The families of four U.S. soldiers, who were killed in the 2017 Niger ambush, are blasting the Pentagon's decision not to punish higher-ranking officers for their role.
Family members of some of the special operations soldiers killed in a 2017 ambush in Niger reacted angrily Wednesday after being handed a 289-page report by Army officers and learning that no further disciplinary action was required beyond the letters of reprimand that have already been issued.
"I don't think any of the families feel satisfied with any of it, the way it's been handled," said Wright. Wright said he was told at the briefing that his son Dustin Wright had been nominated for the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest award for valor, but that it"was downgraded twice" and that he would receive a posthumous Silver Star in a public ceremony.
Cowanda Johnson, LaDavid Johnson's aunt, told ABC News that she and his widow Myeshia Johnson got up and walked out in frustration about 20 minutes into the tense meeting with Army officials, which was held with the four families at Fort Bragg on Wednesday. Families were also told about the awarding of medals of valor to nine of the 10 members of the special forces team that was ambushed almost two years ago, including posthumous awards to the four soldiers killed in the attack. Military officials identified the former, most senior non-commissioned officer on Operational Detachment-Alpha 3212 as the only soldier who will not receive a medal for valor, but offered no explanation.
The report acknowledged that there was information they obtained which conflicted with that claim. The families of the fallen soldiers have been told by others, outside the investigation, that the team carried out a reconnaissance mission after U.S. commanders in the capital Niamey and in Chad ordered them to act on a single piece of new intelligence, related to a cellphone that was possibly connected to an ISIS subcommander.
Their new mission was to support a second special operations team that was to actually carry out the kill-or-capture raid. But bad weather forced the second team's contractor helicopters to turn back, leaving the Green Beret team on their own.
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