{"id":75661,"date":"2017-10-30T09:25:40","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T13:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=75661"},"modified":"2017-10-30T09:25:40","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T13:25:40","slug":"navy-seals-investigated-for-death-of-soldier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=75661","title":{"rendered":"Navy SEALs investigated for death of soldier"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stars & Stripes<\/a> reports on an NCIS investigation they were handed from Army CID in regards to the death of Staff Sergeant Logan J. Melgar on June 4th at the US Embassy in Mali. The cause of SGG Melgar’s death was strangulation, according to CID.<\/p>\n

Soon after the incident, two Navy SEAL Team 6 members were whisked out of the country and put on administrative leave while military law enforcement carries out its probe, the Times reported.<\/p>\n

The Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which was unavailable Monday for immediate comment, is now leading the investigation. U.S. Africa Command officials were also not immediately available for comment.<\/p>\n

Melgar was assigned to the 3rd Special Forces Group out of Fort Bragg, N.C., the same unit as the team involved in an Oct. 4 ambush in Niger, where four soldiers died. The group is responsible for many AFRICOM special operations missions on the continent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to the New York Times<\/a>, there a few versions of the events;<\/p>\n

Much is unknown about what happened around 5 a.m. on June 4 in the team house. The initial reports to Sergeant Melgar\u2019s superiors in Germany said he had been injured while wrestling or grappling with the two Navy commandos, according to three officials who have been briefed on the investigation.<\/p>\n

According to one version of events, one of the SEALs put Sergeant Melgar in a chokehold. When the sergeant passed out, the commandos frantically tried to revive him. Failing that, they rushed him to an emergency clinic, where he was pronounced dead.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Given the character of the players in this little theater, I tend to believe that it was horseplay that got out of hand more than anything else. But I guess we’ll see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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