{"id":71890,"date":"2017-05-06T12:11:34","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T16:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=71890"},"modified":"2017-05-06T12:11:34","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T16:11:34","slug":"senior-chief-special-warfare-operator-kyle-milliken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=71890","title":{"rendered":"Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Kyle Milliken"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Department of Defense<\/a> has identified the SEAL killed in operations in Somalia;<\/p>\n

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a U.S. Navy sailor who was in support of a Somali National Army-led operation with U.S. Africa Command.<\/p>\n

Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator Kyle Milliken, 38, of Falmouth, Maine, was killed during an operation against al-Shabaab on May 5 in a remote area approximately 40 miles west of Mogadishu.<\/p>\n

He was assigned to an East Coast based special warfare unit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

DoD<\/a> reports a bit about the operation;<\/p>\n

U.S. forces were conducting a partnered operation with members of the Somalia National Army, Davis said, noting this was an operation targeting an al-Shabaab group that had been associated with attacks against the United States, Somalia and African Union Mission in Somalia forces.<\/p>\n

Davis said al-Shabaab is an al-Qaida affiliate closely tied more specifically to Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, which is a group that has murdered Americans, radicalized and recruited terrorists and fighters in the United States, and has conducted and inspired attacks against Americans and U.S. interests around the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been conducting this particular mission to partner with and counter al-Shabaab in Somalia since 2013,\u201d Davis said. \u201cThis is part of an ongoing mission there to degrade this al-Qaida\u2019s affiliate\u2019s ability to recruit, train and plot external terror attacks throughout the region and in the United States.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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