'He died fighting for his brothers,' Niger ambush survivor says of fallen US soldier

COL no one wants to die, however, when warrior poets go they want to go out fighting. There is no politics or any thing else only that he is my brother and will be missed

Sounds like the elder that stalled them was complicit. Hopefully he will be removed from the AO. Glad to hear more detail about the efforts of the patrol and especially Sgt Johnson. Thanks for the update.

Thank you for the post and update.