The team entered the campsite and found that it was empty, with nothing left behind that had intelligence value. Ive talked to a lot of people that worked for Alan Van Saun, who worked with him or who he worked for, Meek said. (U.S. Army via AP). On ODA 3212's return to Oulluam, they stopped for water in a tiny village called Tongo Tongo, where they spent an hour and met with a village elder -- who intelligence officials later concluded had ISIS ties and deliberately stalled the team, intelligence officials told ABC News. The reconnaissance drone had been soaking the village where he was thought to be for roughly six hours. His team was lightly armed. Some family members say the full video, which AFRICOM has classified "Secret" and will not be released, provided them solace and emotional relief. After the initial investigative conclusions came out, the families of the four soldiers killed that day started to question whether they were getting the full story. By Jack Moore On 1/25/18 at 7:00 AM EST. The combination of scaled back ground operations and bulked up air cover will, it is hoped, ensure missions that do get approved in the future are properly resourced. ABC News' investigation revealed that the 10-man American team fought with extraordinary valor as they faced more than 100 enemy fighters. WebEarly years. 11:40 to 14:58 (local time) Location. "I was left with the impression that this guy [Perozeni] was a screw-up. WebDebra Gannons son, Sgt. "If this [mission] was indeed on my husband's behalf, I would have to say, 'Thank you so very much.' Bryan Black and Sgt. La David Johnson, the fourth soldier killed in the ambush. 1st Class Jeremiah Johnson, Staff Sgt. However, it was ultimately downgraded to an Army Commendation Medal with Combat device, the Times also reported. The U.S. aircraft that arrived over the battlefield, near the village of Tongo Tongo, on the southwest border with Mali, wasnt a strike platform or a medical evacuation helicopter, but instead an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance drone. A military investigation into the ambush was supposed to be released by January, but new reports indicate the investigation will be released sometime in March. Woodke's wife, Els Woodke, said she has been told by U.S. hostage recovery officials that the tragedy in Tongo Tongo had no connection to her husband's case. 
A jack of all trades. But even as ground missions shrink, air assets in the region are expected to continue growing. But the families say he and Gen. Waldhauser failed them by disparaging their loved ones' valor and honor by falsely accusing ODA 3212 of a rogue and reckless operation -- rather than missions they were ordered to carry out, against their captain's better judgment. 
Perozeni had pushed back on the missions. The film also reveals other instances of confusing or false statements by military officials involved in the incident and the investigations, as well as other information that was never shared with the families. "The Army let me down. A new documentary 3212 Un-Redacted, available on Hulu on Thursday exposes the corruption and coverups that tainted the investigation into the truth. ", 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. ISIS has released a horrific video appearing to show the final moments of four US soldiers who were ambushed in Niger. Still, I am very sorry it happened," she said in the documentary. Two of the Silver Stars were posthumously awarded to Wright, another Green Beret, and Sgt. At the time of his death he was only 25 years old. In a brief interview with ABC News in a congressional hallway in 2019, AFRICOM's Gen. Waldhauser denied his investigators had withheld information from the families that Capt. "What a mortar does to the human body, shrapnel and fire, is a lot different and it's much more graphic and sinister than small arms fire. Contrary to a previous conclusion that Black was killed instantly, in the unedited video obtained last August his chest can be seen heaving. 
After placing a chess piece on his headstone, Henry Black salutes his son, Army Staff Sgt. A small donation would help us keep this available to all. Capt. The official story presented to the public and to the families of the four American soldiers killed outside the tiny village in the Sahel region of Africa was ultimately laid out in a highly redacted 268-page report by AFRICOM, which was handed in binders to the grieving relatives almost two years after they buried their loved ones. Col. Bradley Moses retired this year after his promotion to brigadier general had been denied by the U.S. Senate without comment. 5:25. According to Gen. Waldhauser at his 2018 Pentagon press conference, the tragedy that followed was due in part to substandard soldiering, and that prior to the three missions executed between Oct. 3-4, ODA 3212 "did not conduct [sic] those basic soldier level skills that are really necessary to go on an operation such as this.". The investigation into the ambush ended Van Sauns career with a formal reprimand. Dustin Wright, 29, Staff Sgt. What does Trump indictment mean for 2024 bid, Trump criminally charged in New York, a first for a US ex-president, THE INDICTED PRESIDENTS CLUB (CARTOON, COLUMN AND VIDEO), Trump indictment poses political risks for Biden, Why is Passover different from all other nights? The Associated Press contributed to this report. 21 Engel Injection Molding Machines (28 to 300 Ton Capacity), 9 new Rotary Engel Presses (85 Ton Capacity), Rotary and Horizontal Molding, Precision Insert Molding, Full Part Automation, Electric Testing, Hipot Testing, Welding. Perozeni. "That was infuriating to me," recalled Karen Black, mother of ODA 3212's Bryan Black, a chess and online poker champ who was seen as a model Green Beret by his fellow soldiers. Through the course of his investigative efforts, Meek found that the plan for the special forces unit to go on the hunt for Cheffou did not come from the unit leaders on the ground but rather from higher-up military leaders. Retired Col. Mark Mitchell, the former acting assistant secretary of defense, appears in the ABC News/Hulu documentary "3212 UN-REDACTED. He was raised by his parents, Samara Johnson and Terrance McGriff, until 1999 when his mother passed away. Air Force officials have described the construction of Niger Air Base 201, on the edge of the Sahara Desert, as the largest US troop labor construction project in history. A Green Beret commander showed the footage to each of the four families just last month. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? "When ODA 3212 left the wire on their reconnaissance mission, never was there an understanding that it related to Jeffery Woodke," said Maj. Van Saun. "We've had an American citizen by the name of Jeffery Woodke who has been captured and held hostage somewhere in that area for the last year and a half, and there was a possibility that what they might find at that target would be a piece of the puzzle of the whole-of-government approach, to try to return an American who's been held hostage.". We are disappointed that the award recommendation for CPT Perozeni, from what we have read, has been downgraded to an award that we believe is profoundly beneath the leadership and valor he displayed during the ambush.. The village chief in Tongo-Tongo, Mounkaila Alassane, has been arrested since the attack, Hassane said, lending credibility to the suspicion of local involvement. On Oct. 4, 2017, a unit of the U.S. Armys 3rd Special Forces Group, known as Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 3212, was ambushed by affiliates of the Islamic State terrorist group (ISIS) in Tongo Tongo, Niger, resulting in the deaths of four U.S. soldiers Staff Sgt. Jeremi Ray Johnson (born September 4, 1980) is a former American football fullback. 1st Class Jeremiah Johnson, was one of four U.S. special operations soldiers killed in Niger on October 4, 2017, when Islamist fighters ambushed their team. The drones, with surveillance and added striking capabilities, will have a range enabling them to reach a number of West and North African countries. Bryan Black, Sgt. Keep it in regulations., Whats one training you dont have right now that you wish you had already on this trip? the fellow soldier asks. Johnson was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the fourth round (118th overall) of the 2003 NFL Draft. That story, as presented by the Pentagon, sounded like an outlandish tale -- but it was all offered as fact by U.S. generals whose stiff uniforms sparkled with the glint of their stars and ribbons as they sat in the Pentagon's press room in the spring of 2018. "And it's like, 'Oh, my gosh.' Read critic reviews. After determining Chefou was not at the objective, the team tasked their drone to head north and watch crossing points on Nigers nearby border with Mali. 
It downplays the reported pushback by team commander CPT Michael Perozeni against the mission which led to the deaths of our soldiers, and portrays an overall misleading narrative.. Jeremiah Johnson and Bryan Black were posthumously awarded Bronze Star Medals with valor. But intelligence, military, FBI, and Trump White House officials have told ABC News that despite Waldhauser's statements, the mission was never pegged to or driven by the CIA or by any efforts to find or recover Woodke. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. However, in 2002, Johnson suffered a hamstring injury in spring practice. Like regular maintenance on the daily, Johnson responds. Log in, Ethics be damned: Legal experts aghast over bombshell report on Clarence Thomas luxury lifestyle, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From Top GOP Donor: Report, Lindsey Grahams shameless Trump-esque physical do-over, Trump, History, Coincidence, Crime and Karma. By 2014, Johnson had been promoted to sergeant and recognized with numerous medals and awards, including the Army Achievement Medal, the Army Good Conduct Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, and the Army Parachutist Badge. Why was it so important to send those people up there?" BlackPast.org is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and our EIN is 26-1625373. FILE - These images provided by the U.S. Army show, from left, Staff Sgt. Perozeni's vehicle lurched forward with Staff Sgt. The team sergeant, another senior non-commissioned officer, and the company intelligence warrant officer also received reprimands. Boubacar, a resident of Tongo Tongo, said he was searching for his wife and children in nearby fields. The last moments of SSG Jeremiah Johnson was brutal. I didn't even finish listening to the news conference. Perozeni's ODA 3212 was ordered to be the main raiding force with no backup of their own. But before December, Nigerien officials were not allowing U.S. drones to fly with armed warheads, even for defensive missions. The Army awarded nine valor medals to both survivors and fallen members of ODA 3212, including four Silver Stars and several Bronze Stars with valor. "It's clear that if he had been listened to, my son, and Jeremiah, LaDavid and Dustin would be here today," Black said. Dustin Wright and Staff Sgt. The battalion commander overruled [Cpt. By Kyle Rempfer and Shawn Snow I feel like I did a pretty good job of figuring out what the redacted portions of the report said because people told me and I was able to piece things together, Meek said. Jeremiah Johnson is a 1972 American Western film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford as the title character and Will Geer as "Bear Claw" Chris Lapp. And based on my observations, this particular -- this particular team is not indicative of what they do," Waldhauser said, looking into TV cameras. 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A jack of all trades. But even as ground missions shrink, air assets in the region are expected to continue growing. But the families say he and Gen. Waldhauser failed them by disparaging their loved ones' valor and honor by falsely accusing ODA 3212 of a rogue and reckless operation -- rather than missions they were ordered to carry out, against their captain's better judgment. Perozeni had pushed back on the missions. The film also reveals other instances of confusing or false statements by military officials involved in the incident and the investigations, as well as other information that was never shared with the families. "The Army let me down. A new documentary 3212 Un-Redacted, available on Hulu on Thursday exposes the corruption and coverups that tainted the investigation into the truth. ", 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. ISIS has released a horrific video appearing to show the final moments of four US soldiers who were ambushed in Niger. Still, I am very sorry it happened," she said in the documentary. Two of the Silver Stars were posthumously awarded to Wright, another Green Beret, and Sgt. At the time of his death he was only 25 years old. In a brief interview with ABC News in a congressional hallway in 2019, AFRICOM's Gen. Waldhauser denied his investigators had withheld information from the families that Capt. "What a mortar does to the human body, shrapnel and fire, is a lot different and it's much more graphic and sinister than small arms fire. Contrary to a previous conclusion that Black was killed instantly, in the unedited video obtained last August his chest can be seen heaving. After placing a chess piece on his headstone, Henry Black salutes his son, Army Staff Sgt. A small donation would help us keep this available to all. Capt. The official story presented to the public and to the families of the four American soldiers killed outside the tiny village in the Sahel region of Africa was ultimately laid out in a highly redacted 268-page report by AFRICOM, which was handed in binders to the grieving relatives almost two years after they buried their loved ones. Col. Bradley Moses retired this year after his promotion to brigadier general had been denied by the U.S. Senate without comment. 5:25. According to Gen. Waldhauser at his 2018 Pentagon press conference, the tragedy that followed was due in part to substandard soldiering, and that prior to the three missions executed between Oct. 3-4, ODA 3212 "did not conduct [sic] those basic soldier level skills that are really necessary to go on an operation such as this.". The investigation into the ambush ended Van Sauns career with a formal reprimand. Dustin Wright, 29, Staff Sgt. What does Trump indictment mean for 2024 bid, Trump criminally charged in New York, a first for a US ex-president, THE INDICTED PRESIDENTS CLUB (CARTOON, COLUMN AND VIDEO), Trump indictment poses political risks for Biden, Why is Passover different from all other nights? The Associated Press contributed to this report. 21 Engel Injection Molding Machines (28 to 300 Ton Capacity), 9 new Rotary Engel Presses (85 Ton Capacity), Rotary and Horizontal Molding, Precision Insert Molding, Full Part Automation, Electric Testing, Hipot Testing, Welding. Perozeni. "That was infuriating to me," recalled Karen Black, mother of ODA 3212's Bryan Black, a chess and online poker champ who was seen as a model Green Beret by his fellow soldiers. Through the course of his investigative efforts, Meek found that the plan for the special forces unit to go on the hunt for Cheffou did not come from the unit leaders on the ground but rather from higher-up military leaders. Retired Col. Mark Mitchell, the former acting assistant secretary of defense, appears in the ABC News/Hulu documentary "3212 UN-REDACTED. He was raised by his parents, Samara Johnson and Terrance McGriff, until 1999 when his mother passed away. Air Force officials have described the construction of Niger Air Base 201, on the edge of the Sahara Desert, as the largest US troop labor construction project in history. A Green Beret commander showed the footage to each of the four families just last month. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? "When ODA 3212 left the wire on their reconnaissance mission, never was there an understanding that it related to Jeffery Woodke," said Maj. Van Saun. "We've had an American citizen by the name of Jeffery Woodke who has been captured and held hostage somewhere in that area for the last year and a half, and there was a possibility that what they might find at that target would be a piece of the puzzle of the whole-of-government approach, to try to return an American who's been held hostage.". We are disappointed that the award recommendation for CPT Perozeni, from what we have read, has been downgraded to an award that we believe is profoundly beneath the leadership and valor he displayed during the ambush.. The village chief in Tongo-Tongo, Mounkaila Alassane, has been arrested since the attack, Hassane said, lending credibility to the suspicion of local involvement. On Oct. 4, 2017, a unit of the U.S. Armys 3rd Special Forces Group, known as Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 3212, was ambushed by affiliates of the Islamic State terrorist group (ISIS) in Tongo Tongo, Niger, resulting in the deaths of four U.S. soldiers Staff Sgt. Jeremi Ray Johnson (born September 4, 1980) is a former American football fullback. 1st Class Jeremiah Johnson, was one of four U.S. special operations soldiers killed in Niger on October 4, 2017, when Islamist fighters ambushed their team. The drones, with surveillance and added striking capabilities, will have a range enabling them to reach a number of West and North African countries. Bryan Black, Sgt. Keep it in regulations., Whats one training you dont have right now that you wish you had already on this trip? the fellow soldier asks. Johnson was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the fourth round (118th overall) of the 2003 NFL Draft. That story, as presented by the Pentagon, sounded like an outlandish tale -- but it was all offered as fact by U.S. generals whose stiff uniforms sparkled with the glint of their stars and ribbons as they sat in the Pentagon's press room in the spring of 2018. "And it's like, 'Oh, my gosh.' Read critic reviews. After determining Chefou was not at the objective, the team tasked their drone to head north and watch crossing points on Nigers nearby border with Mali. It downplays the reported pushback by team commander CPT Michael Perozeni against the mission which led to the deaths of our soldiers, and portrays an overall misleading narrative.. Jeremiah Johnson and Bryan Black were posthumously awarded Bronze Star Medals with valor. But intelligence, military, FBI, and Trump White House officials have told ABC News that despite Waldhauser's statements, the mission was never pegged to or driven by the CIA or by any efforts to find or recover Woodke. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. However, in 2002, Johnson suffered a hamstring injury in spring practice. Like regular maintenance on the daily, Johnson responds. Log in, Ethics be damned: Legal experts aghast over bombshell report on Clarence Thomas luxury lifestyle, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From Top GOP Donor: Report, Lindsey Grahams shameless Trump-esque physical do-over, Trump, History, Coincidence, Crime and Karma. By 2014, Johnson had been promoted to sergeant and recognized with numerous medals and awards, including the Army Achievement Medal, the Army Good Conduct Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, and the Army Parachutist Badge. Why was it so important to send those people up there?" BlackPast.org is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and our EIN is 26-1625373. FILE - These images provided by the U.S. Army show, from left, Staff Sgt. Perozeni's vehicle lurched forward with Staff Sgt. The team sergeant, another senior non-commissioned officer, and the company intelligence warrant officer also received reprimands. Boubacar, a resident of Tongo Tongo, said he was searching for his wife and children in nearby fields. The last moments of SSG Jeremiah Johnson was brutal. I didn't even finish listening to the news conference. Perozeni's ODA 3212 was ordered to be the main raiding force with no backup of their own. But before December, Nigerien officials were not allowing U.S. drones to fly with armed warheads, even for defensive missions. The Army awarded nine valor medals to both survivors and fallen members of ODA 3212, including four Silver Stars and several Bronze Stars with valor. "It's clear that if he had been listened to, my son, and Jeremiah, LaDavid and Dustin would be here today," Black said. Dustin Wright and Staff Sgt. The battalion commander overruled [Cpt. By Kyle Rempfer and Shawn Snow I feel like I did a pretty good job of figuring out what the redacted portions of the report said because people told me and I was able to piece things together, Meek said. 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