. 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By Jack Moore On 1/25/18 at 7:00 AM EST. [80] On 21 October, a Niger security source told AFP that the village chief, Mounkaila Alassane,[81] was arrested for "complicity" with the militants. The militants, who had arrived with a dozen technicals and about 20 motorcycles and were equipped with small arms, vehicle mounted heavy machine guns, rocket propelled grenades, and mortars had allowed the convoy to move through the kill zone before attacking, trapping the rear of the convoy.[43][44][45][46]. There was originally a rotary wing element which was supposed to join them during their visit to Tongo Tongo, however the rotary wing element had to stand down due to bad weather. ", "APNewsBreak: US soldier fought to end after ambush in Niger", "ISIS Affiliate Claims October Attack on U.S. Johnsons mother said a new building at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, is also being built for 3rd Special Forces Group the unit her son was assigned and that will be dedicated to him as Johnson Hall. 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The Mauritanian Nouakchott News Agency reported Friday, Jan. 12, 2018 that Abu al-Walid al-Sahrawi with the self-professed IS affiliate claimed responsibility for the Oct. 4 ambush about 120 miles (200 kilometers) north of Niger's capital, Niamey. 15 second video appears to be shot from multiple helmet cameras on the US soldiers who died on October 4 in Tongo Tongo, Niger in an ambush by 50 ISIS militants. Global War on Terrorism Service Medal Troops in Niger", "Niger Ambush Came After 'Massive Intelligence Failure,' Source Says", "Pentagon Sends Team to Niger to Find Out What Happened", "Death of U.S. [76], Goub Mahamadou Issaka was a NCO-cadet of the Gendarmerie.[77]. Niger: August 2017 October 2017 National Defense Service Medal Jeremiah Johnson. [67], His funeral was held at a church in Cooper City, Florida, on 21 October 2017. Jeremiah Johnson joined the active-duty Army in 2008 after a year in the Army Reserves. Who Is the Army Punishing? [48][49] The team leader returned to the halted convoy at 11:57a.m. and ordered the convoy to head south to prevent getting outflanked. The nine-minute video is shot from the helmet cams of the tragic Americans who died on October 4 in Tongo Tongo after being attacked by 50 brainwashed jihadis. The four team members who split from the second position would regroup with the remainder of the team and partner force. All soldiers showed wounds consistent with small arms fire and had received additional bursts of fire at close range. Driver and Mechanic Badge Wright and Jeremiah Johnson were shot multiple times at close range by the militants, killing them.[50]. An official website of the United States government, Army Sgt. Niger - 4 October 2017- Bryan Black- Jeremiah Johnson- La David Johnson U.S. forces are in Niger helping train and advise Nigerien security forces; they are not serving in a combat role, according to officials at U.S. Africa Command. [55] Within three to four hours after the soldiers called in for support, a French special operations team arrived at the scene. They offered to return it to the US by legal means. Get the latest DOD News products delivered to your inbox. Wright was initially recommended for the Medal of Honor in August 2018. Army Achievement Medal (five awards) Initial reports indicated that LaDavid Johnson may have been captured and executed, but he was found laying on his back with his arms by his sides and had wounds consistent with sporadic fire while he actively engaged the enemy. [100], On 26 October, Robert Karem, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, and Air Force Major General Albert Elton briefed the Senate Armed Services Committee in a closed session. [103], On 9 May 2019, US Representative Ruben Gallego urged senators to oppose Patrick M. Shanahan's nomination as Secretary of Defense, alleging that he "mishandled" the investigation into the Tongo Tongo ambush. Combat Action Badge. At Dachau's cold-water immersion baths, Nazi doctors calculated death to arrive at around 77 degrees Fahrenheit. At the secondary position the remaining team members and partner forces were becoming overwhelmed by enemy fire and were forced to enter their vehicles and egress out of the area at a high speed. Somehow, it was left behind. First Class Jeremiah W. Johnson, Staff Sgt. 1st Class Jeremiah W. Johnson (right) became honorary Green Berets. La David Johnson's body was not recovered until 48 hours after the firefight. "As enemy fighters advanced through the ambush site, they fired several additional bursts into the bodies of the three soldiers.". As the enemy pressed in, La David Johnson and the two Nigerien soldiers began pulling back on foot to the west. 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Combat Infantryman Badge, Rank: Sergeant (E-5), effective April 2017, MOS/Branch: Wheeled vehicle repairer (91B), Dates of Service: January 2014 October 2017, Deployments: He was eventually assigned to the Second Battalion, Third Special Forces Group out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Staff Sgt. The two remained with Black's body and further assessed his wounds. . [114], On 18 December, Jones-Johnson accused the Department of Defense of lying to her family about how her son was killed. [19], Bryan Christopher Black (19822017) of Puyallup, Washington,[60] was born in Camp Pendleton, California, to Henry and Karen Black. Niger: June 2016 November 2016 Black, Wright and Jeremiah Johnson were fighting could not disengage. The first call for air support came 53 minutes after they started taking fire. Jeremiah Johnson, Sgt. The patrol's leader, an Army captain who was not identified in the summary; the Nigerien commander; and several Nigerien soldiers worked their way around from the south in an effort to outflank the attackers. La . Jeremiah Johnson, Sgt. All three were assigned to the Army's 3rd Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg, North . The Tongo Tongo ambush or the Niger ambush occurred on 4 October 2017, when armed militants from the Islamic State in the . Jeremiah Johnson, and Staff Sgt. Honoring those who fought and died in Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom An account of what happened in Niger last Oct. 4 was released Thursday by the Pentagon and U.S. Africa Command. [38], At 10:30 am (local time), 4 October, the convoy stopped at the village of Tongo Tongo so that partner Nigeriens could eat breakfast and get water. [62] Black graduated from Puyallup High School in 2000. Air Assault Badge Jeremiah Johnson, 39, and La David Johnson, 25, died in the rare firefight in Africa involving U.S. troops alongside two Green Berets, Staff Sgt. Bryan C. Black and Sgt. [61] At the age of 20, Black earned a business degree at Central Washington University. In addition to the summary, the Pentagon released an abbreviated version of an animated video prepared by AFRICOM depicting the firefight. Jeremiah Johnson, Sergeant Wright and Sergeant Black were in the black S.U.V. He was assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The investigators learned that Wright jumped back into the vehicle and slowly began driving south while Staff Sgts. More than halfway back to base, the team received time sensitive intelligence that placed the commander northwest of Tiloa at the Mali border. Johnson, 39, served as a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Specialist, also known as a 74D. [73] He attended Georgia Southern University and Fayetteville State University. Bryan Black as dozens of enemy fighters bound toward them, the mothers of Wright and Johnson told Army Times in November. He was awarded three medals during his service: the Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal. 1st Class Jeremiah W. Johnson have both received the Bronze Star with "V" device. Army Commendation Medal Service verification is as following: Rank: Staff sergeant (E-6), effective June 2015posthumously promoted to sergeant first class (E-7), effective Oct. 4, 2017, MOS/Branch: Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist (74D), Dates of Service: July 2007 October 2017, Deployments: The attack built in intensity as enemy fighters on motorcycles threatened to overrun them. That was downgraded to an Army Commendation Medal by Thomas in early 2019. Dustin Wright died Wednesday. Bryan C. Black, 35, of Puyallup, Washington; Staff Sgt. [4][29][30] In August 2013, MUJAO merged with al-Mourabitoun, which swore allegiance to al-Qaeda emir Ayman al-Zawahiri. The version shown to defense reporters was 10 minutes long, compared to the 22-minute version shown to members of Congress. "Wright stopped, returned to Staff. They saved the lives of many soldiers. [39] The US and Nigerien team leaders objected to the task because they were not heavily armed or equipped for intense combat should they encounter Chefou's ISIS fighters alone. I still would like to have somebody get up and apologize and tell everybody that [the team] didnt go rogue and they damn well performed above and beyond what they had to do, Gannon told Army Times. 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