Pentagon To Release Report On Niger Ambush That Killed 4 US Special Forces Soldiers Last Year

Staff Sgt. Bryan C. Black, Staff Sgt. Jeremiah W. Johnson, Sgt. La David T. Johnson, and Staff Sgt. Dustin M. Wright. (U.S. Army photos)

Military.com: Pentagon to Release Controversial Report on Niger Ambush That Killed 4

The Pentagon is releasing Thursday a redacted version of the lengthy Niger ambush investigation that is expected to focus on the command and tactical decisions that led to the deaths of four members of the Army's Third Special Forces Group.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has said the Article 15-6 fact-finding investigation is thousands of pages long. Pentagon officials said the report would include an animated video of what happened on the joint patrol with Nigerien troops near the village of Tongo Tongo in northwestern Niger last Oct. 4.

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Update: Pentagon to Release Details of Niger Ambush, Response (US News and World Report/AP)

WNU Editor: WNU will update this story once the report is released.