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Defense Department identifies Navy SEAL killed in Somalia
Source: CNN
Defense Department identifies Navy SEAL killed in Somalia
By Barbara Starr and Miranda Green, CNN
Updated 1627 GMT (0027 HKT) May 6, 2017
Washington (CNN) - A Navy SEAL who was killed in an operation against terrorist group al-Shabaab in Somalia earlier this week has been identified by the Department of Defense as Kyle Milliken, 38, of Falmouth, Maine..
Milliken, a senior chief special warfare operator, was killed Thursday in a remote area of Somalia 40 miles west of Mogadishu when he and other troops came under small-arms fire.
Milliken was a member of SEAL Team Six, a defense official confirmed to CNN. The elite special operations unit, which led the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, was on a scheduled deployment to East Africa for training and carrying out counterterrorism missions. The target in Somalia was a local al-Shabaab leader who had been involved in planning attacks against facilities used by US and African forces in Somalia.
Milliken was on a mission advising Somali National Army forces.
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By Barbara Starr and Miranda Green, CNN
Updated 1627 GMT (0027 HKT) May 6, 2017
Washington (CNN) - A Navy SEAL who was killed in an operation against terrorist group al-Shabaab in Somalia earlier this week has been identified by the Department of Defense as Kyle Milliken, 38, of Falmouth, Maine..
Milliken, a senior chief special warfare operator, was killed Thursday in a remote area of Somalia 40 miles west of Mogadishu when he and other troops came under small-arms fire.
Milliken was a member of SEAL Team Six, a defense official confirmed to CNN. The elite special operations unit, which led the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, was on a scheduled deployment to East Africa for training and carrying out counterterrorism missions. The target in Somalia was a local al-Shabaab leader who had been involved in planning attacks against facilities used by US and African forces in Somalia.
Milliken was on a mission advising Somali National Army forces.
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Defense Department identifies Navy SEAL killed in Somalia (Original Post)
Eugene
May 2017
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democrank
(11,096 posts)1. Rest In Peace
Navy SEAL Milliken
heaven05
(18,124 posts)2. A real POTUS thought out his missions
this current one, not so much. binLaden raid, 0-zero friendly loss.....current missions losses under commander bump? Search, lot's there, everywhere.
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)3. Why is Seal Team 6 "advising" Somali National Army forces?
We have Army Special Forces - Green Berets - to do that. Mission creep.