Senior Chief Kyle Milliken is named as the Navy SEAL killed in Somalia during an operation against extremist group al-Shabaab…(RIP,Kyle)
On Saturday, the Pentagon confirmed that Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Kyle Milliken, 38, has been killed in Somalia
Milliken was killed in an ambush near Barii, about 40 miles west of Mogadishu
US special operators have been teaming up with Somali troops against the al-Qaeda linked organization al-Shabaab
Both the US and Somalia have recently declared new efforts against the group
Milliken is the first American to die in combat in Somalia since 1993
By AMANDA ULRICH
DAILYMAIL.COM
6 May 2017
The Pentagon has confirmed that Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Kyle Milliken, 38, was the Navy SEAL killed in a mission in Somalia on Thursday.
As part of an operation against the extremist group al-Shabaab, US special operators have joined forces with Somali troops in the renewed fight against the al-Qaeda-linked organization.
The US group was ambushed by fighters this week but the attackers were ‘quickly neutralized on the ground,’ according to a New York Times report.
Milliken, from Falmouth, Maine, was killed in the ambush and two other US military personnel were injured.
Milliken’s death marks the first American combat causality in Somalia since the failed ‘Black Hawk Down’ mission in 1993.
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